LessonPlans.md

Session 01

• Create ground and idle image using gimp
  • Learn about layers
  • Learn about image sizing
  • Learn about selection tool
  • Learn about exporting image

Session 02

• Setup Unity Project
  • Learn about navigating the basic environment
• Get familiar with unity environment

Session 03

• Create idle player animation in gimp
  • Learn about frames and creating different images
  • Learn to preview the animation in using playback
    • Add replace to the layer
  • Learn to export the layers as a sprite strip using Fuse Layers
• Implement idle player animation in unity

Session 04 - Moving the Player

• Familiarize with the scripting system in unity
• Create a C# script name PlayerController
  • C# is a object oriented language
  • Is a programming language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs to control the behavior of a machine or to express algorithms.
• This script will be responsible for moving the player around.
• Importing packages at the top of the page
  • It's giving our program access to those packages or code someone else has written for us.
• What is a class?
  • Think of it as an extensible template
  • Provides initial values for state (member variables)
  • Contains implementations of behaviors (member functions)
• What is a member variable ?
  • Add float maxSpeed = 20f;
  • A variable is a storage location
  • Describe putting something into a cup
  • It has a type, meaning that only certain kinds of values can be stored into it. Some basic ones are:
    • Number, in our case a floating point number
    • String or text, a word or words in a paragraph
    • Boolean or true/false
  • We assign is a default value of 10
  • Add bool facingRight = true;
• What is a member function?
  • Change Update to FixedUpdate
  • A function is a subroutine or a sequence of program instructions that perform a specific task.
  • FixedUpdate is a function that the unity engine will call for every frame rendered on a fixed time line
• Lets move the character

      void FixedUpdate {
          float move = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
          rigidbody2D.velocity = new Vector2(move * maxSpeed, rigidbody2D.velocity.y);
      }
  

Session 05 - Animate the Moving Player

• Create run state animation
  • Add parameter named speed in the animator control
  • Make a transition from idle to run when speed is > .01
  • Make another transition from run to idle when speed is < .01

Session 06 - Flip the Character

• Create a new function to flip

    void Flip() {
        facingRight = !facingRight;
        Vector3 scale = transform.localScale;
        scale.x = scale.x * -1;
        transform.localScale = scale;
    }

• What is an conditional statement?
• Add flip to the update calls

if (move > 0 &&!facingRight) {
    Flip();
} else if (move < 0 && facingRight) {
    Flip();
}

Session 07 - Getting the Character to Jump

void Update() {
    if (grounded && Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space)) {
        anim.SetBool("Ground", false);
        ridigbody2D.AddForce(new Vector2(0, jumpForce);
    }
}

bool grounded = false;
public Transform groundCheck;
float groundRadius = 0.2f;
public LayerMask whatIsGround;
public float jumpForce = 700f;

... in Fixed updated
grounded = Physics2D.OverlapCircle(groundCheck.position, groundRadius, whatIsGround);
anim.SetBool("Ground", grounded);

• Create Empty object, call it GroundCheck
• Nest it under the character
• Pick an icon so we can see it
• click and drag to where the ground should be under the character
• drag and drop ground check object ont Controler script
• put player on the player layer
• Select whatIsGround to be everything except play
• Create animator param name Grounded

Session 08 - Camera Tracking & restart

• Create CameraController script and link to camera

public Transform player;
public Vector3 offset;

void Update () {
	    transform.position = new Vector3 (player.position.x + offset.x, player.position.y + offset.y, offset.z);
	}

• set offset to 3,3,-20

• set size to 20

• to reset the game we need to reload it

void Update() {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Return)) {
        Application.LoadLevel(0);
        }
    }

Session 09 - Obstacles and money

Session 10 - Timer/Counters

Session 11 - Build a bigger World