Unity 3D

 Unity is a multi-platform, integrated IDE for scripting
games, and working with 3D virtual worlds
 Including:
 Game engine
▪ 3D objects / lighting / physics / animation / scripting
 Accompanying script editor
▪ MonoDevelop (win/mac) << RECOMMENDED TO USE
▪ Unitron (Mac) / UniSciTE (Windows) << DEFAULT
▪ Can also use Visual Studio (Windows)
 3D terrain editor
 3D object animation manager
 GUI system
 Executable exporter many platforms:
native application / web player / iPhone / Android / Wii
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1 – Scene Scene = Hierarchy = same, just diff. views
 Editable (design-time) 3D game objects in the current scene
2 – Hierarchy
 Text list of game objects and sub-objects in the current scene
3 – Inspector
 Properties for currently selected
4 – Game
 Preview how game will look when exectuting
5 – Project
 Contents of Project ‘assets’ folder (i.e. files in that folder)
– library of scripts, digital media files, and scenes
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 Unity implements a MONO compiler
 Scripts can be written in
 JavaScript
▪ Note – most introductory tutorials are written in Javascript
– for those learning programming its fine
 C#
▪ Very similar to Java, Unity can be integrated with the
Microsoft Visual Studio editor, to get full benefits of code
completion, source version control etc.
▪ Serious developers work in C# …
 Also BOO (like Python) – little development is this …
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 A unity “scene” is essentially a “level” or “screen”
 Typical game
 Welcome / main menu screen
▪ Buttons: play game / see high scores / read instructions /
change input settings
 Level 1 / Level complete / Level 2 etc…
 Game Over / Enter details for new High Score …
 All the above would be separate “scenes” in unity
 Some scenes may be entirely based around the Unity
GUI scripts / components – i.e. be text / buttons on
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 The Assets folder for each Unity project
contains:
 Scenes
 Media assets
(images, sounds files, 3D models)
 Script files
 “packages”
(collections of unity assets, ready to import)
 The contents of the Unity “Project” panel
reflect the contents of the “Assets” folder
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 Everthing in a scene is either a Game Object
 or a component INSIDE a Game Object
 Every Game Object has at least 1 COMPONENT
 Its TRANSFORM – an object’s position, scale, rotation
 Other components depend on object type (audio,
mesh, material, script etc.)
 Game objects can be in a HIERARHCY – so an
object can be a sub-object of another object
 E.g. an “arm” object can be a sub-object of a “body”
object etc.
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 Since object-oriented (although this is partially hidden
when scripting in JavaScript) instances can be
INSTANTIATED at run time
 Unity uses the term PREFAB for a pre-fabricated object
template (i.e. a class combining 3D objects and scripts)
 At DESIGN TIME (in editor) a prefab can be dragged
from Project window into the Scene window and
added the scene’s hierarchy of game objects
 The object can then be edited (i.e. customised from the
prefab default settings) if desired
 At RUN TIME a script can cause a new object instance
to be created (instantiated) at a given location / with a
given transform set of properties
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• Unity is powerful, complete game
development system
• Create 3D objects / scenes in Unity
– Or import objects created in 3D modelling
packages
• Use scripting to control animations / scene
changes etc.
• Export to stand alone game, or web page
component, or mobile app
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