Unity 3D location based game development with Mapbox

Learn to build location-based and tabletop augmented reality games with Mapbox Unity 3D. Use Mapbox Studio, real-time location data, vector tiles, AR kit events, dynamic objects, and runtime map randomization.

Build Pocket droids go, a location-based mobile game in Unity 3D powered by the Mapbox Maps SDK, letting players capture droids with real-time location data and custom-styled maps.

Explore mapbox as a location data platform. Leverage Unity 3D support, vector and satellite maps, 3D buildings, and built-in map editor plus visual scripting editor for rapid location-based game development.

Set up a Unity 3D project with the Mapbox STK by creating a pocket droid's go project, installing the Mapbox SDK, configuring an access token, and organizing folders.

Create and customize a Mapbox Studio style for a Unity map by selecting a streets template, trimming unused layers, adjusting road colors and widths, and centralizing the style for reuse.

Set up a map using Mapbox prefabs and the location provider to generate a dynamic Unity map. Customize with styles, terrain, and extruded buildings for a location-based game.

Set up a Unity UI for pocket droids go by adding a canvas, profile badge, and menu button, and implement dynamic level and XP text with a UI manager.

Set up a Unity 3D location-based game with Mapbox by configuring a player prefab that uses device, editor, transform, and rotate with location providers, with a camera following the player.

Define the droid class in Unity, add serialized fields and a box collider, attach it to droid prefabs, and prepare collectible, captureable entities for the pocket droids go game.

Create a singleton pattern and a droid factory to populate a location-based Unity game with droids around the player on the map, using Mapbox and timed generation.

Set up Unity scene utilities, including a constants class and a pocket droid scene manager, to enable scene transitions, droid capture logic, and data persistence across scenes.

Create a singleton game manager to store the current player and manage game state across scenes, enabling seamless transitions and global access via a loader setup.

Improve the ui controller by refactoring the ui manager to update the current player's level and xp through the game manager, using an object-oriented, frame-updated approach for a reactive ui.

Explore how mapbox vector tile factories generate buildings and land features from vector tiles in Unity. Learn about data sources, vector tile sources, vector layer visualizer, extrusion height, and filters.

Create an xp bonus prefab in a Unity 3D Mapbox location-based game, using a 3D text label with a float and rotate animation to grant experience on mouse down.

Learn how to add points of interest as parks on a map using mapbox visualizers, and apply prefab modifiers to spawn XP bonuses with filters and scale settings.

Add audio to the world scene by importing sounds, setting a looping main world theme on an audio source, and wiring UI and droid sounds as one-shot effects.

Create and configure the capture scene in Unity using Mapbox, including a capture scene manager, terrain setup with grass texture, a city map, droid placement, and background music.

Create an override orb in Unity using a particle system and custom material, with color over lifetime, size variation, and an attached light saved as a prefab.

Learn to set up the override orb script in Unity, handling dragging, throwing, collisions, and lifecycle timing with serialized fields, input status, and a robust update loop.

Explore platform dependent compilation in Unity to tailor input handling for editor versus mobile devices, using directives to switch between mouse and touch input and write universal, platform-safe code.

Follow input to move and throw an orb in a Unity 3D Mapbox project, using raycast, lerp smoothing, and rigidbody physics to translate screen gestures into world space velocity.

Learn to implement orb collisions in a Unity Mapbox project by adding audio sources, tags, and a sphere collider, and handling droid vs ground hits via collision events.

Learn how to limit and respawn the override orb in Unity by using a scene manager to track max and current throw attempts, with a scalable calculation function.

Set up the capture scene UI in Unity 3D Mapbox by importing badges, building a scalable root canvas, and arranging fail, success, and override orb counter elements for multiple screens.

Create a capture scene UI controller, introduce a capture scene status enum and virtual overrides, and build a UI manager to display in-progress, success, and failure screens with orb counts.

Create a singleton scene transition manager to handle asynchronous scene loading and moving objects between world and capture scenes using a list of game objects.

Save and load player and droid data to maintain persistent progress across sessions by serializing player and droid data classes with Unity's binary formatter.

Fix capture scene timeout and transitions, then tackle five challenges: preserve droid positions, timer XP bonuses, swap in the droid from the transition, and create a night map with Mapbox.