Unity Ability System

Name: Unity Ability System
Rating: 3.9 (21 reviews)

Build an ability system from scratch

Created byCory Maklin

Last updated 1/2022

English

What you'll learn

How to implement an ability system
How to create user interfaces using the UI Toolkit
How to work with Unity’s GraphView API
How to implement a save system

Course content

6 sections • 49 lectures • 6h 37m total length

Introduction1:34
Unreal Gameplay Ability System3:38
Explore the Unreal gameplay ability system and how to port its core components: abilities, tasks, attributes, and effects to Unity. Understand gameplay effects, stacking, duration, requirements, and gameplay cues.
Architecture10:45

Passive Abilities10:11
Passive Abilities Test3:06
Active Abilities3:08
Active Abilities Test3:24
Ability Animation10:38
Ability Cost7:14
Ability Cost Test3:09
Granted Tags7:13
Granted Tags Test4:22
Ability Cooldown1:36
Ability Cooldown Test4:09
Special Effects23:25
Heal Ability4:18
Create a heal ability for a Unity ability system, including cool down and cost effects, health modifier, node graphs, cast animation with heal particles activated by the W key.
Periodic Gameplay Effects6:31
Periodic Gameplay Effect Tests6:39
Regeneration Ability5:17
Stackable Gameplay Effects19:21
Stackable Gameplay Effect Tests17:59
Poison Ability9:51
Malediction Ability8:09
Ability Level4:57
Ability Points6:15
Introduce ability points as a currency to raise ability levels, implement a player ability controller with an event-driven UI update, and handle level changes and save-load interactions in Unity.
Ability Points Test2:28

Save System8:22
Projectile Ability22:52
Remove Effect With Tags - Cleanse7:06
Create a cleanse ability that removes active effects by a specified tag, such as poison, by iterating effects and applying cool down duration, cost, and visuals in Unity.
Granted Application Immunity Tags - Shield Aura6:22
Conditional Effects - Burning6:29
Application Must Be Present Tags - Combustion6:58
Uninhibited Must Be Present Tags - Frost Armor11:19
Persist Must Be Present Tags - Frost Aura13:18

Requirements

In depth knowledge of Unity
A solid understanding of C#

Description

In this course, we will implement an ability system in Unity.

Unlike the Unreal Engine, Unity does not have an ability system package.

Who is this course for?

This is an advanced course designed for those who already have a fundamental grasp of Unity, and want to learn how to implement an ability system using SOLID design principles.

Are there any course requirements?

A solid understanding of C#
Previous experience using Unity
Previously taken the stat system course

What you will learn:

How to implement ability costs
How to implement ability cooldowns
How to implement healing abilities
How to implement passive abilities
How to implement status effects
How to create ability buffs
How to create ability de-buffs
How to build a user interface to view ability data using the Unity's UI Toolkit
How to scale ability effects off of the player’s stats
How to level up abilities and scale their effects based on the ability level
How to save changes to the ability system components
How to create custom editors using Unity’s UI Toolkit
How to create custom controls using Unity's UI Toolkit
How to write Play Mode tests
How to use C# assembly definitions
How to work with Unity’s GraphView API
How to work with ParticleSystems

If all this sounds appealing to you, please join me, and I’ll see you inside the course.

Who this course is for:

Indie game developers
Programmers

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Course content

Introduction3 lectures • 16min

GameplayEffects6 lectures • 42min

Gameplay Persistent Effects4 lectures • 26min

Abilities23 lectures • 2hr 53min

User Interface5 lectures • 58min

Abilities8 lectures • 1hr 23min

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