VirtualRealityDesigner / 03_ShootHoop

A basket ball shooting game, as part of my Udemy VR course.

"Shoot the Hoop" Game Introduction

• Your first 3D game
• No VR device is required
• Cardboard and Rift are optional

Game Design Document Recap

• We review the GDD format.
• Brainstorm Concepts, Rules and Requirements.
• Outline the scope for the section.

Creating a 3D Scene

• Introduction to the Unity Editor.
• Adding 3D objects to a scene.
• Moving, Scaling and Rotating.
• Previewing our work.

Rigidbody Physics

• Introduction to Components.
• Using the inspector.
• Adding Rigidbody physics.
• Making objects collide.
• Playing with physics.

Smart Copies with Prefabs

• Brief introduction to materials.
• Prefabs as linked copies.
• Overriding prefab values.
• Reverting prefab values.

Instantiating Prefabs in Code

• Creating instances programmatically.
• The Instantiate() function.
• Recap of if statements and GetKeyDown().

Adding Velocity to the Ball

• Accessing components in code.
• Return values of functions.
• GetComponent<>() function.
• Adding velocity to a Rigidbody.

Rotating the Camera in Code

• Rotating the camera.
• Updating transform.rotation.
• The Quaternion type.
• Quaternion multiplication and rotation.

Taking Mouse Input

• The Unity InputManager settings.
• Using Input.GetAxis().
• Updating our rotation based on mouse input.

Creating a Camera Gimbal

• Understanding rotation behaviour.
• Parenting game objects.
• Avoiding camera tilt in mouse look.
• Creating a camera gimbal.

Controlling the Camera Gimbal

• Accessing components of child objects.
• Correct script placement in a hierarchy.
• Global rotation vs localRotation.

Setting the Ball Spawn Location

• Refactoring the BallSpawner script.
• Setting the spawn position for prefabs.
• Exposing fields to the designer.

Getting the Look Direction

• Recapping rotations.
• Rotations and vectors.
• Calculating the “look direction”.

Collisions in Code

• Collision components.
• Introducing OnCollisionEnter().
• Starting to keep score

Keeping Score Globally

• Creating a central score keeper.
• Finding components globally.
• Introduction to public methods.
• Getting objects with FindObjectOfType<>().

Using Multiple Scenes

• Organising multiple scenes.
• Understanding scene buildIndex.
• Loading levels in code.

Creating Menu Screen UI

• Introducing the UI canvas.
• Adding background images.
• Finding uncopyrighted images.
• Dealing with multiple screen sizes.

UI Text and Fonts

• How to find suitable fonts.
• Adding text to UI canvas.
• Importing fonts into Unity.

UI Buttons and Code

• Adding and styling UI buttons.
• Connecting UI buttons to objects.
• Calling code OnClick.
• Writing LoadPreviousScene().

Timing and Triggering Events

• Introducing Time.deltaTime.
• How to implement a timer.
• Creating a default of no progression.

Updating UI Text to Show Score

• Separation of presentation and data.
• Updating UI text in code.
• Creating a HUD.
• Testing multiple screen resolutions.

Persisting Data Between Scenes

• GameObject lifetime in scenes.
• Introduction to DontDestroyOnLoad().
• Ending the lifetime manually.
• Displaying the score on game over.

Converting to Oculus Rift

• Installing the Oculus SDK.
• Enabling VR support in Unity.
• Converting an existing project to VR.

UI for the Oculus Rift

• Putting UI in World Space.
• Scaling and positioning UI canvases.
• Creating prefabs to avoid duplication.

Importing Assets to Build Levels

• Importing Unity asset packages.
• Making our scene look beautiful.
• Playtesting the game for difficulty.

Using Triggers to Detect Scoring Baskets

• Triggers and OnTriggerEnter().
• Writing a script from scratch.
• Revising script communication.
• Detecting baskets properly.

Audio and Music

• Adding Audio Sources in Unity.
• Properties of Audio Sources.
• Autoplaying and looping music.

Triggering Sounds in Code

• Audio Source components.
• Triggering SFX in code.
• The AudioSource.Play() method.

Section 3 Wrap-Up

• Congratulations
• What you learnt in this section
• Share your creation with other students