One of the best ways that increases player immersion in the game is a Camera Shake. Camera shakes are especially useful for explosions, when player takes damage, or for collectibles. If you are not using Cinemachine, here is a simple way to do it. Start by creating a C# script…

By now we have all tried or used the new Input System in our projects. The most direct way of using it is by first mapping your input actions and then using the Player Input Component to manage all your input. …

It has been almost 7 months since I last wrote an article, but that is purely because I have finally made my dream of becoming a professional game developer come true. I have been recruited to work with “Eduplaytion,” and we have been developing a very creative math game for…

In this article, we will explore the PlayerPrefs Class in Unity. PlayerPrefs is the simplest form of saving persistent data in Unity. In other words, if want save something in Unity and quit the project and then play again, you will have your saved data loaded into the project again. Overview …

Usually when you play your project in Unity, the engine will load all related assets that are referenced in your scene, even it is just referenced in a script which can lead to longer load times. Unity has a neat feature that allows you to load objects and assets during…

When you create your project in Unity, the Unity engine groups all your scripts into one assembly or in other words a “group”. This is assembly is predefined by Unity as Assembly-CSharp.dll. This assembly allows all your scripts to know of each other and communicate but also they all compile…

Continuing our series (List: Unity Features), today we will touch a feature that some of you may have wanted to do but do not know how to in Unity. In my occasions during your development process you want to play a video during runtime/gameplay. In able to do this, you…

In part 1, we started understanding Render Textures and used them to create an in-game tv-camera; read the 1st part here: Unity features 101: Render textures part 1 (in-game tv-camera). In this part, we will take a look on how to create an in-game 2D mini-map. 2D Mini-Map Setup A…

Render textures is an awesome feature in Unity that has limitless potential. A render texture is a type of textures that is updated at run time. You can use it for many cool ideas like an in-game tv-camera or a mini-map. In this article we will see how to create…