Advanced Game Design With Unity

[GargerathSunman]

Update: These tutorials are now no longer for sale on unity-tutorials.com. The webmaster has decided he wants to own all assets thereof, and I'm letting him. I still hold the rights to my tutorials, so I'm now looking for a location to host everything.

I'm willing to allow for a complete rights transfer in the process, all I need is a lump sum for the rights to them.

I am pleased to announce the release of the first recording in the Advanced Tutorial Set. It's now on sale on the website. You can view a preview here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgvL4bihLUQ

It covers a large portion of Unity Physics and clocks in at 48:01. Due to the large size increase between basic and advanced tutorials, the price per tutorial for this set is $14.95. The final set price will be determined once I have exhausted all the topics that I lined up and that have been requested.

Hinges aren't covered due to the fact that they're a tutorial in and of themselves. They will be covered in the advanced set, though.

Incidentally, I'm looking for ideas for tutorials. If you want your idea included (I'll give you credit for it even....), just PM me. I'll release a Q&A tutorial when I get five or so questions. I will answer them all as thoroughly as I can.

As new recordings are complete, I'll edit this post and add it to the list.

• Physics, 48:01 - Purchasable on website
- Five Example Scenes
- Fourteen Scripts

• Particles, 59:44 - Purchasable on website
- Four Example Scenes
- Six Scripts

• Input Managers, 28:25 - Purchasable on website
- Eleven Scripts
-*Feature-Complete Arcade Game
-*Internet-Compatible Input Manager

• 2D Mechanics, 47:54 - Purchasable on website
- Eight Scripts
- Example 2D-3D Scene

•*Animation, 32:35 - Purchasable on website
- Two Scripts
- Animation Testing Script

[UtopianGames]

I would love to see a tutorial for the PC unity 2.5 which shows me how to make a monkey ball/gooball game.

Mouse controls tilt screen and keyboard to move.

I would pay for this as ive just started making some concepts http://utopiangames.blogspot.com/and my team will be making it one way or another

Darren.

[GargerathSunman]

Sounds straightforward enough! I'll add it to the list of requests.

PC Unity isn't really different from Mac Unity, as far as I know..... I only have it on a MacBook Pro, so it'll be hard to do it inside the PC editor.

[UtopianGames]

Looking at the Monkey ball games its the world or platforms that tilt and rotate with the users input so could you add in analogue joystick scripts in the tutorial as were planning on releasing for a few platforms.

Darren.

[GargerathSunman]

Shouldn't be too hard.

[GargerathSunman]

After reading a few comments and looking at the sheer volume of scenes and examples I'm ending up going over for the advanced tutorials, I'm packaging all the assets shown in the tutorial and including in alongside the recordings.

There occasionally will be a bug where a crash report comes up when importing the packages. This is rare on the system I'm testing it on, but it does occur, so be sure to save anything you're working on before importing the packages. As always, if you have an error or bug relating to the recordings, please send a report to the customer service section of unity-tutorials.com. I will respond as fast as I can to any requests for assistance.

In other news, the Advanced Particles tutorial has been completed! The file is being uploaded to the website now and should be available by the end of today. I'm also re-uploading the physics tutorial with all project files packaged alongside it, so if you've purchased it already, you should get an email with an updated link later.

A trailer is viewable here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpQ3ZtKy95g

Edit: It's all set up and ready for orders!

[GargerathSunman]

The Advanced Input Managers tutorial is out and available on the website! Its product page will probably be up sometime over the next couple of days, but the purchase button will be added to the website momentarily.

The new tutorial weighs in at 28:25, contains seven models, sixteen prefabs, three scenes, eleven scripts, six sounds, a music track, seven textures, an input manager compatible with internet play, and a fully functional short 2D arcade game.

Considering you can get all of the above for the price of a pizza, be sure to give it a try!

The teaser link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBS3OLpOLJA

Oh, and for those that have been asking, the next advanced tutorial is on how to create a 2D game using 3D and 2D art.

[GargerathSunman]

I am pleased to announce the release of the 2D Mechanics tutorial! It covers the use of 2D sprites, basic 2D animation, using Unity colliders to create 2D physics, restricting movement to a 2D plane, and basic platforming mechanics.

It weighs in at 47:54 and includes two scenes, seven models, thirteen textures, fourteen prefabs, eight scripts, and a configured terrain for the brief 3D-2D example.

As always, you can buy it at Unity-Tutorials.com. In order to assist with that, we have recently added a cart system to replace the old button system. Using it, you'll now be able to order multiple items without having to go through PayPal more than once. (A small feature, I know, but still useful.)

The link to purchase will be up sometime Wednesday, but for now, the teaser link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2oxVLcStbk

[bobber205]

These look excellent. I think I'll have to buy the basics tutorial package and the 2D for sure this weekend.

[GargerathSunman]

Many thanks! Feel free to send me a comment when you've had a chance to try them out. I always accept criticism, and I'm open to suggestions on how to improve my style or suggestions for future tutorials.

[bobber205]

I'm thrilled there's finally a good 2D tutorial out there. I love video tutorials.

[Wadoman]

OK so just curious how long it takes to get my download links. I purchased yesterday I haven't received anything yet.

[GargerathSunman]

When you purchase you have to go through to the confirmation page for it to be caught automatically. Just PM me the paypal confirmation and I'll get it sent to you manually.

[GargerathSunman]

Well, due to feedback I'd gotten from the 2D Mechanics tutorial, I realized that glazing over how to handle sprite sheets probably wasn't a good idea. As such, I've uploaded a four-minute quickie onto Youtube to address this problem. It's completely free, naturally, so be sure to give it a look!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igxi8d2f5bc

[Wadoman]

Thanks for making the short video on sprite sheets. I have not yet downloaded my copy of the 2d mech yet cause I'm out of town till wed. I'm curiuos if this short video will be apart of my download as well or is it only available on YouTube. Would be nice as part of the download.
Thanks again

[GargerathSunman]

Well, I repackaged everything including the new recording, but I won't have a chance to reupload until this evening. It essentially takes all the juice out of the internet connection and those who share it with me tend to take offense if they aren't sleeping.

[outtoplay]

Will you send out emails or just post here when we can grab the full-rez lesson you previewed on Youtube?

It is quite good.

B.

[GargerathSunman]

Well, I'll probably post here and see if I can target the mail directly at the people who purchased 2D Mechanics.

In any case, It's now up on the website, so anyone who purchased the 2D Mechanics tutorial can now re-download with the new movie attached.

[Wadoman]

cool thanks again. I can't wait to get back home and download it.

[GargerathSunman]

The Advanced Animation tutorial has now been released! It covers how to play, stop, crossfade, and blend animated models to produce unique effects, it covers how to create a model with separable limbs, and it covers how to attach your animations to physics in order to produce a relatively realistic looking result.

It weighs in at 32:35, has three models, three textures, two scenes, two scripts, and is now purchasable at unity-tutorials.com.

The youtube trailer link is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLFslZIROJU

Feel free to request small add-ons, as I tend to miss something every time I make one of these. If it's something that makes sense, I'll release it as a quickie on Youtube and attach it in movie form to the download.

The next tutorial I will be working on will be the first of the line of scripting tutorials, Practical Game AI.