2019-06-01 net

PROJECTS
Unity

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PROJECTS

Cuphead by StudioMDHR

http://www.cupheadgame.com/

Cuphead, by StudioMDHR, is a 2D indie game based on the

style of classic 1930s cartoons. It combines watercolour-style

backgrounds, hand-drawn animations, complex action and

interactions, as well as an original soundtrack.

Unruly Heroes by Magic Design Studios

https://www.unrulyheroes.com

Unruly Heroes is an action-adventure game inspired by the famous

Chinese novel, A Journey to the West, better known as the Monkey

King Legend. This is another incredible example of 2D side-

scrolling adventure gaming.

Ori and the Blind Forest by Moon Studios

https://www.orithegame.com/

A beautiful example of the capabilities of the Unity platform,

when combined with amazing artists and storytelling. Ori is a 2D

platform game with incredible visuals.

First, we get a reference to the RigidBody2D

component we added to the plane. Then we store the

current velocity of the plane in the vertical direction

(y) and store it in a variable called ‘rot’. Then we use

Unity’s quaternion Euler method to set a rotation

target for the object. We use our ‘rot’ value to set

the final value, which is rotation around the z axis.

That’s the one pointing straight towards the camera.

Then we set the actual rotation of the current object

to a value somewhere between our target rotation

and current rotation, depending on the amount of

time passed since our last update. Basically this is

‘tweening’ or ‘lerpping’ between the current rotation

and the target, for a smoother rotation.

Save the code and test it. You should see the plane

angle downwards as it falls. Later we’ll add collision

detection to this object, so we can react to events

such as hitting obstacles or triggers to score points.

STEP 13: ADD GAME CONTROL

There are many ways to structure your Unity code. I

like to create an empty game object in the scene and

attach a main script to it. This will run in the root of

the scene and can serve as a main game controller.

Add the empty object to the scene and add a script

component to it via the Inspector and call it ‘main’.

Open up your new main script and add the

following code after the public class declaration,

before the update function:

public GameObject plane;

public float strength = 10.0f;

private bool dead = false;

Save the script and return to Unity. Drag and drop

your ‘plane’ game object to the new empty slot in

your script component in the Inspector for the ‘main’

game object. Once you have the plane linked to your

main script, return to the Visual Studio editor.

Next we want to listen for the user pressing the

space bar. You could set up other keys or buttons if

you wish, Unity supports them all. But for now let’s

use the space bar. Update your update function in

your main script to look like the following code:

void Update() {

if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space) && !dead)

{

Debug.Log(“Space key was pressed.”);

Rigidbody2D rb = plane.

GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();

rb.velocity = Vector2.zero;

rb.AddForce(transform.up * strength);

}

}