May 10Layer Masks in UnityObjective: Cover Layer Masks in Unity and how to use them in code. In Unity we have Layers for the Physics system. We can use those same layers with Raycast by using LayerMasks. There are two ways to use Layer Masks in code. The first is by just assigning it…Gamedevhq3 min readGamedevhq3 min read
May 8Placing Objects Via Raycast HitsObjective: Use Raycast to place an object down. Today we will look into spawning objects at the place of mouse click. To get started I created a cube and stretched it out to make a floor. I also added a tag of Floor to the floor.Gamedevhq2 min readGamedevhq2 min read
May 5Casting Raycast from Mouse Position in UnityObjective: Use Raycast to change color of objects. In this article we will use the New Input System to get the mouse position and on left mouse button, check to see if we hit something and if we do change it’s color. Then we will clean it up to check…Gamedevhq3 min readGamedevhq3 min read
May 4Creating A Progress Bar w/ New Unity Input systemObjective: Create a system to charge a progress bar. First thing that needs to be done for today is creating a Slider. In the Hierarchy right click → UI → Slider. Select the slider and set the position to 0 on the X and Y axis and set the…Gamedevhq4 min readGamedevhq4 min read
May 3Rapid Prototyping w/ New Unity Input SystemObjective: Cover a quick way to check for Input with the New Unity Input System. Rapid Prototyping with the new Unity Input System can make sure the system works before creating an Input Action. We can do this with jumping. Just like using the Old Input System, we will check…Gamedevhq2 min readGamedevhq2 min read
May 2Framework Retrospective (recap)Objective: Cover some of what I did to upgrade from Legacy System to Unity’s New Input System. For this modules Framework, I had to take an existing game and upgrade it to the new input system. I’ll cover how I handled it. We will start with the player movement. First…Gamedevhq5 min readGamedevhq5 min read
Apr 26Tap & Hold w/ New Unity Input SystemObjective: Use Tap & Hold interaction to make the player jump. We will start this out by creating a plane for the player to stand and jump on. We will need a player as well, we’ll create a sphere for now. Next we will need to add a RigidBody onto…Gamedevhq3 min readGamedevhq3 min read
Apr 25How to Swap Action MapsObjective: Talk about Swapping out Action Maps. We currently are using only one Action Map. In a game there will be a chance to move from walking Action Map to a Driving Action Map. Today we will cover out to swap between the two. The first place to start is…Gamedevhq2 min readGamedevhq2 min read
Apr 222D Vector Composite w/ New Unity Input SystemObjective: Use the Movement action to move the player around. In the last article, we got the dog to bark and the bark showed inside Unity Console. Today we will cover how to get 2D Vector Composite to move the character around. To start we will need to have the…Gamedevhq3 min readGamedevhq3 min read
Apr 21Scripting Actions (New Unity Input System)Objective: Implement the Actions into Scripting. Once we have gotten the input actions and bindings set up we will need to generate a C# script from the input actions. To do so we will need to select the input actions in the project windows and in the inspector select Generate…Gamedevhq3 min readGamedevhq3 min read
