Not much is probably going on in your game if there is no movement. It is an integral part of most games. Fortunately, Unity makes it easy to get GameObjects moving very quickly. You can then tweak specific variables to get exactly the kind of movement you want. Basic movement in Unity can be done…
Unity projects generally will have multiple scenes, and at some point in your app, you will have to change in between those scenes. To change scenes in Unity, use the UnityEngine.SceneManagement namespace in your script file. Then in your class, use SceneManager.LoadScene() to load the scene you added to the build index. In order to…
A major part of 2D and 3D platform games is… you guessed it: platforms. Movement allows for variety in level design and can present extra challenges during gameplay. You can make a moving platform in Unity by using the MoveTowards() function and have it go to several transform positions. You can also use Mathf.PingPong to…
Your player may pick up a power up so that they are temporarily invincible. Or you may want your player to have temporary invincibility right after they are hit by an enemy to balance gameplay. Here’s how to make a player invincible in Unity. Make a player invincible: Player script: make a bool variable to…
Sometimes we have dynamic enemies or obstacles in a game and want them to interact with a player. How do we make an enemy look at the player in Unity? Really, how do we make one game object look at another game object? Use the LookAt(Transform target) function to point a game object in the…
If you think about it, I’m sure almost every game you have played has had projectiles in it. They are an integral part of many games. Unity makes it fairly easy to fire a projectile. These are the basic steps to fire a projectile in Unity: Create Your Game Objects This will be a simple…
There are many reasons why you would want to destroy a gameobject in your app. Depending on the situation, you can use a specific function to make this happen, such as OnCollisionEnter(). To destroy a gameobject on collision, use the OnCollisionEnter() function for the collision itself and the Destroy() function to destroy a gameobject when…