How to Make a Game - Unity Beginner Tutorial - New Version!
• Make a Game & Learn To... --- UPDATED FOR UNITY 2023
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0:00 - Intro / Beg for Likes & Shares
1:26 - Installing Unity 2020
6:42 - How to Create a new Unity Game Project
8:00 - Importing art with a .unitypackage
12:24 - Creating a 2D Character with a SpriteRenderer
15:26 - Physics with Rigidbody2D
18:02 - Collisions, PolygonCollider2D, BoxCollider2D
22:43 - Backgrounds, Sprite Tiling, SortingLayers, OrderInLayer
28:39 - Animation
31:20 - Writing C# Code with Visual Studio
1:09:00 - Start and Awake
1:14:14 - Crates and GameObject Duplication
1:17:44 - FlipX, FlipY, SpriteRenderer Options and Crates
1:25:59 - Coroutines
1:30:54 - Monsters
1:40:45 - Collision Normal / Hit direction detection
1:44:09 - Clamping Position with Vector2.Distance
1:55:54 - Custom ParticleSystem Creation
2:04:20 - Boolean / bool flags
2:06:14 - Level Creation
2:10:30 - Level / Scene Progression with LevelController
2:24:47 - Cinemachine Camera Controller & TargetGroup Camera
2:32:05 - Prefabs
2:41:11 - Extensions and Thx! - "Don't forget to share" :)
Learn how to make a game in Unity3D. We'll build Angry Birds with full physics, monsters, and drag/release launching.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: unfortunately, the video does not show the script being added to the bird, so the coding does not really affect the game. Took me forever to figure it out, since I am new at this. Simply drag the script onto the component list and things will just start to work. In the video, the "Script" component just appears there @40:58. This is an EXCELLENT tutorial otherwise :).
I can't add my script to the bird object? and all the code inside the script isn't color coded? can you help? when I try apply my script to the object it comes up with an error saying 'Cannot add script component 'Bird' Make sure that there are no compile errors and that the class name and file name match' . I've named the class name and the object name the same too.
okay, so I've now added the script component to the object. but the code isn't working? it's still not color coded, here it is: using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; using UnityEngine; public class Bird : MonoBehaviour { // Start is called before the first frame update void Start() { GetComponent().isKinematic = true; } void OnMouseDown() { GetComponent().color = Color.red; } void OnMouseUp() { GetComponent().color = Color.white; } void OnMouseDrag() { //Vector3 mousePosition = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition); } // Update is called once per frame void Update() { } }
you are best guy ever
@@tomcartwright3160 I believe you might be having issues getting visual studio recognize Unity and vice-verse. There is some stuff you have to do to set up visual studio with Unity. Have you done it?
@Vlad Simionescu ull see #Bird from scripts, drag it to redbird (in hierarchy)
For those who got stuck in the OnMouseDown that are not turning the bird red: There are two missing things on the tutorial (so far, i´m doing it too :) ): 1) He attach the script as a component to the bird. You can do this by hold click on the Bird script on the assets tab and dragging to the components of the bird on the right. 2) He return the Simulated variable of RigidBody 2D back to true. Click detection will not work without it.
Thank you! got really stuck here :)
I dont get where do i have to drag it ???
it says cant add script beacause the script class cannot be found
yes Exactly .. Thank you
Thank You man, wasted about 2 days for this.
Great Tutorial, I started learning Unity using your tutorials and now I'm working on a my own commercial game for mobile. Thanks 👍
hello : D
Wow nice, you got a heart
How long did it take you?
Probably 6 Months or so consistently. Come check out my latest video, I breakdown my journey
Can get pass the onmousedown code, it won’t work u.u
Absolutely cracking tutorial, so nice to watch someone who is articulate, knows the subject matter and can relate the materials without constantly repeating expletives. A punchy to the point tutorial, which also teaches a great amount of detail.
This is the best tutorial I’ve ever followed on KZhead! I’m new to game dev - but work as a web developer so I’ve seen a lot of similar content but this has been a stand out! A well thought out and well delivered tutorial. Thanks for putting in the time and effort!!!
I'm really glad that there's a tutorial for beginners out that teaches good coding practices. Amazing work Jason!
What a surprise!I started with the same tutorial back then when it was published.Now I have a game on the google play store and participated in a gameJam.Thank you jason.I ll share this with my friends :)
That was pretty awesome! I've been following a bunch of tutorials but yours was very clear and informative. It wasn't bogged down with too much fluff and it wasn't too light on the details either.
this is the first tutorial in my life that actually preshots the issues i have and solve them, you did a pretty good job there!
This is awesome! Very informative and what a great feeling it is to have an actual game after only a few hours! Learned a lot and had fun doing it too! Thank you
Normally I don’t want such in-depth tutorials because I’ll be looking for something specific. BUT I’m 100% beginner to game development so I’m SOOOO appreciative for all this detail in your tutorial. I think this is very beginner-friendly.
This video is about 2 hours long but I spent 10 hours on it just so I learned EVERYTHING that was going on. Thank you so much great video and clear to understand :)
i spent a week on it 😂
I just copied it without any sign of brain activity
@@kiha215 better than just watching the video without doing anything else but u prob shouldnt do that lol
@@koukikiller1182 me pro code me do it in 2 month u ppl are nob
@@programcoderpro8188 3 months
You are an amazing teacher, this single tutorial alone I learned a lot now I am interested in learning more. Going to dig more tutorials from your channel. Great material. Thanks a lot Jason!
Funny thing, I just finished watching your 2019 Unity Tutorial and now I get blessed with the 2020 version! Thanks Jason! Much respect from Hong Kong!
same
Have not long retired and trying my hand at Unity - this is the best tutorial I have come across to get started - very impressed with the lack of post production edits. Jason really knows his stuff and so grateful he is willing to share his skills with us... thank you :)
Apart from a couple of minor things others have picked up on, Jason's video tutorial is the best I have watched here at KZhead so far. He has a very confident, neat and well explained approach to his teaching. His videos appear to be well planned out beforehand and he doesn't run into problems and start scratching his head halfway through wondering what he has done wrong like others I have seen. Very slick, very professional approach, Great stuff Jason, I shall be watching more! Thanks very much.
Dude this helped alot, I am new at this unity thing and this gave me a kick start to my game developing.
You manage to explain everything really clearly without taking ages. And unlike many other tutorials you even include things like basic navigation. I am not a complete beginner, but there are a lot of little things that always took me a while to do while you explained how to do them easily and properly. I'm only 35 minutes into the tutorial, but I have been doing many things by myself first to see if I can figure out how to do it, and then I watch how you do it in a different and better way. I wish I had this tutorial when I was just starting out. I honestly think that this tutorial is a must for everyone who is starting out. There is just one thing that is just not acceptable. You use the dark theme for unity, which is really good. But at the same time you use the light theme for Visual Studio. That is just not acceptable! xD
@Rawa MAHMOUD You are lucky to start with this. Good luck on your journey with Unity :D
@Tokey Do you miss a "using" at the top? It may also help to restart Unity if you haven't already tried this. These are the things I can think of right now. Hopefully it helps
THANK YOU for actually explaining the syntax of the code! So many tutorials just say "type this in visual studio", and you have no idea why you're doing it or what exactly you're telling the code to do. I feel like I'm finally getting a grasp on C#.
Hey Jason, your videos have helped me a lot over the past few months. I just wanted to say thanks for the hard work. I'll also request that you make more videos where you record yourself making a game, but keep working at the same game to make it more complex. It's nice to just sit down and watch you go through the steps, and there are tons of things I can still learn that would belong in a part 2 or part 3 video.
For all those, bird's image hiding in the background try using the "order in layer" in inspector tab and make it's value to 1. edit: you are great! solution is already there in the video!
THANK YOU SO MUCH
@@his_of_ham My Pleasure!
Thank you so much !
@@mtgotix welcome!
thanks mate
Lovely tutorial, watched every second of it thoroughly.
I recently watched a Brackeys tutorial to Unity, but since that was 3d I decided to also watch this video on 2d. Going through this video was much easier. You went at a much easier pace and explained it extremely well, so thank you!
This is tutorial is amazing. So many things that you just go over in detail about different aspects of coding and design and explain why you are doing it. Thanks
You make training juniors easy with these videos.
NOTE: If your boxes do not snap to the ground, you should hold Ctrl while moving them for more accurate snapping.
I spent like an hour finding why they didn’t snap right. And right after I found out why I see this comment.
Thank you so much :D
hi can u help my bird is flashing and i dontknow how to fix it
thank you
Thanks a lot for your time and effort creating such a great tutorial where you really cover everything a beginner needs to know when starting with Unity. Also you find a very good balance of how many details you explain and at the speed so that everyone can still follow you.
Just finished the tutorial and my game, thanks for the excellent instruction, I am looking forward to doing a lot more with it now!
Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial! I legit have not stopped thinking about it all day :) Legit even making that bird turn red when you click on it has brought a huge smile to my face
Thank you, Jason. That's an excellent tutorial and helped me to put things into a better perspective after going through the basics in one of Unity 2D books. If I may make a suggestion, I'd suggest to switch Visual Studio to a dark team as it is easier on the eyes. Especially when there are a lot of switching between the dark Unity window and light VS window.
Great update to your other beginner tutorials! Thank you for sharing your expertise!
Just finished, great tutorial I learned much more than I was expecting. I had actually been watching a-lot of Brackey's old stuff before coming here, but ran into serious limitations due to updates that happened in Unity.
Thanks so much Jason. I have expanded this to have 20 levels, a menu, health bar, extra monsters, sounds and other objects.
how did u managed to put a health bar, is there a chance that u can give me some tips?
@@carlabozintan3670 check out the channel Natty Creations.
I have watched the old tutorial before and honestly I think it's great. I'm relatively young so I won't be making a game public any time soon but I am very interested in coding and especially game development. In the future I hope I'll have enough experience and talent to make a full 3d game with unity and blender. And to anyone starting out(like me) don't worry if you don't understand or if it seems overwhelming, because it is. It takes years for someone to make a good quality game so don't be worried if it takes a long time.
This was my first time using unity or any game engine for that matter. It's amazing how quickly you can create a functioning game with animated sprites and so forth.
This is the best UNITY Tutorial I have ever watched!!! Was actually able to follow along ! Much better then even Unity's tutorials Thank you so much!!! I made my first game thanks to you
omg this part at like 40 minutes with the generate project files fixed my hatred for visual studio. thank you
darn the best intuitive tutorial I've found. Packed with useful information!
Glad it was helpful!
Bravo for this tutorial. I was learning unity a year ago and this helped brush up on my knowledge. Thank you!
Best game dev KZhead’s helps so much his 2hr tutorials are so good I’m subscribing dame keep it up man I’m being a game dev for shire now
FYI for anybody confused about the Cinemachine part around 2:26:08, Cinemachine will show up in GameObject after it is installed/activated. Cinemachine used to show up in the toolbar like this video. I spent 10 mins on this, found this info in the description box. 😂
Thank you so much for this, I was so confused and was looking for someone to comment about this.
Thank you!
BUG REPORT: Guess it's not really a bug, but needs some sort of variable when resetting. This happens when the BIRD COLLIDES with more than one crate and/or the ground and therefore makes multiple COROUTINE calls. (If you add a counter to each call to the coroutine you can see that sometimes up to 9 calls are made to ResetAfterDelay()) Subsequently, if you launch the BIRD before all the coroutines finish, the bird is SNAPPED back to pre-launch. This can be seen in the video @ 2:30:50
when i try to use the box snapping effect it doesnt let me place it on the ground flat at all, its either just floating or on top of the floor, no matter what i do this doesnt change... i have expanded the area in more ways than one gone back to original...everything and yet the snapping effect doesnt "sync" properly... im starting to think that unity isnt very clear cut of a program, seems very sloppy on how it does things... like example why have a massive grid that your working on if you cant get things to follow it by the actual squares itself (that would make things tessellate properly and also be neater)...
Amazing tutorial! Super clear and easy to follow, works perfectly. A couple things that would be amazing to include: 1 - the white dots UI showing what direction you are shooting the bird 2 - some kind of UI showing a title of each level on load or completion of each level.
well, this is just great since i just finished the previous version of this. time to start all over again
quick notice here for people who have this problem : " when I added the background into the scene it just overlays the bird. The bird wouldnt show as the background was covering it" what I did to solve it : On the right side of the screen when you click on the bird, there is a text that says "Sprite Renderer" that has next to it a check box. in the sprite renderer box there is a list called "Additional Settings". under that list is 2 things you can modify, one is "Sorting Layer" and the other is "Order in Layer" . the one that you want is "Order in Layer", in the box next to that make sure (while the bird is the chosen object) that the value is set to "1" and let the background's "Order in layer" value be set to 0. that way you can stop the bird from being overlaid by the background. hope this helps . edit : ok for those who continued watching you will realize he addresses the problem in the next segment of the video following the part that the problem occurs in, so you can ignore this comment and follow his method lol
thanks
Thank you for your videos
Thx!
Thanks, Jason, excellent tutorial. I've messed about in Godot and was looking for a tutorial for Unity and this is a great start!
Great tutorial! I wanted to add sounds to the crates falling and the monsters dying, so I did. I even managed to scale the volume of the crates falling to the impact velocity.
Wonder how many people skipped over this because of how long it is.. They're missing out big time! Subbed for sure. We are besties with testies now!
If anyone has trouble with the grid snapping not allowing your to line up your crates with the ground, then go to Edit -> Grid Settings and change the size to 0.5. This actually makes the grid look bigger, but in reality, it's smaller.
Thanks!
You Sir are a legend!! this is by far the best tutorial on youtube I saw. your detailed and clear instructions are so easy to follow, even at 1.5x :) Thank you!!
43 minutes in you've taught me more than a 27 hour class that i paid for..... thanks man so much honestly. Id also like to get some people i could talk to bout questions. Im VERY new to coding and it scares the shiiiiiii out of me. Thanks again man!
Day 1: Progress: 1:17:52 Day 2: Progress: 2:02:42 Day 3: Progress 2:26:34 done
Hey. How would you fix the line that started to appear when you added the background color? I have the exact same issue between sprites.
Great job on the tutorial! Very clear code and understandable. Thanks for contributing to help and show us. You have a life time fan here.
THIS IS THE BEST TUTORIAL I HAVE WATCHED THIS IS THE ONLY ONE WHERE U ACTUALLY EXPLAIN UR CODE
Hey Jason, love your vids man! Any chance you will do some videos on RTS games in Unity3D?
Definitely something I want to do. In a multi-player scenario
@@Unity3dCollege Awesome. Looking forward to that when/if it drops. 👍
@@Unity3dCollege waiting for that :D
@@Unity3dCollege yeaaah thats 😎.
Pls make a totorial on 3d games (I know that there are a lot of totorial on that on KZhead but I understand what you say much easily)
Yea Brackeys has some but he explains everything too fast for me to keep up and understand
I am also decided.
@@seanl9141 yeah
@@seanl9141 i find brackeys hard to follow. brakcyes skips lot of stuff.
Tutorials*
I'm almost finishing this tutorial, and for the first time I feel confident enough to know that I can do that. I just need a little push on how to think more logically, so I would know what probably the next line of code would be on my own.
Thanks Jason. Wonderful tutorial. I really enjoyed following along. Love your clear explanations and step by step instructions.
My first day using Unity I'll come back again to see how much i improved Edit after two months: whaat just two months? that was faster than i thought! anyway i already made a game for a gameJam called miniJam in 3 days and it was my first game, i guess within two months i learned sooo much more than i thought i would and i am thinking to shift to robot engineering rather than making games.
bruh thats epic
6 months update now
we can do Vector2 instead of Vector3 in mouse drag: private void OnMouseDrag() { Vector2 mousePos = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition); transform.position = mousePos; }
I was going to ask this too. I was wondering why it would need to be Vector3 if we were then effectively having to handle the Z from -10. Many ways to "skin the cat" I guess. Such a great tutorial..
Absolutely brilliant tutorial! I was a newbie at the start and now I have a basic understanding on how to make 2D games. Thanks 👍
I have learned so much from two videos! I not only created level 1 and 2, but I also added level 3 and completely put a border around the levels because the bird would fly off and go on forever. I made a wall.png in Jasc PSP 9 and rotated it to be a top image. I added them with 2d box coll and it's good to go! I also completely made my own character that is animated. I'm an old skool animater/image creator lol since like 99. I just never got into this. Sending you an email! I'm super stoked for what I learned! Thank you sooooo Much!
If you are tired of removing 'private' at the start of functions, go to tools>options>Options for Unity>General>Code edition>Unity messages scope and set it to default Edit: Do this in Visual studio not unity
You should add the 1:25:17 moment: "Uh... beautiful"
Thanks Jason for this awsome tutorial, we are waiting another amazing tutorial like this!!
Thank you so much mate, had so much fun following along. You gave a good mix of problems along the way to help show simple mistakes that used to get me bogged down and stuck on other simple projects I had started on my own.
"I'll read through the entire thing really fast and agree on it"
noice
lol
for some reason the first animation that we learn (when the bird flaps its wings) doesnt make the bird flap its wings, for me the bird flashes on and off screen
i got that same issue, just raise the "Order in layer"
@@contempoarycode5710 thank you i had the same problem
@@contempoarycode5710 Thanks for the info, but I had to lower the order to -1 to see it before the animation Copy/Paste then after I had to add to it put it at 2 to see it.
Thanks a lot Jason.) I've started my long jorney from complete zero in Unity and programming to ... something in the future.) Thanks for this tutorial. I've made mt first two levels game.) And I'm going to progress.)
Thank you for an amazing tutorial. Explanations are clear, precise and excellent for the beginners. Followed it from the first to the last step. All is working as per explanations. Thank you again
U know wat I'm in quarantine I'm bored af and I dont have any skills might aswell turn on the pc and make a game
Of course you have skills, you just need to unlock them, and learning game dev is an excellent tool for that 💪
Did the same but for when I broke my leg. It is such a fun skill to have.
You'll have no skills if you don't go out and seek them. Same goes for many things in life. People aren't just naturally good at everything, they work for it.
Me : do everything correctly Unity : no Edit : Thanks For 11 Like ❤️
Thanks a lot Jason, this is really a great tutorial. Explained every detail with so much positive energy. Just one thing I couldn't find is how to create those white circles which show the path of the bird being dragged. This was displayed at the beginning of the tutorial but was not covered within it.
TYSM Jason I Have been wanting to become a game dev for like 2 YEARS!
Hey when i do all the coding I've checked it multiple times the spelling is all right and there's no errors my bird dosen't seem to turn red then white. I am on visual studio community 2019 btw but on unity version 2020 does that make a difference
Did you forget to make a reference to SpriteRenderer? Meaning, do you have this line under Awake()? _spriteRenderer = GetComponent();
I have teh same problem. I've tried with Unity 2019 and 2020, and both did not work.
It does not matter which version of visual studio you are (2017 or 2019) as long it is setup correctly in unity he shows where to do it (I Believe). What I had is that I eighter missed him telling to add the Bird script to the Red Bird or he did not mentioned it all. I didn't bother to go back to check which it is. This might be the problem you have.
@@ahtdejonge He forgot to talk about adding the bird script and only mentions it during another step. That was indeed the issue (at least for me). I figured it out by reading some other people's comments shortly after I had the problem, but forgot to say it here.
The bird sets the three second timer every time it collides, meaning that sometimes when you pull back on it after it resets the first time it will "lag" and reset a second time mid-air. Does anyone know how to fix this?
Same is happening to me lol did you ever figure it out?
@@Yaybuttons898 I began the timer on “OnMouseUp” (when you launch the bird) instead of on every collision so that it only registers one reset instead of multiple
@@IGNACY-fp8zo ah ok, I figured my problem out, I had the coding in the wrong spot lol.
@@IGNACY-fp8zo Since making that change, it now causes my bird to reset mid air... I occasionally have a glitch whereby when i pull back on the bird, it dops off and I have to re start pulling back on the bird
@@PeterJohnson76 That’s really strange. Are you sure you have the timer in the proper spot? Play around with that. An important skill in programming is being able to troubleshoot like that.
i’m just starting with game dev/coding with unity which can obviously be very confusing from scratch. This is a great tutorial to get started and kinda help you learn the basics.. i do suggest even after following the full tutorial you go in and mess with some new assets yourself good luck!
Thank you Mr. Jason for this tutorials, it helps me to understand some basic of unity...ect
44:48 My Bird is still not Changing color please tell how can i fix this
click on your bird press "add component" and go to the bottom and press "add script" then choose the script you will use
@@thepotatoemaster6865 you sir just saved me, thank you!
@@homestar99 np!
@The Potate Master Thanks a lot sir , i also thought that could be the mistake because in The video in the component panel thing the script was added i also thought that could be the mistake but didnt know how to add the script THANKS A LOT SIR !!!!
I had your same issue and followed the same advice. When it didn't work I learned a very important lessor. I had messed with the Simulated checkbox to see the effects for myself and left it off. Note: An object that is not Simulated apparently cannot be clicked on. Figured that might help anyone else who has that issue and did the previous already.
my bird still falls when i have his code though 41:11
Hey man check your Body type mine was set on Dynamic and it should be on Kinetic!!! Try if that helps!!!
@@antunnutna2376 Thanks, because I had the same question
@@shaggythehippy7239 hey also check if your code is attached to the bird!!! Mine wasnt and that was the main issue!!!
@antun nutna Yeah I noticed when I did the second part with the OnMouseDown that it didn't work and I zoomed in the video if there were something missing. Thanks for the heads up!
@@antunnutna2376 thanks man
I did this Tutorial 3 times and 3rd time i made by myself and i really enjoyed during doing this Tutorial. Great Tutorial👍
Great Tutorial, thank you for all your great tips, I already toke another courses and didn't covered what you explained here, thank you again your time and to make the process Fun.
i keep on asking questions and then I got back to unity and do something and then I immediately find the answer of my question and then delete the comment
Why would you delete the comment? other people can use your questions to find help solving the same issue if they run into it.
who came from brackeys?
Thank you so much for this I've lots of truble signing in and downloading editor it took months of trouble so thank you
Thanks so much for this tutorial! By far the easiest to follow, feels like I'm understanding a lot of what's happening!
Its like a school computing class but Im actually going to use this in my life. thank you so much if I ever grow ill recommend this vid
I love this! I have been looking around and ALWAYS they don't explain the coding part. Preach!
Thank you so much for providing this tutorial for free. Even tho the video is loaded with ads (not too many) I still am happy to support the channel by watching them, it’s the east we can do.
Super helpful refresher on how to use the Unity UI. Thank you!
This is an awesome tutorial, you are really good at explaining this stuff!
This is genuinely the best youtube tutorial ive ever watched (and i watch a lot of youtube!)
Always helping the beginners, love it! I've learnt a lot from you over the past few years. Thank you
what a great video .. thanks a lot .. I did the previous one but I couldn't figure out how to stop players from dragging the bird to the monsters, now I got the idea and it is working better now .. thanks again
If you code and drop your script in the component list of Red Bird then it will work but for those who can not make this work like me, just change the body type to kinematic in Rigidbody 2D of component list of Red Bird
Thanks for the tutorial, this was informative and loved every minute of it!
Who else swapped from vs code to vs studio community because of becoming so annoyed at trying to get the auto correct to walk every time you'd go into the script? Great video man, glad I found this one, I was following the very first one created before this one showed up on my recommendation and made more sense as everything was the same version.
better than other unity tutorials deep explanation with emphasis on problems that can occur