Installing Unity & Getting Started with Game Development

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Objective: To educate the reader in installing Unity and the steps to getting started with game development.

Before we can make our game, we have to set up Unity, and learn the basic tools for navigating the programs interface. This is my take on this section.

Installing Unity is pretty straight forward, after installing the Unity Hub and the versions of the Software you want to use. For my purposes I am using the 2019.4.4of1 LTS version to build my game in.

Unity Game Development Interface — The 5 Steps to Magic!

There are 5 Areas of the interface you will engage with every time you use the app. The 5 areas are:

1. Scene View — This is where you will build every aspect of your game.
2. Game View — This view is how your game represents how everything is displayed and will look in your final product.
3. Hierarchy Panel— All the elements that make up the scene of your game is represented here. When you click on an object or element here it highlights in the game view.
4. Inspector Panel — Detailed information for the object you have selected is displayed here. This is where you can assign attributes and modifications to your game objects and code snippets.
5. Project View — This view is where all your assets that are available to you for the making of your game is listed.

These 5 items are the key elements to utilize when navigating Unity. Knowledge of these panels, in addition to knowing and understanding shortcuts in Unity and other items you will pickup as you experience Unity are where you will discover the magic of Unity.

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