Unity 2024 Build Your First 3D Game Project: City Builder

Name: Unity 2024 Build Your First 3D Game Project: City Builder
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Game Development Principles in Unity: Learn to Build Your First Game Effectively and Efficiently

Created byZackary Seger

Last updated 9/2024

English

What you'll learn

Learn the basics of Unity game engine
Learn to build UI working elements
Identify the depth of game development
Complete a full working prototype of a 3D city building game

Course content

3 sections • 24 lectures • 1h 56m total length

Introduction0:54

Creating Our Project and Unity Overview2:00
After this lecture, students will have learned of the basic structure of Unity.
Save a New Unity Layout1:29
After this lecture, students will understand how to change the Unity layout and save it for later use.
Using Free Assets3:41
In this video lecture, students will learn where to find some great free assets to use for the project, and how to import them.
What is a GameObject?5:01
In this video lecture, students will learn what GameObjects are, and there uses.
The Hierarchy of GameObjects5:28
In this video lecture, students will learn about the Unity Hierarchy Window and and how it works, along with the preset GameObjects within it.
Overview of Functions11:02
In this video lecture, students will learn about programming functions and how they work in context with Unity.
Debugging Overview4:35
In this video lecture, students will learn the basics of debugging using the Unity console and Console.Log( ) function.
Necessary Packages and Package Manager1:32
In this video lecture, students will learn how to use the package manager in Unity to install the necessary packages for the project.

Unity Grid and City Prototype9:02
In this video lecture, students will learn the basics of using the ProBuilder package and set up their prototype city using the Unity grid.
Setup Get Mouse Input Script8:08
In this video lecture, students will learn to get mouse input from the user and display it in the console.
Get Get Mouse Input and Raycast Position5:21
Instantiate and Place House Object on Ground4:00
Calculate Grid Position4:19
Stop Objects From Overlapping on Instantiate8:59
In this video lecture, students will learn to stop objects from overlapping on instantiation.
Free Icons from Unity Asset Store1:09
In this video lecture, students will learn to grab free assets from the Unity Asset Store, and import them into their project.
Creating The UI Elements12:06
In this video lecture, students will learn to create a UI canvas and add the respective elements to it that will be necessary for an in game economy.
Tidying Up the UI Elements3:42
In this video lecture, students will learn to tidy up the UI elements we created in the past video.
Adding the Shop Panel5:02
In this video lecture, students will learn how to set up a shop panel that will be opened and closed using a button previously created.
Open and Close Panel Script (set .IsActive( ))3:30
In this video lecture, students will learn to open and close a panel using a button we previously created and a new script.
Set Instantiate On By Button Press4:55
In this video lecture, students will learn to turn a script on with a button press, in our case to turn instantiation on.
Adding House Tags to Instantiated Houses0:59
In this video lecture, students will learn to add tags to instantiated objects.
Economy and Dynamically Changing Text Mesh Pro Text I6:43
In this video lecture, students will learn about adding a basic economy script to their project to change the money a user has, and dynamically changing Text Mesh Pro Text.
Economy and Dynamically Changing Text Mesh Pro Text II3:08
In this video lecture, students will learn about adding a basic economy script to their project to change the money a user has, the amount of citizens total, and dynamically changing Text Mesh Pro Text.

Requirements

Basic programming experience in C#

Description

Have you ever wanted to create games but just didn't know where to start? Do you have beginner programming experience and want to delve deeper into the landscape of game design? If you answered yes to these questions, you're in the right place. In this course I will be taking you step by step through Unity to get you on your way to developing games that people are going to love. This course will require you to have basic programming knowledge, but with this in mind, we will be delving into why things are coded the way they are throughout the entire course.

We will be creating a prototype of a city builder game that will introduce you to many of the concepts required for game development. This city builder will introduce you to getting inputs from the user, instantiating objects in the game, building an economy class, and building usable, updating UI systems for the game, that work in conjunction with the economy class.

This game will be a working prototype that you can leave as is or expand upon when finished, and I will be giving you ideas throughout the course on how you can do so. The economy and UI for example can be expanded upon almost infinitely, depending on how deep you want to go into personalizing the game.

Who this course is for:

Beginner C# developers pursuing knowledge of game development

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Introduction1 lecture • 1min

Unity8 lectures • 35min

City Builder Project15 lectures • 1hr 21min

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