C# & Unity: Game Development Foundations

About Course

This course will teach you C# programming for Unity from scratch. If you are new to Unity and don’t know how people on the internet get to implement mechanics on their own without having to watch someone else’s tutorials, then this course was made especially for you!

This course not only covers programming theory (variables, functions, arrays, collections, if/else, for, while, foreach, break, continue, switch, case, logical operators, etc.), but also applies in practice to implement such interesting mechanics as a combination lock, puzzles, physical carrying of objects and much more! After solving the tasks, you will have enough knowledge to add your own puzzles and other mechanics to the game to diversify the gameplay.

Course Content

Introduction – Inherent Theory

What will you learn in this section?
Installing and linking Visual Studio to Unity
What is using?
How classes are structured (with important nuances!)
Event functions (Awake, Start, OnEnable, Update, FixedUpdate, LateUpdate, etc.)
Commenting code
Summarize
Check and consolidate your understanding of the material covered.

Variables

What will you learn in this section?
What is a variable and how is it created?
Access modifiers (public, private) and other variable types
What is scope?
Switching cameras and the GetComponent function
Switching cameras and Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.)
Counting and converting int/float to string
Interaction of scripts and classes
Test of understanding of scope and use of variables
Summarize

Control flow

What will you learn in this section?
If/else selection statements
Logical operators – AND ( && ), Or ( || )
if, else if, else
Test your understanding of If/else, value comparison and logical operators
Practice – character movement
Practice – POV Camera
Practice – moving towards the camera
Camera enhancements with Mathf.clamp
Our controller will improve as we play
How well do you understand how First Person Controller works?
Switch/case statements
For loop
Lesson draft

00:00
Practical application of the for loop & Instantiate
While loop
Practical application of the while loop
Check your understanding of for & while loops
Loop manipulation: break & continue
Check your understanding break & continue
Summarize

Collections and arrays (Array & List)

What will you learn in this section?
How to create an array and how to use it (Array) ?
OnTriggerEnter, OnTriggerStay, OnTriggerExit
Practical use of arrays
How to create a collection and how to use it (List) ?
You will learn more about List as you progress through the course
Foreach loop + more about List
Practical application of the foreach loop
How well do you understand how to use Array and List?
Summarize

Functions/Methods

Game Quest Room

What will we do in this part?
Importing an asset for quest room
Setting up the scene + Fixing character control
How should you complete tasks for maximum efficiency?
Task: Jump and run
Solution: Jump and run
Quest: Opening the Doors
Solution: Opening the doors
Task: Opening boxes
Solution: Opening drawers
Making a model of an electronic lock
Task: Electronic lock on the door and drawer
Solution: Electronic lock on the door and drawer
What is polymorphism and how is it used?
Task: Physically carrying objects
Solution: Physically carrying items
Fixing the jitter of physically carrying objects
Challenge: Statue Puzzle
Solution: Statue Puzzle
Task: Lever and Gate
Solution: Lever and gate
Challenge: Rush hour puzzle
Solution: Rush hour puzzle
UnityEvents – more flexible puzzles
Objective: Finish the game!
How to make a game build?
Summarize

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