Jul 9, 2021Galaxy Shooter: Camera ShakeIn this article I will show how I setup my camera shake for when the player gets hit. I started by adding a empty gameObject to my hierarchy in Unity and naming it “Camera_Holder” I set the Transform to the values of the Main Camera and then childed the Main…Unity3 min readUnity3 min read
Jul 8, 2021Galaxy Shooter: Scaling Bar HUD for ThrustersIn this article I will show how I setup my scaling bar for my Thrusters Power Level in Unity. I only want the thrusters speed boost to be able to be used until the scaling bar/meter reaches 0 and then it needs to recharge. First I added a Slider to…Unity4 min readUnity4 min read
Jul 6, 2021Galaxy Shooter: Ammo and Health PowerupsFor my ammo and health powerups I made new sprites in photoshop and then animated, attached a collider and rigidbody same as my other powerups and then prefabbed them in Unity with my Powerup script attached. …Unity3 min readUnity3 min read
Jul 2, 2021Galaxy Shooter: UI Ammo Count and SliderIn this article I will show how I setup a start count of 15 and max count of 50 for my Player’s ammo count and display it in the UI along with a slider for visualization. …Unity4 min readUnity4 min read
Jul 1, 2021Galaxy Shooter: Shield Strength VisualizationIn this article I’ll show how I setup my shield strength system. My shield is setup to take 3 hits before being disabled, I have it change from blue to yellow/orange on the first hit, red on the 2nd hit and disabled on the 3rd hit. This could probably be…Unity2 min readUnity2 min read
Jun 30, 2021Galaxy Shooter: Speed Boosting ThrustersIn this quick article I’ll show how I added the ability to press the left shift key for a boost from the thrusters in my 2D Space Shooter Unity game. (Any other key and/or button can also easily be used with the new input system) I’m using the new input…Unity3 min readUnity3 min read
Jun 23, 2021How I Converted My Unity Game to Use the New Input SystemI’ve used stuff similar to Unity’s New Input System in VR projects using the XR Interaction Toolkit so I figured it’s time to learn the New Input System and convert the 2d Space Shooter game I’ve been working on before I go any further with it. As shown in Unity’s…Unity5 min readUnity5 min read
Jun 17, 2021How to Host Unity Games on the WebIn this article I will show how to upload an in browser playable WebGL build of your game to itch.io. First in Unity go to File>Build Settings and select WebGL and then Switch Platform. Go to Player Settings… Go to WebGL tab and expand Other Settings , uncheck Auto Graphics…Unity2 min readUnity2 min read
Jun 17, 2021How to Build and Test your Unity GameIn this article I will show how to quickly make a PC Build of your game for testing. First go to File>Build Settings… You’ll see the window above open, click Player Settings…Unity2 min readUnity2 min read
Jun 15, 2021How to Play Sound Effects in UnityIn this article I will show how I setup the sound effects in my 2D Space Shooter game. For the simple explosion prefabs that aren’t tied to a gameobject’s animator I just attached an Audio Source component and dropped in the audio clip and made sure the Play On Awake…Unity3 min readUnity3 min read
