Explore all newline lessons
lesson
Terrain toolboxUnity for Beginners - Animal CrossingIn order to build the terrain of our game world we will use Unity's Terrain Toolbox. Terrain refers to the landscape of our game - be it desert, valley or forest.
lesson
Building the game terrainUnity for Beginners - Animal CrossingIn this module we will be building our game world! It will be a fully hands-on module and by the end you will have a general sense of the game surroundings in which your character will interact with other characters and live their life - the environment in which they'll grow flowers, eat snacks, wander around and nap.
lesson
Inspect GameObjectsUnity for Beginners - Animal CrossingIn this short and simple section we will go over how to inspect GameObjects
lesson
PrefabsUnity for Beginners - Animal CrossingYou'll often hear the term prefab during game development, so let's go over what this means. Prefab is short for _pre-fabricated_. Prefabs are pre-configured game objects that you can store and use in your game.
lesson
Textures, materials and modelsUnity for Beginners - Animal CrossingDesign aspects such as textures, materials and models are often neglected in game dev courses as these topics have more to do with design than development or game mechanics, but they can be specialized topics of their own. In this module we will give a brief explanation of models, materials and textures.
lesson
Unity GameObjects and componentsUnity for Beginners - Animal CrossingGameObjects are the building blocks of a game scene whereas, a component defines a GameObject and its functionalities.
lesson
Organize your projectUnity for Beginners - Animal CrossingDiscover what is meant by the term assets and organize the assets in your game.
lesson
Import game assetsUnity for Beginners - Animal CrossingLet's import all the assets that we need into our game and go over what we imported.
lesson
Building the mapUnity for Beginners - Animal CrossingIn this module we will start building the game world for our game. We will go over importing assers, organizing our project and inspecting objects. We will also learn about concepts such as textures, materials and prefabs.
lesson
Customizing the Unity editorUnity for Beginners - Animal CrossingLearn how to cuztomize the placement of different windows in the Unity editor.
lesson
Play, pause and stop buttonsUnity for Beginners - Animal CrossingTest your game as a user would play it with the play, pause and stop buttons.
lesson
Scene view, game view and camerasUnity for Beginners - Animal CrossingAn overview of the different types of views offered by the Unity editor and the camera object.