Boundaries, Hazards and Enemies

Unity ID

Project

[Archived] Space Shooter

Tutorial

Beginner

50 Mins

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Summary

This next tutorial in the Space Shooter series covers adding game screen boundaries, creating asteroid "hazards" for the ship, implementing a game controller, and setting up enemy spawning.

Language

English

Recommended Unity Versions

5.1

Tutorial Materials

Space Shooter - Main Project Page

Project

[Archived] Space Shooter

Tutorial

Boundaries, Hazards and Enemies

Boundary

Creating a bounding box to destroy any object that leaves the game area.
 
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DestroyByBoundary
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class DestroyByBoundary : MonoBehaviour
{
    void OnTriggerExit(Collider other)
    {
        Destroy(other.gameObject);
    }
}

js
#pragma strict

function OnTriggerExit(other : Collider)
{
    Destroy(other.gameObject);
}

boo
import UnityEngine
import System.Collections


public class DestroyByBoundary(MonoBehaviour):

    private def OnTriggerExit(other as Collider):
        Destroy(other.gameObject)

Creating hazards

Create an asteroid hazard to challenge the player.
 
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RandomRotator
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class RandomRotator : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float tumble;

    void Start ()
    {
        rigidbody.angularVelocity = Random.insideUnitSphere * tumble; 
    }
}


js
var tumble : float;

function Start () : void {
    rigidbody.angularVelocity = Random.insideUnitSphere * tumble; 
}

boo
import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

public class RandomRotator(MonoBehaviour):
    public tumble as single

    private def Start():
        rigidbody.angularVelocity = (Random.insideUnitSphere * tumble)
DestroyByContact
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class DestroyByContact : MonoBehaviour
{
    void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other) 
    {
        if (other.tag == "Boundary")
        {
            return;
        }
        Destroy(other.gameObject);
        Destroy(gameObject);
    }
}

js
function OnTriggerEnter(other : Collider) 
{
    if (other.tag == "Boundary")
    {
        return;
    }
    Destroy(other.gameObject);
    Destroy(gameObject);
}

boo
import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

public class DestroyByContact(MonoBehaviour):
    private def OnTriggerEnter(other as Collider):
        if other.tag == 'Boundary':
            return
        Destroy(other.gameObject)
        Destroy(gameObject)

Explosions

Add explosions to the scene when hazards or the player is destroyed.
 
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DestroyByContact
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class DestroyByContact : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject explosion;
    public GameObject playerExplosion;

    void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other) 
    {
        if (other.tag == "Boundary")
        {
            return;
        }
        Instantiate(explosion, transform.position, transform.rotation);
        if (other.tag == "Player")
        {
            Instantiate(playerExplosion, other.transform.position, other.transform.rotation);
            gameController.GameOver ();
        }
        Destroy(other.gameObject);
        Destroy(gameObject);
    }
}

js
var explosion : GameObject;
var playerExplosion : GameObject;

function OnTriggerEnter(other : Collider) 
{
    if (other.tag == "Boundary")
    {
        return;
    }
    Instantiate(explosion, transform.position, transform.rotation);
    if (other.tag == "Player")
    {
        Instantiate(playerExplosion, other.transform.position, other.transform.rotation);
        gameController.GameOver ();
    }
    Destroy(other.gameObject);
    Destroy(gameObject);
}

boo
import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

public class DestroyByContact(MonoBehaviour):
    public explosion as GameObject
    public playerExplosion as GameObject

    private def OnTriggerEnter(other as Collider):
        if other.tag == 'Boundary':
            return
        Instantiate(explosion, transform.position, transform.rotation)
        if other.tag == 'Player':
            Instantiate(playerExplosion, other.transform.position, other.transform.rotation)
            gameController.GameOver()
        Destroy(other.gameObject)
        Destroy(gameObject)

Game Controller

Write a controller to spawn our hazards, keep track of and display our score, end the game and allow the game to be restarted.
 
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GameController
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class GameController : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject hazard;
    public Vector3 spawnValues;

    void Start ()
    {
        SpawnWaves ();
    }

    void SpawnWaves ()
    {
        Vector3 spawnPosition = new Vector3 (Random.Range (-spawnValues.x, spawnValues.x), spawnValues.y, spawnValues.z);
        Quaternion spawnRotation = Quaternion.identity;
        Instantiate (hazard, spawnPosition, spawnRotation);
    }
}

js
var hazard : GameObject;
var spawnValues : Vector3;

function Start () {
    SpawnWaves ();
}

function SpawnWaves () {
    var spawnPosition : Vector3= new Vector3 (Random.Range (-spawnValues.x, spawnValues.x), spawnValues.y, spawnValues.z);
    var spawnRotation : Quaternion= Quaternion.identity;
    Instantiate (hazard, spawnPosition, spawnRotation);
}

boo
import UnityEngine
import System.Collections


public class GameController(MonoBehaviour):

    public hazard as GameObject
    public spawnValues as Vector3

    private def Start():
        SpawnWaves()

    private def Update():
        if restart:
            if Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.R):
                Application.LoadLevel(Application.loadedLevel)

    private def SpawnWaves() as IEnumerator:
        spawnPosition = Vector3(Random.Range(-spawnValues.x, spawnValues.x), spawnValues.y, spawnValues.z)
        spawnRotation as Quaternion = Quaternion.identity
        Instantiate(hazard, spawnPosition, spawnRotation)

Spawning waves

Spawn infinite waves of hazards to challenge our player.
 
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GameController
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class GameController : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject hazard;
    public Vector3 spawnValues;
    public int hazardCount;
    public float spawnWait;
    public float startWait;
    public float waveWait;

    void Start ()
    {
        StartCoroutine (SpawnWaves ());
    }

    IEnumerator SpawnWaves ()
    {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds (startWait);
        while (true)
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < hazardCount; i++)
            {
                Vector3 spawnPosition = new Vector3 (Random.Range (-spawnValues.x, spawnValues.x), spawnValues.y, spawnValues.z);
                Quaternion spawnRotation = Quaternion.identity;
                Instantiate (hazard, spawnPosition, spawnRotation);
                yield return new WaitForSeconds (spawnWait);
            }
            yield return new WaitForSeconds (waveWait);
        }
    }
}

js
var hazard : GameObject;
var spawnValues : Vector3;
var hazardCount : int;
var spawnWait : float;
var startWait : float;
var waveWait : float;

function Start () {
    SpawnWaves ();
}

function SpawnWaves () {
    yield WaitForSeconds (startWait);
    while (true)
    {
        for ( var i : int= 0; i < hazardCount; i++)
        {
             var spawnPosition : Vector3= new Vector3 (Random.Range (-spawnValues.x, spawnValues.x), spawnValues.y, spawnValues.z);
             var spawnRotation : Quaternion= Quaternion.identity;
            Instantiate (hazard, spawnPosition, spawnRotation);
            yield WaitForSeconds (spawnWait);
        }
        yield WaitForSeconds (waveWait);
    }
}

boo
import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

public class GameController(MonoBehaviour):

    public hazard as GameObject
    public spawnValues as Vector3
    public hazardCount as int
    public spawnWait as single
    public startWait as single
    public waveWait as single

    private def Start():
        StartCoroutine(SpawnWaves())

    private def SpawnWaves() as IEnumerator:
        yield WaitForSeconds(startWait)
        while true:
            for i in range(0, hazardCount):
                spawnPosition = Vector3(Random.Range(-spawnValues.x, spawnValues.x), spawnValues.y, spawnValues.z)
                spawnRotation as Quaternion = Quaternion.identity
                Instantiate(hazard, spawnPosition, spawnRotation)
                yield WaitForSeconds(spawnWait)
            yield WaitForSeconds(waveWait)
DestroyByTime
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class DestroyByTime : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float lifetime;

    void Start ()
    {
        Destroy (gameObject, lifetime);
    }
}


js
var lifetime : float;

function Start ()
{
    Destroy (gameObject, lifetime);
}

boo
import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

public class DestroyByTime(MonoBehaviour):
    public lifetime as single

    private def Start():
        Destroy(gameObject, lifetime)