Animate a Character with Unity’s 2D Animation Package Introduction Learning how to animate a character is a pivotal part of creating a game. Animations breathe life into your game and can influence a player’s emotions and responses. Have a character wince when they get hurt and the player instantly understands what happened and that they …
Tips and Tricks: Unity RigidBody AddForce Introduction Unity Rigidbody AddForce is the recommended way to move GameObjects around the game world using physics. To use it properly you will need to have an understanding of what it is, how it works, and how to use it. AddForce is part of Unity’s physics system and is …
Unity Rigidbody Velocity Introduction When moving characters, vehicles, or other objects around your game physics quickly become an important factor. Unity comes with built in physics simulations which you can apply to your GameObjects through the use of Rigidbody components. One of the most commonly used properties of Rigidbodies is velocity. Furthermore, you can set …
Unity Tutorial: How to Make a Multiplayer Pong game for Android Introduction In this Unity tutorial we will create a Pong-like game for Android. We will walk you through the creation process from beginning to end including how to create the sprites in Unity, write the code, implement multiplayer controls and build the apk to …
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Tips and Tricks: Unity Set Parent Introduction In Unity setting the parent GameObject for items in your game is an important feature to understand. This can be used for picking up weapons, carrying items, or tethering two objects together. Child objects can appear to behave in strange ways if you do not understand their positioning …
Tips and Tricks: Unity Instantiate Prefab as Child of GameObject Introduction Creating new GameObjects is a key component of many games. Oftentimes you will find yourself instantiating GameObjects for projectiles, enemies, or to attach items to your player. You may even be instantiating items and want them to be placed under an empty GameObject, as …
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Best Free and Open Source Game Engines Introduction Developing a game can be a daunting task because there are so many things to consider like what language to program it in, what tools should you use, cost, compatibility, and so on. One of the main tools you will need when developing a game is a …
Unity Split Screen Multiplayer: Using Cinemachine Follow Cameras Introduction Split screen is a pivotal piece in creating a local multiplayer game. With Unity Cinemachine and Player Input Manager we can seamlessly create split screen cameras for multiple players that will follow the player character. Split screen allows for independent control of a player’s character instead …
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Tips and Tricks: Unity Destroy Introduction When setting out to make a game you will inevitably need to destroy something, and no I do not mean your keyboard. When a player eliminates an opponent, crashes through a brick wall, or consumes an item you will most likely want to remove those items from the game. …
Unity Multiplayer: Create a Multiplayer Game Using the New Input System for Multiplayer Controls Introduction We recently began prototyping our latest game idea with Unity and decided we should implement local multiplayer and quickly realized we had never developed a multiplayer game with the type of controls we envisioned. We began looking for resources about …
