Creating a Breakout Game Using Unity and C#

Name: Creating a Breakout Game Using Unity and C#
Rating: 4.3 (11 reviews)

Learn how to create a complete Breakout arcade game in Unity from a 40 year programming veteran

Created byBrian Covault

Last updated 7/2023

English

What you'll learn

How to create a complete Breakout game in Unity
How to create and use colliders in Unity
How to create and use a rigidbody in Unity
How to add a physics material to an object's rigidbody to make it bounce off other objects
How to give an object a constant velocity
How to make objects disappear when hit
How to add walls to an arcade game
How to detect when an object collides with another object and determine what type of object it collided with
How to add You Win, Game Over and Exit Game dialogs to a game

Course content

4 sections • 28 lectures • 1h 56m total length

Introduction0:45
An introduction to the course
Create a Unity Project4:27
Create a project in Unity and configure the Unity editor layout

Create Paddle6:45
Create the paddle that will be used to hit the ball
Add Movement to the Paddle6:06
Allow player to move the paddle horizontally using left and right arrow keys, A and D keys and a joystick
Restrict Paddle Movement5:18
Prevent the paddle from moving off the left and right edge of the screen
Create the Ball - CHALLENGE7:01
Create the ball the player will hit with the paddle to knock out bricks
Give the Ball a Constant Velocity4:17
Disable gravity in the ball object's rigidbody and add code to replace it with a constant velocity
Resetting the Ball4:29
Add a function that resets the ball to the center of the screen whenever it falls off the bottom of the screen (player misses hitting it with the paddle)
Allow Player to Reset the Ball2:34
Allow player to reset the ball by pressing the R key
Create the Walls3:25
Create the walls that will cause the ball to bounce off the left, right and top edge of the screen
Create Bricks6:55
Create the brick prefabs that will be used to draw the bricks on the screen
Draw Bricks - Variables6:29
Create and assign the variables that will be used in the code that draws the bricks
Draw Bricks - Code6:20
Add the code that will draw the bricks on the screen
Make Bricks Disappear When Hit3:20
Add the code that makes bricks disappear when the ball hits them

Add Score Display3:48
Create and configure the score display object
Add Lives4:08
Create and configure the lives objects
Add Score and LIves - Variables4:12
Create and assign the variables that will be used in the coding of the score and lives
Add Score and LIves - Code3:26
Add code for score and lives
Add You Win Dialog5:33
Adding and configuring the You Win Panel
Add You Win Dialog - Variables3:35
Create and assign You Win dialog variables
Add UnhideBricks Function2:32
Add the UnhideBricks function
Add Restart Function2:06
Add the Restart function
Add Code to Trigger the You Win Panel4:02
Add the code that activates the You Win panel
Add Game Over Dialog - CHALLENGE6:48
Creating the Game Over dialog - object, variables and code
Add Exit Game Panel2:47
Create and configure the Exit Game panel
Add Exit Game Code3:55
Add variables and code for the Exit Game dialog

Requirements

No Unity or programming experience needed. You just follow what the instructor does

Description

All software and resources used in this course are free.

In this course, you will learn how to create a complete Breakout game in Unity from an instructor with 40 years application development experience. No unity or programming experience needed. All you need to do is follow what the instructor does. This is what you will learn in the course.

- How to create a Unity project

- How to change the layout of the panes in the Unity editor

- How to create the paddle, ball and bricks in a Breakout game

- How to add a rigidbody to an object

- How to turn off the gravity in an object's rigidbody and give the object a constant velocity

- How to add a physics material to a rigidbody and configure the physics material to make the object bounce off other objects

- How to detect when an object has collided with another object and determine what type of object it has collided with

- How to add walls for the ball to bounce off of

- How to determine when the game is won

- How to determine when the game is lost

- How to create You Win, Game Over and Exit Game dialogs

- How to test a game throughout the development process

- How to investigate and correct errors

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to learn how to create a complete Breakout game in Unity
Anyone who wants to learn the basics of creating an arcade game in Unity

Creating a Breakout Game Using Unity and C#

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Course content

Getting Started2 lectures • 5min

Create the Game12 lectures • 1hr 3min

Create the User Interface12 lectures • 47min

Wrapping Up2 lectures • 2min

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