Unity Tutorials

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This thread will house various tutorials for the Unity Editor. Feel free to post any you come across. I'll try to keep the first post updated.

Unity Official Site
Unity Youtube
Unity Manual

Download Unity

Introduction to Unity: Getting Started

• Part 1
• Part 2

Unity Interface & Essentials:
Using the Unity Interface:

1. Interface Overview
2. The Scene View
3. The Game View
4. The Hierarchy Window
5. The Hierarchy and Parent-Child Relationships
6. The Project Window
7. The Inspector Window
8. Build and Player Settings
9. Introduction to the Profile

Essential Unity Concepts:

1. Game Objects and Components
2. Prefabs - Concept & Usage
3. Tags
4. Layers

Live Sessions on Unity Interface and Essentials:

1. Editor Basics
2. Game Objects
3. Unity Tips & Tricks
4. Unity Tips & Tricks 2
   
5. Unity Tips & Tricks 3
6. Unity Tips & Tricks 4

Full Youtube Playlist

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Introduction to Unity: Getting Started – Part 1

In this Unity tutorial, you’ll learn the following:

• How to install Unity and what the differences are between the four different versions. 
• What the different views are that make up the Unity interface. 
• How to navigate within the Scene view. 
• How to add and manipulate GameObjects and their Components.

The first part of the tutorial is all about familiarizing yourself with the Unity User Interface.
In the second part you will apply this knowledge to create your first game, a small space shooter. You will do so with the help of a fairy god mother that provides all the scripts and some models, so you can focus on the Unity Interface some more.

Categories Covered:

• Getting Started
  
• Breaking Down the Interface

1.     Scene View
2.     Game View
   
3.     Hierarchy window
   
4.     Project window
   
5.     Inspector window
   
6.     Toolbar
   
7.     Play Buttons
   
8.     Miscellaneous Editor Settings
   

Source: www.raywenderlich.com/772-introduction-to-unity-getting-started-part-1-2

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Introduction to Unity: Getting Started – Part 2

In Part 1 of this Introduction to Unity tutorial series, you learned the ins-and-outs of the Unity interface. In this second part, you’ll work in the Unity interface as you create your first game, a small space shooter. Along the way, you’ll learn the following:

• How to use the Project window to import and organize your assets.
• The difference between GameObjects and Prefabs.
• How physics work in Unity.
• How cameras work and which types of projections are available.
• The basics of materials in Unity.

This tutorial will give you an overview of Unity’s various systems. You’ll be assembling a game from all the pre-created assets, while in subsequent tutorials, you’ll learn about Unity’s subsystems in depth while you create your own assets and write your own scripts.

Categories Covered:

• Getting Started
  
• Working with GameObjects and Prefabs in Unity
  
• Controlling the Camera
  
• Introducing Physics
  
• Arming the Cannons
  
• Putting It All Together
  

Source: www.raywenderlich.com/770-introduction-to-unity-getting-started-part-2-2

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Interface Overview



"Take a quick tour of the Unity interface and keyboard shortcuts in this overview."

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The Scene View



"The Scene view is where we work with GameObjects, including models, lights and colliders, to construct our Scenes."

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The Game View




"The Game View is where we can preview and play our game as a work in progress as we develop it."

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The Hierarchy Window



"The Hierarchy window lists all of the GameObjects in our open scenes in hierarchical order."

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The Hierarchy and Parent-child relationships



"The Hierarchy and how you can connect objects with parent-child relationships."

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The Project Window



"The Project window is where we import, store and edit our Asset files."

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The Inspector Window



"The Inspector window is context sensitive and displays all the properties of any selected GameObject, Asset or Setting."

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Build and Player Settings



"How to set-up and export a Build in Unity, and how to customise your build such as the icon, default cursor or application name by using the Player Settings."

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Introduction to the Profiler



"The built-in profiler allows us to capture real-time data about our scenes and analyze there performance. In this video, you will be introduced to the profiler and its basic sections."

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Game Objects and Components



"What are Game Objects and Components! a simple overview."

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Prefabs - Concept and usage



"What are prefabs, and how do you use them in Unity?"

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Tags



"Tags in Unity, how to use them in the editor and via code."