GAME DEVELOPMENT FOR BEGINNERS
Step by step tutorial on how to get started with the basic things in Unity.
When you add a game object in the Unity scene, the first thing that you notice in the inspector window is the Transform component. Unity transform defines the position, rotation, and scale of a game object in the 3D world. Transform is the most basic, yet important component to know while learning Unity. You cannot … Read more
The very first thing that anyone notices when starting with scripting in Unity is the Unity Start and the Unity Update function. They are added by default in all the new scripts and there is also an explanation of what these functions do. But there is confusion among new developers in how the Start and … Read more
I woke up one day and tried to update my Unity version to the new one and to my surprise there was a new software called Unity hub in place of Unity installer. From the start of 2019 Unity doesn’t give the option to install Unity without Hub. So, I started to do some research … Read more
Unity Raycast is a very handy function and can be used for many situations like finding game objects, interacting with objects, shooting, path detection and more in game development. That is why this tutorial is part of our comprehensive resource to learn Unity. Raycasting is a technique that simulates the behavior of a virtual ray … Read more
No matter what type of game you are making, having an option to pause the game is mandatory for good user experience. You can pause the game with or without a pause menu depending on your game type. In Unity, there are a few options when it comes to pausing a game. In this post … Read more
Awake() and Start() are the initialization functions for any script in Unity. They are the very first functions that are called in a script. The order of execution may differ but Awake() and Start() can be used interchangeably in most cases. In this article, we will see the difference between how Awake() and Start() work … Read more
Timers are useful in many game scenarios and that is what we are going to learn next in our learn unity series. You can use them to create delay, display time or countdown for an event. In this tutorial, we will see how to create a Countdown timer in Unity with C# script. We will … Read more
Forest can spooky, beautiful, dark, bright, widespread and so on. But in games they serve the purpose of conveying the right emotion to the player. A horror game’s forest will be different from a fantasy game’s forest. When it comes to designing one you can follow some simple steps to quickly make a forest for … Read more
Text in Unity is a little underpowered. But you can make some good-looking UI with the basic settings and Unity rich text formatting. The basic Unity text allows you to add basic things like font size, font type, alignment, and color. Rich text formatting allows you to add HTML tags to Unity text, but there … Read more
Introduction In your game development journey, there will be a time when you need to spawn objects like enemies or power-ups to your game world. This can be easily done with Unity’s Instantiate function, allowing you to spawn these objects with just one line of code. Instantiation in Unity allows for the creation of content … Read more