Objective: Use the right stick of a controller to allow the player to aim a weapon in 2D, while moving with the left. If you have followed my previous articles about 2D movement with the new input system or you’re familiar with it then just carry on. If not I…

Objective: Be able to move around the screen in 2D with the new input system From the previous articles where we installed the new input system and then created an action map, now is the time to implement the new system in code to move the player. For my game…

Objective: Create an action map in the new Unity input system If you have already followed my previous article about installing the new Unity input system or you have done that yourself already and need to know how to start using the new Unity input system, then let’s crack on. …

Objective: Install new Unity input system into a project Unity’s new input system is a great way to handle multiple inputs for your game. If you’re making a game and you need a way to have both keyboard and controller controls then using the old input system will create…

Objective: Edit the texture for the grass in Unity’s terrain system so that they match the low resolution look of the game. In my most recent game release The Departure I have to make changes to the textures of many of the free assets that I used. The most useful…

Objective: Be able to load a custom template and select it for starting a new project in Unity Unity has some very useful starting project templates but sometimes you want something that has a little extra help. For me, this was getting a standard VR template up and running in…

Objective: Show a list of free assets that can be used with Unity 1) Use version control I have been using Git and GitHub for a while for my version control but there are issues when going between computers. The assets in the a project are not saved in Git version control, they can…

Objective: Give an overview of how I made and shipped a game in 3 weeks with Unity and free assets I am part of a Game development course called GameDevUnlocked run by the creator of the first tree David Wehle. He has a section of the course which is to…

Objective: convert a texture/image in Unity to byte format for serialization In a previous article I wrote about how to setup a plugin so that the app users can take photos. Now that it is working I need to be able to save the photo and send and return the…