In-Class Exercise: Verify you can work with Unity

Step 1 (15 minutes): Editor Camera and the MainCamera

create a new project

Create a new 2D scene

manipulate the MainCamera

Set to look at (10, 10, -10) // typically do not change the Z!
Set the size of camera to 10

manipulate the Editor camera

Zoom out your editor camera so that you can see the entire bound of the MainCamera
Hint: try the following

Zoom: On PC, middle mouse scroll
Pan: Click on empty space in the editor Camera,

Type Q to activate the Hand tool
Left-Mouse-Button (LMB): click and drag

Select the MainCamera in the Hierarchy window, and type F to focus on the currently selected object

Now, Center your editor camera at the MainCamera so you can see all the 4 bounds

Step 2 (15 minutes): GameObjects

create and set game objects

Create 4 new games objects: Brain, GreenUp, Plane, Egg

Brain: size 3x3, locate at (5,15, 0)
GreenUp: size 2x2, locate at (15, 15, 0)
Plane: size 1.6x1.9, locate at (5, 5, 0)
Egg: size 1.1x1.4 locate at (15, 5, 0)
Verify: all 4 game objects are within the bounds of your camera

In the Editor Window,

Select the Brain and drag it out to (-10, 15, 0)

Hint: Type the W key to activate the Move tool

Scale the Brain down to 1.5x15

Hint: Type the R key to activate the Scale tool

Rotate the Brain by 45-degrees

Hint: Type the E key to activate the Rotate tool

Now, use the combination of WER keys to set the Brain back to 3x3, and located at (-15, 15, 0), with no rotation.

Step 3 (10 minutes): Camera Manipulation

Now, focus your Editor camera to center on Brain

Hint: Select the Brain, and then type F key to center on currently selected object

Now, pan your Editor camera to center on the Arrow

Hint: Type Q key to select the Hand tool, and use a combination of LMB drag x/y and middle mouse button

Now, set your Editor camera so that you can see all four objects again

Step 4 (15 minutes): Scripting and Object Behavior

create a script and program simple logic

Create a script, name it: LeftRightMove, for the plane to move it

Hint: Select the Plane, in the Inspector Window: Add Component: New Script

Edit the LeftRightMove.cs script to move the GameObject:

Define a variable that is accessible via the Inspector Window

Speed: 0.5 units per second (make sure to declare this as public)

Hint: Speed * Time.smoothDeltaTime;

Move towards the right, if position.X>15, set position.X to -15

run your game to observe the plane moving.

Now, adjust the Speed variable while the game is running to observe the Plane moving at different speed.

If you cannot see Speed variable in the editor: make sure to the variable is declared as Public

Now, quit the game to see that your changes to the speed are not saved!!

associate an existing script with different exiting objects

Associate the LeftRightMove script with the Egg and GreenUp
Now, run to observe the Egg and GreenUp moving in sync with the Plane

Notice, when you quit, all three objects are returned to their original position
Once again, changes during game play are not saved!!

remove a component from a GameObject

Remove the LeftRightMove script from the Egg
Now, run to observe the Egg is not moving with the Plane/GreenUp

For reference: this is what my project looks like at the end of the above exercise.