One of the first programming surprises I can remember is when I wrote this line of code in C++ many years ago… if ( speedSetPoint = 10000) maxSpeedSet = true; Now the intention was to run the machine at a slow 5% speed or “speedSetPoint =500” since this was a…

Objective: Create a script to guide our missile to the nearest enemy. Welcome to the first part of this series. In this article, we are going to create some requirements for the functionality of our homing missile. So let's get started. The projectile needs to target the enemy and set…

OBJECTIVE: Remove the color from an animated shield sprite sheet so we can assign a color from a C# script The first step is to copy the sprites to a new directory.

Objective: Write C# code to control the left and right side thruster animations. In part two of this series, we added thruster animations to our spaceship, the main thruster on the rear of the spaceship, and two side thrusters. The main thruster on the rear of the spaceship is always…

Objective: Add thruster animations to our main engine and side thrusters for left and right movement. In part one we added some C# code to allow us to move our space up, down, left, and right. Now we need to add some animations to provide the thruster visual effects. Next…

Objective: Increase “Player Speed when the “Left Shift” key is held down. To make this magic is the use of the “Input.GetKey” function call. If we use the “Input.GetKeyDown” we only get a TRUE condition for a very brief moment after the key is pressed. “Input.GetKey” stays TRUE as long as we hold the key down. While holding down the “Left Shift” key we change the value of “_speed” from 4 to 8.

Objective: Add movement to our spaceship or what we will refer to as our “Player” game object.

Objective: Provide functionality to quit a Unity application using the “Escape” (Esc) key. This is a simple task to complete thanks to the “Application.Quit( )” function. Place the above code in a “void Update( )” function body as shown below and you are finished.

Sharing an early version of your game on the web can be a quick way to get feedback from family and friends. The process of creating a “Web GL” build will allow you to do just that.