Links

Here are basic links for Unity info:


• main Unity page -- download Unity from here
  
  
• unity tutorials -- lots of good ones!
  
  
• the basic roll-a-ball intro tutorial -- a good, basic demo. Some of the early class demos (like the one this week) are derived from this one.
  
  
• Unity/C# scripting language tutorial -- Unity uses a C++-like language called C# (C-sharp) for programming. We used this to develop our 'moving' and collision scripts. This tutorial might be useful if you've never encountered anything like it. It's pretty straightfoward, though, and we'll be covering it in class.
  
  
• last semester's class -- this has a lot of RTcmix info, and the last 7 weeks are devoted to the development of a Unity demo showing many of the features we will employ this term.
  
  
  Here are some Unity links that Ethan recommends:
  
  Recommended Unity Tutorials
  • unity3d.com/learn/tutorials
  • catlikecoding.com/unity/tutorials
  • "Deconstructing Darkness" YouTube video
  
  Games (some shown in class)
  • OxenFree
  • Cities Skylines
  • Crypt of the Necrodancer
  • Mu Cartographer
  • Walking Simulator
  • Termotank Fernweh3d -- this was that "dark ambient" album released as an interactive Unity game
  • Proteus
  • Panoramical
  
  Resources to find/play/buy Games
  • Itch.io
  • Humble Bundle
  • Steam
  
  Strongly Recommended Game
  • Kentucky Route Zero -- Made by two electronic musicians in Chicago!
  
  
  
  Plus: For interest in general game design, see Jesse Schell's The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses or the video series on YouTube Game Maker's Toolkit.

Class Downloads

• classdemo-1-OSX.zip -- a zip archive of the simple Unity demo app we developed in class for Mac OSX
• classdemo-1-windows.zip -- a zip archive of the simple Unity demo app we developed in class for Windows