First, let me introduce you to one of the best free assets on the Unity Asset Store. Scriptable Object Architecture. Link to Asset Store Page This incredible asset was based on Ryan Hipple’s 2017 Unite Talk. I HIGHLY recommend you watch this talk before reading any further. …

In my last article, I went through the process of making a somewhat primitive, top-down, click to move player controller. This time we are building on top of that. Here is a link to the first part. Ok, so what’s next? I think it’s time to implement some basic combat…

Tower Defense games can trace their lineage all the way back to the 80’s with games like “Space Invaders” and “Missile Command” and even “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back”. The seed was sown with these games and later would blossom into the golden age of tower defense games with…

Top down, Click To Move functionality Using NavMesh, Raycasting And Blend Trees In Unity. I was a big Runescape player growing up, and I actually still am almost 18 years later. …

“If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied. “ -Alfred Nobel (1833–1896) A Radical New Idea The year is 1981. Brought together by MIT, A group of the earth’s brightest minds in the fields of physics and computing convened inside of a Boston mansion to…

Unity’s Physics engine allows developers to work in an environment that closely approximates the fundamental forces of the real world. Forces like gravity, velocity and acceleration are are all covered by Unity. Let’s take a look and see how this is implemented. Colliders

Coroutines give us the power to easily implement logic for waiting a certain amount of time. This is perfect for a cool down system. Let’s take a look. First we need a control variable to handle when we can and can’t fire. We also need a variable to determine how long our cooldown period will be.

As game developers, we can give life and we can take it away. Unity lets us play god, easily. The Instantiate() method that unity provides, gives us excellent control over bringing objects into existence. In this example, I am specifying what I want instantiated(laserPrefab), where exactly I want it(muzzleLocation.position), and the rotation it will have once instantiated( quaternion.identity). I could also add one more argument I wanted the instantiated object to have a parent.

What is it? In it’s purest form, pseudocode is the plain language description of an algorithm or another system. It should be able to be understood by someone with just minimal knowledge of computer programming, even a layman. It is used by countless programmers around the world. What are the Advantages? Pseudocode massively improves the readability of…