Intro to 3D Game Development

Lessons

Introduction Welcome to the Game Editor! Run Around the World Save as a New Project Save and Share Your World with a Friend Disable a Script Remix the Game Activate Advanced Mode and Fly Camera Zoom Out Above the Island Select a Palm Tree Press F to Focus Add a Palm Tree from the Objects Panel Rotate and Scale the Palm Tree Find a Crab Voxel Object Made By Another User Befriend the Crab using the Pet Script Add a Pirate Hat from the Template Menu Open the Entity Search Find the Palm Trees in the Entity Search Panel Open the Entity Props Menu Make a Rising Tide Using the Scripting Menu Conclusion

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Introduction Open the Voxel Editor Activate Move Mode Select and Delete All the Voxels Create a Hollow Box Move the Camera Around Name Your Object Save the Chest Find Some Reference Images Pick a Base Color Use the Fill Tool to Change the Color of the Box Turn on Mirroring Rotate the Mirror Plane Add Some Test Voxels Shift the Mirror Plane Remove the Test Voxels Select the Chest Main Color Add Voxels in a Row, One Voxel from the Edge Extrude a Face on the Top Extrude the Top and Remove Voxels to Create the Next Layer Challenge: Add a Final Row to the Top Pick a Color for the Metal Edges Use the Paint Tool to Draw the Edges Pick a Different Shade of the Main Color Challenge: Draw in Texture Add a Latch to the Chest Save the Chest Open Your Profile to See Your Voxel Creation Remix the Chest Into a New Object Rename and Save as the Chest Bottom Use the Move Tool to Select the Top of the Chest Use Ctrl and Shift to Add and Remove Voxels from the Selection Group Press Delete to Remove the Top of the Chest Save and Open Your Profile Tab to See the Separate Object Open the Chest Voxel Object and Remix it Again Challenge: Select and Delete All the Voxels for the Chest Bottom Move the Chest Lid Down and Forward

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Introduction Add Your Treasure Chest to your World Make the Chest Bottom the Parent of Chest Top Info: World and Local Transforms Add a Script to the Bottom of the Chest Change the Chest’s Position with Code Info: “This” Make the Chest Move Up an Exact Amount Use a Variable Make it Repeat Testing: Behold, A Flying Treasure Chest Adjust the Variable Value Make a Boolean Variable Write an ‘If’ Statement Testing: True and False Make the Chest Stop Adjust the Speed of the Chest Timing the Animation Info: Vector3 Variables Create Timing Variables Calculate the Percent Finished and Height Change Make Variables Private Testing: Measuring Time with the Console Testing: A Slow, Timed Animation Info: Local Variables Create a New Function Testing: It Does Nothing… On Purpose! Call the Function to Move the Chest Conclusion Review

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Introduction Create a New Script for the Chest Lid Name and Save the Script Rotate the Chest Lid Make a new Euler Variable Info: What is an Euler? Set the Goal for the Rotation Animation Create the Other Animation Variables Copy the Starting Rotation Find the Change in the Rotation Axis Info: A Word About Rotations Challenge: Rotate the Chest Lid Over Time Testing: Rotate the Chest Lid Over Time Solution: Rotate the Chest Lid Over Time Keep the Animation from Starting Automatically Testing: Turning the Animation On and Off Look For Unnecessary Computations Stop the Animation Code Info: Logical Operators ‘And’, ‘Or’, and ‘Not’ Challenge: Add a Stop to the Original Chest Script As Well Solution: Add a Stop to the Original Chest Script As Well Make a Function to Start the Chest Lid Opening Animation Testing: The Function to Start Opening the Lid Let the Chest Reference the Chest Lid Select the Chest Lid as the Entity Reference Find the Entity from an Entity Reference Send a Signal to the Chest Lid to Call the Start Animation Function Check that the Chest Lid Exists First Testing: Start the Animation Make a Separate Function for the Chest Opening Code Make a Boolean Variable to Track Whether the Chest is Open Rename the goalRotation and startRotation Variables Create a Function to Close the Chest Lid Challenge: Write the Code to Close the Chest Lid Testing: Write the Code to Close the Chest Lid Solution: Write the Code to Close the Chest Lid Rename the startOpeningLidAnimation Function Give the Function a Parameter Info: Function Parameters Make the Function Stop Early Info: Function Returns Change the Chest Script’s Send Event Make the Parameter Optional Conclusion Review

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Introduction Testing: Set the Animation Back Create or Remix a Dig Spot Add Your Dig Spot to the World Swap to Trigger Collision Info: Collision Types and Colliders Create a Script for the Dig Spot and Add Trigger Functions Testing: Trigger Functions Make the Trigger Bigger Find Out What Entered the Trigger Check if the Entity is a Player Challenge: Give the DigSpotScript an EntityRef to the TreasureChest Solution: Give the DigSpotScript an EntityRef to the TreasureChest Challenge: Make a Function on the ChestScript to Start Moving It Solution: Make a Function on the ChestScript to Start Moving It Challenge: Send an Event from the onTriggerEnter Function to the Chest Solution: Send an Event from the onTriggerEnter Function to the Chest Testing: Step on the Dig Spot to Activate the Chest Move the Chest Before it Animates Send the DigSpot’s Position with the Event Stop the Chest Animation from Repeating Use a Boolean Variable to Determine if the Spot Has Treasure Testing: With and Without Treasure Make a TreasureController Entity Create a TreasureController Script Give the DigSpot a Tag Find an Entity Using a Tag Testing: Make Sure You Found an Entity Copy the Dig Spot Testing: Count DigSpots by Tag Info: Arrays Make a Function to Set the hasTreasure Property Set One of the Spots to Have Treasure Testing: Exactly One Spot Has Treasure Generate a Random Number Randomize the Treasure Spot Info: the Math Library Make a Reset Function on the Chest Script Make a Function on the Treasure Controller to Reset the Whole Game Use a For Loop to Remove Treasure from All the Dig Spots Info: Loops Add a Reset Button Disable Play on the Button Animation Create a ButtonScript with Collision Events Testing: Collision Events Get a Reference to the VoxelObject Change the VoxelObject Animation Frame Testing: Changing Animation Frames with a Collision Event Challenge: Set the Animation Back Solution: Set the Animation Frame Back to 0 on the Collision Exit Event Challenge: Send an Event to the TreasureController to Reset the Game Solution: Send an Event to the TreasureController to Reset the Game Delete the TreasureController Voxel Object Conclusion Review