Unity 3D Master Class - Game Development For Beginners

Rotate objects in the Unity editor with the rotate tool, using the pivot point—center when needed—to rotate along the x, y, and z axes, with global versus local space.

Unlock precise object alignment in the Unity editor using grid, surface, and vertex snapping. Switch to local space, adjust snap settings, and use rotate to face objects toward targets.

Explore how parenting objects in the hierarchy affects selecting, moving, and rotating, and use debug mode to view local transforms and match transforms by parenting.

Explore importing textures in Unity, create legacy and dynamic cube maps for reflections, apply skyboxes, and use cookies and light maps to control lighting and textures.

Import scripts into Unity by copying them into the project and ensuring they compile with dependencies. Learn about editor extensibility through custom scripts like a sky box generator.

Replace a destroy-on-fall catchall with a spawn point, tag the main character, and use a literals file to send a respawn message that repositions and rotates the character in Unity.

Create a rag doll in Unity by removing the character controller and attaching primitive colliders to bones, using a rag doll script to align approximate bones.

Learn how prefabs store asset combinations and apply changes to all instances in Unity. Create and manage prefabs by dragging assets, and avoid nested prefabs to prevent disconnections.

mark meshes as static selectively to optimize light mapping and batching, use prefabs to apply static flags consistently, and adjust per-instance flags to avoid breaking prefabs.

Gain a high level view of Unity’s three scripting languages—Boo, UnityScript (JavaScript), and C#—and learn to rotate mesh normals with a Boo script for dynamic lighting.

Implement coconut pickup and scoring in Unity by building a basket system with trigger colliders, record score when coconuts are placed in the heart, and spawn more coconuts as collected.

Learn to implement distance-based culling in Unity by using layer-based and spherical culling, creating a coconuts layer and shrubs, and configuring a camera manager with a 32-element distance array.