Complete Unity Developer 2.0 - Section 4 - Argon Assault.

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By In This Section

Instantiating At Runtime, Make Components Communicate, Create Detailed 2D UI, Use BitBucket, Using Virtual Controls, Craft C# Classes, Customise Particle Effects, Player Power Ups & More (REF: AA_CU2)

How To Build / Compile

This is a Unity project. If you're familiar with source control, then "clone this repo". Otherwise download the contents, and navigate to Assets > Levels then open any .unity file.

This branch is the course branch, each commit corresponds to a lecture in the course. The current state is our latest progress.

Lecture List

Here are the lectures of the course for this section...

1 Welcome To Section 4

1. This game is based on classics like Star Fox and Panzer Dragoon.
2. We will be using Unity 2017's brand-new Timeline facility.
3. This will be fast-paced fun rail-shooter.

2 Argon Assault Game Design

1. A quick look at an example of a Rail Shooter.
2. What are our core game features and priorities?
3. Creating a prototype to answer key questions.

3 Update Unity & Create Project

1. Update to at least Unity 2017.2.
2. Create a new 3D project.
3. Set up your repo.

4 Create Terrain

1. Add terrain to your level.
2. Use the raise and lower terrain tool to make mountains.
3. Resize and reposition the terrain.

5 Texture The Terrain

1. Find texture assets on the Unity Asset Store.
2. Add terrain texture, change scaling, change metallic and smoothness.
3. Bump Maps versus Height Maps versus Normal Maps.

6 Add A Skybox

1. Procedural versus 6-sided skyboxes.
2. Applying skybox asset to your scene.

7 Add Player Ship

1. Some performance tweaks to help avoid slowdowns.
2. Downloading asset pack for space ship.
3. Building modular spaceship.

8 Setup A Splash Screen

1. What a splash screen is.
2. Make first game scene load after delay.
3. Choose background music for your game.

9 Playing Music Between Scenes

1. About game objects getting destroyed by scene load.
2. Ben's injection pattern for persistent music.
3. Using DontDestroyOnLoad().

10 Unity’s Waypoint Utility Scripts

1. Import Standard Assets > Utility.
2. Setup a waypoint circuit using WaypointCircuit.cs.
3. Use the WaypointProgressTracker.cs script.
4. Make the camera follow a fixed path.

11 Using Cross Platform Input

1. About using virtual controls.
2. Introducing CrossPlatformInputManager.
3. Understanding control throw for keyboard and gamepad.

12 Input Sensitivity & Gravity

1. How input sensitivity & gravity work.
2. Using [Tooltip("Handy tip")] attribute for inspector tips.
3. Understanding throw and movement speed.

13 Mathf.Clamp() To Restrict Movement

1. Using transform.localPosition
2. How to use Mathf.Clamp()
3. Constrain our player movement to the screen.

14 Understanding Roll, Pitch & Yaw

1. Getting clamped vertical movement working.
2. Defining Roll, Pitch and Yaw.
3. How to rotate to aim at the right place.

15 How To Set Local Rotation

1. Experience order sensitivity in rotations.
2. Using Quaternion.Euler().
3. Setting localRotation from code.

16 Rotate Ship With Position & Throw

1. Set pitch based on screen position.
2. Set pitch based also on control throw.
3. Set yaw based on screen position.
4. Set roll based on control throw.

17 Time To Tweak And Tune

1. Tune rail speed and camera FOV.
2. Tune ship speed, rolls, clamps.
3. Note about 16:9 aspect ratio in game window.
4. Tweak the rail position to give the feeling of speed.