Unity 4: 2D Essential Training

Learn how to build a 2D game with players, obstacles, formidable enemies, and multiple levels with Unity.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Getting Started with Unity

• How to use the IDE
• Introducing scripts in Unity
• Understanding data structures
• Working with properties and methods

2. Working with Sprites

• Importing sprites
• Cutting up sprite sheets
• Cutting up additional sprites
• Building animations

3. Creating a Player

• Creating a player prefab
• Adding collision to the player
• Moving left and right
• Moving up
• Creating a controller class
• Changing animations on the player
• Connecting up jet animations
• Cleaning up the player

4. Interactive Objects

• Creating collectable objects
• Randomly selecting sprites
• Creating a push block
• Creating switches
• Creating a door and code
• Creating the door trigger
• Connecting the obstacles together
• Creating gizmos
• Deadly obstacles
• Exploding the player

5. Aliens and AI

• Creating aliens that walk
• Keeping aliens on the platform
• Making aliens attack
• Animation-based attack trigger
• Enabling aliens to shoot
• Working with alien projectiles

6. Making a Level

• Building a level
• Setting up the camera
• Populating the level
• Lighting effects

7. Working with Sound

• Playing 3D sounds
• Playing 2D sounds
• Cleaning up sounds

8. Managing Scenes

• Creating a splash screen
• Switching between scenes
• Exiting and resetting levels
• Adding a level timer limit
• Displaying the time-limit bar

9. Publishing Basics

• Publishing overview

Conclusion

• Next steps