Unity 5 Build a chat system for online multiplayer games

Name: Unity 5 Build a chat system for online multiplayer games
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Smart approach to add multiplayer chat system to any Unity games. Bonus: All Code & assets included

Created byYohann Taieb

Last updated 9/2016

English

What you'll learn

Build a professional online multiplayer chat system for your video games, just like professional games
Design the chat system user interface in Unity
Program the code to send messages to other players in their own computers
Receive chat messages coming from the internet
Design the scrolling view to view and scroll through the messages log
Adding rich colored text messages (color coded messages)

Course content

7 sections • 24 lectures • 1h 42m total length

Instructor greetings and overview2:25
In this lecture, prof. Yohann will greet yo and give you an overview of his achievements.

Download and Open the Unity project1:26
In this lecture, you will learn how to download and open the Unity project.
Important: The download files are located in the last section named BONUS
How to play the game server and client and test them3:52
In this lecture, you will learn how to play the game server and client. And You will get to test both interacting.
Overview of the scene assets and resources3:42
In this lecture, you will get an overview of the scene assets and its resources.

Designing the chat window containers User Interface6:23
In this lecture, you will learn how to design the chat window user interface in Unity, using canvas and panels.
Working on the chat window header UI3:17
In this lecture, you will learn how to work on the chat window header UI.
Adding the chat text input elements6:44
In this lecture, you will learn how to add the chat text input elements

Making latest chat messages appear first0:59
In this lecture, you will learn how to make the latest chat messages appear first.
Programming the chat window dragging6:28
In this lecture, you will learn how to program the dragging effect on the chat window.
Programming the Chat Message system - part 17:22
In this lecture, you will learn how to program the chat message system (part 1 of 2)
Programming the Chat Message system - part 24:54
In this lecture, you will learn how to program the chat message system (part 2 of 2)
Registering client and server message delegates7:47
In this lecture, you will learn how to register the client and the server message delegates
Programming chat message relay7:54
In this lecture, you will learn how to program the chat message relay
Debugging the code while the game is running4:15
In this lecture, you will learn how to debug code while the game is running.
Debugging the isServer network missing2:53
In this lecture, you will learn how to debug the isServer network missing piece of code.

Clearing chat input after sending message2:56
In this lecture, you will learn how to clear the chat input, once the message has been sent.
Chat window adjust LIVE chat messages2:37
In this lecture, you will learn how to adjust the LIVE chat messages
Adding the name of the player sending the message3:42
In this lecture, you will learn how to add the name of the player sending the message.
Having each player their own chat message color7:50
In this lecture, you will learn how to have each player their own chat message color.
Preventing character interaction while typing chat messages5:30
In this lecture, you will learn how to prevent the character to move while the user is typing text.

Requirements

How to download and open a project in Unity
Basics of the Unity editor

Description

Important: all software used are FREE to download and use on PC, LINUX and MAC computers (no need to pay, cheers!)

In this course you will learn how to use Unity3D to build a professional multiplayer chat system.

Why would you want to learn how to build a chat system? Because any good online multiplayer game out there uses a chat system where players can easily interact with eachother by sending text messages and receiving other player's messages back. This is a must-have in any online multiplayer games.

All the great games out there are using it, look at Star Wars, or World of Warcraft or MineCraft or even Pokemon. That's exactly what you will be making by taking this course.

The majority of the courses out there will only teach you how to create a chat system on one computer, but this course goes the beyond by have the chat system work on dozens of players texting eachother at the same time.

You will start learning how to design the chat window user interface, then you will get to program the code logic to send messages to other players. You will also get to program the code to receive messages from other players and create a chat window where you can scroll through the chat log. We will also go beyond and have the player name of the person sending the message, as well as add color coding to easily know who is sending the messages.

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This course provides all the necessary assets for you. The only tool we use in this course is Unity 3D, and it's completely free to use. No need to spend extra money.

This course is easy to follow along since all the steps are shown to you in the video lectures, so you can't possibly miss a step.

Please join the course now. You've got nothing to lose because if i don't deliver, you'll get a full refund. I'll see you in the course.

Who this course is for:

people that want to lear about Unity
People that want to make pro games
computer students
software engineer
graphic designes
web designers
art students
gamers
Anyone with no programming skills
This course is meant for non-artists, meaning you don't have to be an artist to be able to use 3D pixel art graphics provided in this course

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Course Overview1 lecture • 2min

Project Setup3 lectures • 9min

Design3 lectures • 16min

Dive into programming8 lectures • 43min

Exercise: Debugging code3 lectures • 10min

Making code and UI pro features5 lectures • 23min

Bonus1 lecture • 1min

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