14 Unity Tips For Faster Easier Game Development Introduction There are tons of things you can do in Unity. Hidden gems live around almost every corner. Today we are going to enlighten you about some of the more obscure actions you can take to improve and streamline your development process. These are Unity tips you …
Tips and Tricks: Remove Components Attached to GameObjects in Unity Introduction Using the power of components to drive game design is what makes developing with Unity so flexible and easy to use. Building around singular behaviors and reusing them across your game makes for better code that is easy to understand. There are tons of …
Tips and Tricks: Unity GetComponent for accessing, storing, and modifying the behaviors of your objects Introduction Unity’s GetComponent method is probably the most commonly used method you will need outside of the lifecycle event methods. GetComponent retrieves a component that is attached to a GameObject and returns the component and all of its current properties. …
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Tips and Tricks: Using Unity AddComponent to Modify the Properties of Objects in Your Game Introduction Unity’s AddComponent method is extremely useful in scenarios where building a prefab is not possible. AddComponent adds custom classes or any of Unity’s provided components to your GameObjects while the game is running. There are a few ways to …
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Tips and Tricks: Unity Lerp Introduction Using Unity’s Lerp methods can be quite confusing and error prone if done incorrectly. Despite this they are a vital part of creating a game. Allowing for smooth movement and transitions between things like positions, rotations, and even colors. You may want to use a lerp to fade the …
Tips and Tricks: Unity Quaternion Introduction Turning and rotating are pretty common aspects in a game. Players will rotate to look at things, enemies will turn to attack the player, and sometimes things will spin around when launched through the air. Knowing how to rotate things when making games in Unity is key to creating …
Tips and Tricks: Unity Transparent Material Introduction Oftentimes when creating a game, you will need to create transparent objects. This can be anything from glass windows, walls, ice or maybe just a see-through treasure chest to entice the player to open it. Making an object see through requires using Unity’s transparent materials. To create a …
Tips and Tricks: Unity’s Color32 Introduction Unity’s Color32 takes a 32 bit RGBA value and converts it into a color. Giving you more precision when setting the colors in your game. Each RGBA value has a min value of 0 and a maximum value of 255. This allows for greater control over your color value …
Tips and Tricks: Unity Spawn a Prefab Introduction Using Unity to spawn prefabs is a key component in developing games. Prefabs are composed of one or more GameObjects which have been turned into an object that can be copied, as is, for reuse throughout your scene. You can spawn an object at a position in …
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 …
