I’ve written a lot of Unity 3D blog posts. Yet, I have not yet written one about one of the fundamentals of object-oriented programming; classes. Today, I will remedy this problem with a quick introduction to classes in Unity. Let’s get started. What is a Class? Cars are often used as a metaphor to explain what a class is. In … Read More
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In my last blog post, I talked about the absolute basics of GameSalad. I covered the UI and how to create an actor and make that actor move in your scene. As promised, I want to continue with some more tutorial posts to help you get on your way to developing your ideas. In this post, I’m going to continue … Read More
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Have you ever been working on your game in Unity and wondered how you could create a custom type for a system you were working on? Well, wonder no more! The C# language (and many other languages) have a solution to this problem by using something called an enum. In this blog, we’ll review what enums are and how you can use … Read More
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If you’ve heard of GameSalad, but aren’t quite sure what it is we’ve put together this handy tutorial. Explore this easy-to-use 2d game development software and follow along with this introductory GameSalad tutorial we’ve put together. Learn the basics, review the user interface and discover how to create a movable character. This article will get you familiar with the software and how GameSalad functions. Education discounts … Read More
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Unity 3D offers an enormous API that provides ways to manipulate the vast majority of objects in your game. However, there are some features that are not as robust as you might hope. Take, for example, the ParticleSystem class. Let’s say, you have a particle system. You want to modify the radius of the particle system’s shape using a script. After a quick … Read More
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I am working on a Unity Project in my free time. Recently, I wanted to have the ability to dynamically change the material properties of objects when the player looked at them. I did not want a static, unchanging material. I needed to be able to use C# scripts to make the material change features during gameplay. This is relatively easy to do. However, Unity’s … Read More
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Recently, I created a custom input manager for a game I’m making in Unity 3D. Initial research suggested I use Unity’s built-in Input Manager. However, Unity doesn’t have an API to access most of the Input Manager functionality. However, I wanted a menu in my game where the user could set their own key bindings; a common feature in most PC games. Unity’s Input … Read More
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Having trouble with your toolbars in IBM SPSS Statistics? You are not alone. One of the most common issues that our customers experience with IBM SPSS Statistics 23 is that toolbars are missing in their software. For reference, this is how the toolbar should appear in your software when you open up a data set: However, in many cases the software … Read More
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In this post, I’ll be talking about using coroutines in Unity 3D. The video below shows a step-by-step process for creating a fading splash screen using UI Elements and Coroutine scripting. In the video, I use C# for all the scripting. If you are not familiar, a coroutine is like a function that you can pause for a set amount … Read More
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User interfaces (UI’s) are core features in just about every modern software application. Games are no exception to this rule. The vast majority of games utilizes some form of UI to display information such as health, skills, maps, ammo for a weapon, and more. Unity 3D offers a variety of UI elements that you can use in your game. In … Read More
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