GDD 210 - Game Lab I

Tutorials

Week 1

• Game Objects, Components and Scripts
• Scripts as Behavior Components
• Variables and Functions
• Conventions and Syntax

Week 2

• This is a very useful tutorial that covers many aspects of 2D physics.

Week 3

• Follow the player object with the camera and pg. 462 in text
• Add text fields and update variables and pg. 440 in text
• Instantiate prefabs
• Shawn Urban's audio tutorial

Week 4

• My example uses the random movement code from pgs. 429-434 in the text.
• Useful tutorial on managing sound effects and modulating volume and pitch with code

Pierce's Videos for Lab 3

• https://youtu.be/mOhN8SwqC1s
• https://youtu.be/chAmOwSJLKg
• https://youtu.be/jmCWHyPDRFU

Project Resources

• Tutorial for Player Controller Animations
• Free Art Assets
• Instructions on animation from a spritesheet

Resources

THE UNITY API

• Unity Scripting Reference

FINDING HELP

• Unity Search
• Unity Forums

Bertozzi videos:

• Lab3: multiple scenes, code buttons, generate prefabs and follow camera. Videos One, Two, and Three.
• Spritesheet character animation: Videos One, Two, and Three. It is hard to see the script in these videos so here is a link to it.

GAMES FROM SCRATCH

• Simple Shmup.
• Big 2D Platformer.

Project Management and Design

• Formatting in Trello.
• Draw.io
• Git Hub Desktop Guide

• Bite-sized scripting video lessons!

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Direct link to our textbook: Introduction to Game Design, Prototyping, and Development by Jeremy Gibson.

Dialog Systems

Here are two examples of dialog systems. One is more complex and uses a data structure to hold dialog options. The other just makes text clickable and has multiple scripts to manage outcomes. Zipped files are here: Load Text (complex) and 3TextOption (simpler)