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 2D Unity Tutorial 03 In the first part of this weeks 2D Unity Tutorial I learned how to add a health collectible to the game. I struggled a little bit with the coding aspect for the health collectible as I kept getting a red error message at the bottom of the unity editor. I had no idea why it wasn't working and it was extremely frustrating. The tutorial was not helping me in the slightest either. The code provided in the tutorial was incorrect too. Comparing it to the final code given at the end of the tutorial didn't make it any clearer either but a quick copy and paste solved the mysterious problem. (A screenshot of this weeks Unity Tutorial) The second part of this weeks 2D Unity Tutorial I attempted to learn how to add a damage zone and an  enemy to the game which would move around the game area. The enemy just did not work out, the code doesn't function as the tutorial lets on that it will. This is extremely confusing and frustrating and makes me want to throw my lap

 2D Unity Tutorial 02 In this weeks 2D Unity Tutorial I learned how to add decorations to the environment of the game. I added some trees, mushrooms and lotus flowers to the area as well as two pink metal boxes. I also made sure these decorations were rendered properly. In the second half of this Unity Tutorial I learned about the physics of a 2D game and how the sprites collide. There are a lot more steps than I would have guessed for this seemingly simple task but it is physics so its not supposed to be easy! I made the objects and the sprites in the game be able to collide in an appropriate way to make the game function and look better. I particularly liked adding the tile map collision onto the water areas that I have in my environment. I didn't really enjoy the coding aspect of this tutorial I don't really understand it fully. I'm looking forward to the next few parts of the tutorial it involves collectables and enemies! A screenshot of the end results of the tutorial.

 2D Unity Tutorial 01 A new semester, a new Unity tutorial! This time I'm learning how to create 2D games. Some of my favourite 2D games are 'Ori and the Blind Forest' and 'Hollow Knight'. Both of these games happen to be created using Unity. In this first tutorial I learned all the basics of setting up the 2D environment for the game. It took a bit of getting used to with all the different tools you need like the tile palette for basically painting the scenery onto the canvas. Making the character sprite move is kind of similar to the 3D version which is nice to find and makes this process easier. One thing I found difficult about this Unity tutorial was the depth perception of the tiles that are laid down as the environment. I think I'll get to wrap my head around it in the next few Unity Tutorials. I look forward to learning the next few steps in 2D game development! :) A screenshot of the end results of the tutorial.

 Unity Tutorial 10 I found this weeks unity tutorial kind of interesting. I liked the aspects of the tutorial when there was something new like buttons and text overlays. The other basic things that I've done already around a hundred times are all just annoying and tedious. Not to mention that the instructor gets on every last one of my nerves. He speaks so slow and constantly re does things that could have been done the right way the first time. Anyways, I liked the buttons and text on screen and having them come up at the right time I think it's really satisfying. I'm looking forward to next weeks unity tutorial because it seems to be all new things such as a title screen and difficulty settings! :) A screenshot of this weeks unity tutorial.

 Unity Tutorial 09 For this weeks Unity Tutorial I finished off the ball game. I added the finishing touches to the game such as having the enemies re-spawn in waves and spawning in a new power up at the start of every wave. I enjoyed doing these final parts to finish off the game. Frequently getting distracted trying to get a personal high score is one of the downfalls and only due to time wasting. I did not like the challenge part of the tutorial at all I thought it was very confusing and the instructions and hints do not help at all.  A screenshot of this weeks unity tutorial.

Unity Tutorial 07 This weeks Unity Tutorial is about making a ball fight off other enemy balls on an unbounded platform so it is easy to fall off of. So far in the tutorial I have created the player, the enemy and a power up. I have also given the player and enemy movement. The player can only move back and forward but depending on the camera position is which direction the player goes. The enemy follows the player trying to push them off the edge. If the player gets a power up they become stronger so they can push the enemy further away from them, usually off the edge of the platform. I really enjoyed this weeks tutorial I found it very interesting and fun to play in between to check if things are working correctly. I got a bit stuck at the start due to a minor spelling error that I couldn't find for a while but other than that little slip up this weeks Unity Tutorial wasn't too bad.   A screenshot of this weeks Unity Tutorial.