Unity Game Tutorial: Board Game - Ludo 3D

Learn to build a Unity 3D Ludo game with a game manager, a state machine, dice mechanics, and AI and human input handling, including base, stones, and garage logic.

Design and script the outer road for a Unity game using two tiles aligned to the grid, with a root object and a dynamic transform list that builds the route.

Explore crafting the outer route of a ludo 3d board by arranging, duplicating, and snapping fields to form a balanced play field with optional gaps, diagonals, and color zones.

Organize the Ludo 3D playfield by creating empty game objects for roots. Rename and center them, then parent base nodes, duplicate setups, and apply red, green, yellow, blue materials.

Create and configure a stone selector in a Unity 3D scene by adding a textured quad, setting up a material, and animating a 360-degree rotation with precise easing curves.

Create a node script for every field on the ludo 3d board, use a public is_taken boolean, and attach a stone to each node in the scene.

Create the full route for the ludo 3d board by building the node list from the common and final routes, starting at the current start node, mapping transforms to indices.

Finish the full route by setting the start node, building the final route for each stone color, and saving the script to test moving a stone along its path.

Move stones in a 3d ludo board with a coroutine, advancing by dice steps along a predefined route using a move-to-next-node function and vector3 positions.

Use the update loop and space key to roll a dice and move the stone along the route, while isMoving guards movement and logs debug messages.

Create a Unity game manager to track turns and players, and define an entity class with name, stones, and a player type (human, no player) for the serialized player list.

Implement a state machine for the game manager using a state enum with waiting, rolling dice, and switch player, and a switch in the update loop to manage transitions.

Declare a public static instance of the game manager to access it from anywhere. Create a public integer activePlayer to index the entity list and manage switching between players.

Learn to implement a cpu dice roll in a 3d ludo game using a state machine, with a roll dice function, active player checks, and a delay coroutine.

Loop through the active player's stones, use a helper function to check if out, and release the first eligible stone from the base in the Unity Ludo 3D game.

Define a leave base action that starts a move out coroutine, moves one step, marks the stone as out, and reports to the game manager.

Implement stone movement in a 3d ludo game using dice to determine valid moves, manage movable stones, and enable kicking opponents when possible.

Add and configure the remaining stones for a 3D ludo game by duplicating models, renaming materials, assigning stone IDs, and setting start, base, and final routes for each color.

Update game manager to initialize four players (red, green, yellow, blue) with stones, and implement turn switching and state management, including rolling dice and moving stones.

Demonstrate the return to base mechanic to kick an opponent's stone in a Unity Ludo game, including base and goal node handling, resetting state, and coroutines for movement.

Implement a private boolean turnPossible to guard after-kick moves, allowing a move only when true. Expose a public reportTurnPossible function to inform the game manager and control turn switching.

Recap the unity ludo 3d game's current progress, including the player list and stones with cpu or human types, and the turn logic with dice rolls and kicks.

Implement arc hopping for stones by computing an arc between start and goal positions with amplitude and time, updating position via vector3 lerp in the arc to the next node.

Implement movement arcs from the base node to next node by adjusting speed and arc, using the base as the start position and a looped arc to hop between positions.

Update the game manager to track each player's win status and switch the active player, then evaluate the win condition by confirming all final stones are taken and report win.

Learn to manage selectors in a 3D Ludo game by deactivating all selectors at start and via game manager, using set selector active and has turn to enable human input.

Enable human input by wiring a roll dice function in the game manager, roll the dice, deactivate the button during the roll, and highlight all movable stones for the move.

Apply a roll dice workflow in a Unity Ludo game, checking for six, validating the start node, and assembling a movable stones list with possible kicks.

Implement human roll dice handling for Ludo 3D by validating sixes, checking start and base status, and refactoring into reusable functions to compute movable stones.

Select and move stones in a Ludo 3D game when a six is rolled, enforcing turn rules, leaving the base, and coordinating with the game manager to manage selectors.

Continue building dice rolling in Unity by enhancing the dice script to track throw and land states, enable gravity, and apply random forces to simulate a throw, with reset logic.

Master dice control in a Unity Ludo 3D tutorial by using the update loop to detect when the dice is sleeping and has landed, then roll again and adjust gravity.

Finalize the dice by adding a side value check, connect the roll button to send results to the game manager, and ensure the dice value is read from the sides.

Learn to trigger roll dice in Unity, apply a two-second delay, and return the rolled number to the game manager for human and CPU players.

Implement the dice logic by calling game manager roll dice with the value, resetting before each roll and cycling turns for player and enemies in a 3D dice setup.

Design a ludo 3d menu scene to let players choose human or cpo, configure colors and names, and toggle between options with a toggle group, then start the game.

Wire the start button in the menu scene to initialize default CPU player settings and load the game scene via Unity's scene manager, ensuring proper build order.

Load chosen players by initializing game manager on wake and reading settings from safe settings, then assign each player as human or cpo. Enable yellow's roll-dice action on its turn.

Design a game over scene in a Unity board game by adding a canvas and panel, a final score display, and a back to menu button with place medals.

Bind three text components to the game over script to display first, second, and third from save settings; add a back button to load the main menu via scene manager.