Unity 3d: Zero to Hero

Welcome to Unity!

• Differentiate Unity services
• Differentiate video game production practices
• Distinguish console hardware
• Distinguish production talent roles and responsibilities
• Distinguish video game design elements
• Distinguish video game genres
• Distinguish video game production practices
• Distinguish video game types
• Examine Unity services
• Explain Unity services
• Identify production phases by criteria
• Identify video game production practices
• Implement Unity services
• Know video game controls
• Know video game design principles
• Know video game industry terms
• Recognize Unity services
• Summarize Unity services
• Understand model asset optimization
• Understand the Unity Asset Store
• Understand video game art principles
• Understand video game industry practices
• Understand video game industry terminology

Exploring the Unity User Interface

• Distinguish the Hierarchy Window
• Distinguish Unity editors
• Distinguish Unity views
• Distinguish Unity windows
• Know the Project View Window
• Manage Scene files
• Navigate the Scene View Window
• Reorganize the Unity interface
• Understand Tags
• Understand the Hierarchy Window
• Understand the Inspector Window
• Understand the Project View Window
• Utilise the Inspector Window

Using Game Objects and Assets

• Define Prefabs
• Differentiate GameObjects
• Distinguish components
• Distinguish Models
• Examine GameObject components
• Identify GameObjects
• Know the Project View Window
• Manage GameObjects
• Manage Prefabs
• Understand GameObject components
• Understand the Project View Window
• Utilise Models
• Utilise the Hierarchy Window
• Utilize the Toolbar

Managing Projects and Assets

• Distinguish Models
• Distinguish Unity views
• Implement project management settings
• Organize Unity game projects
• Understand project management features
• Understand the Project View Window

Preparing Assets for Implementation

• Create materials
• Create textures
• Evaluate materials and effects
• Examine material and lighting features
• Know materials and effects
• Know model import and export best practices
• Know modelling best practices
• Manage materials
• Manage textures
• Optimize textures
• Refine material properties
• Understand animation best practices
• Understand material and texturing best practices
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• Chapter Title Learning Outcomes
• Assembling the Game Level

Distinguish properties

• Distinguish Rigidbody properties
• Examine forces on Rigidbody
• Integrate colliders
• Know colliders
• Know Rigidbodies
• Manipulate colliders
• Understand Rigidbodies
• Utilize the Hierarchy Window

Lighting in Games

• Analyse lighting tools and processes
• Distinguish light types
• Examine lighting situations
• Know lighting tools and processes
• Understand lighting tools and processes
• Understand UI components
• Understand video game art principles
• Utilise the Sprite Editor

Baking Lighting in Game Production

• Distinguish light types
• Examine lighting situations
• Examine lighting tools and processes
• Know lighting tools and processes
• Understand lighting tools and processes

Animating Game Objects in the Unity Editor

• Animate game objects
• Distinguish character animation options
• Manage animation settings
• Refine the animation of game objects
• Understand character animation processes

Bringing Animations into the Game

• Assess Animator Controllers
• Examine Animation Types
• Examine States
• Examine Transitions
• Know States
• Manage Animator Controllers
• Understand Transitions
• Utilise States
• Utilise the Animator Window
• Utilise Transitions

Scripting in Game Development

• Assess program code
• Distinguish programming terms
• Distinguish variables in code
• Examine program code
• Examine raycasts within a scene
• Execute programming tasks
• Identify script types
• Understand layers
• Understand programming terms
• Understand raycast parameters
• Understand raycasts

Implementing Navigation and Pathfinding

• Understand a NavMesh
• Understand a NavMesh baking
• Understand Max Slope
• Understand obstacle avoidance
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• Chapter Title Learning Outcomes

Building the Player and Allies

• Create allies
• Create players
• Implement a game manager
• Implement a player controller
• Manage cameras

Building the Enemies

• Create enemies
• Design enemy behaviours
• Evaluate enemy behaviours
• Integrate enemies into a game
• Manage enemies

Creating Particle Systems

• Distinguish Image Effects
• Distinguish particle options
• Evaluate materials and effects
• Produce particle effect results
• Understand materials and effects

Adding Audio to Game Levels

• Control Audio Properties
• Enable Audio Properties
• Examine Audio Properties
• Identify Audio Clips
• Identify Audio Effects
• List Audio Clips
• Manage Audio Clips
• Understand Audio Properties

Building the Camera and Player Selection System

• Configure cameras
• Evaluate camera choices
• Evaluate player behaviours
• Examine player behaviours
• Integrate character selections
• Refine player settings

Designing User Interfaces for Games

• Administer pivots and anchors
• Demonstrate text properties
• Distinguish button properties
• Distinguish render modes
• Distinguish UI components
• Evaluate UI features
• Examine Rect Transforms
• Know anchor points
• Understand button properties
• Understand UI components

Building and Deploying the Game

• Administer Unity Cloud Build tools
• Build a game
• Distinguish console hardware
• Refine build settings
• Understand the build process

Preparing for Mobile Deployment

• Distinguish build platforms
• Evaluate mobile publishing choices
• Examine mobile publishing options
• Manage game settings for mobile publishing
• Understand mobile development procedures