UNITY | PROJECT | SPACE SHOOTER 2D | 11. Timer UI & GameTitle

Importing Timer UI

 

Adding Timer UI Image

• Add an UI Image for Timer
  • Add Timer UI to “Source Image”
    • Press “Set Native Size”

 

Adding Timer Text

• Add a UI Text for Timer Counter
  • Add Text for the default value
  • Change Font Style to “Bold”, Font Size to “30”
  • Add “Timer Controller” Script
  • Change Anchor to “Top-Right”

 

“TimerController” Script

• Get the Reference for TimeUI
• Claim “startTime”, “ellapsedTime” and “startCounter” as flag
• Claim “minutes” and “seconds”
• In “Start()” method
  • Set the flag to false
  • Get the Component of “Text”
• Create a Function, “StartTimeCounter()” to start the Timer
  • Get the current time when the timer is started
  • Set the Flag to True
• Create a Function, “StopTimeCounter()” to stop the Timer
  • Set the Flag to False
• In “Update()” method,
  • if the flag is True (when it is on)
    • Get the Elapsed Time by subtracting “startTime” from the Current Time in this very frame
    • Get the minute and second based on the Elapsed Time
    • Update the Timer UI by accessing the Text Property with String.Format

“GameManager” Script

• Add codes to Start and Stop the Timer
  • Get the Component of “TimerCounter” Class to use “StartTimeCounter()” and “StopTimeCounter()”

“Timer” Working

 

Importing “GameTitle”

• Add “Game Title” image on the Hierarchy
  • Set the sorting layer to “Effect”

 

“GameManager” Script

• Add Codes to Turn on & off Game Title by using “GameObject.SetActive()”
  • When Case “Opening”,
    • Set Game Title On
  • When Case “GamePlay”
    • Set Game Title Off

“GameTitle” Working

UNITY | PROJECT | SPACE SHOOTER 2D | 9. Score UI, SFX & BGM

Resetting Position when Game Starts

Score Text UI

Creating “GameScore” Script

“GameScore” Scrip

• Set a Property, “Score”
• In “Start()” method,
  • Get “Text” component to “scoreTextUI”
• Create “UpdateScoreTextUI()”
  • create “scoreStr” string variable like a temporary bowl to keep “score”
  • put “scoreStr” into “scoreTextUI” by using “Text.text”

Tagging & Adding Script

 

Getting “ScoreTextUI” with Tag

“scoreTextUI” Reference | Set the score to 0 when Game Starts

• Add scoreTextUI
• in case of “GamePlay”
  • set the score to 0 by setting the Property of “GameScore” class

Don’t Forget to Add Reference

Adding “AudioSource” & BGM

• Create “BackGroundMusic” GameObject from EmptyGameObject
• Add “Audio Source” to “BackGroundMusic”
  • Add “BackGroundMusic”  to “Audio Source”

Adding “AudioSource” & BGM

• Add “Audio Source” to “Player”
  • Add “Laser” sound to “Audio Source”

“PlayerControl” Script

• Add “audioSource” variable of “AudioSource” Class to use Audio Source attached to GameObject this script is attached to
• In “Start()” method,
  • Get “Audiosource” component to “audioSource”
• In “Update()”
  • add “audioSource.Play()” to play the laser sound when Space Bar is pressed

 

 

Adding “AudioSource” & BGM

• Add “Audio Source” to “Explosion” Prefab
  • Add “Explosion” sound to “Audio Source”
• For Prefab,
  • No need to create or configure a script
  • when Prefab appears in the scene, “Audio Source” is activated with “Play On Wake” on

 

UNITY TUTORIAL | PROJECT | SPACE SHOOTER |14. Counting Points and Score

Creating Canvas & UI Text

Changing “Anchor” of UI Text

Changing “Anchor” to “Top-Left”

adding codes to “Game Controller” script

adding Text UI to “Game Controller” script as a reference

Adding Codes to “DestroyByContact” script | making a reference of “Game Controller” to use “AddScore” Function

setting Score Value in Asteroid Prefab

Creating “Game Score” Script

Another way of setting Score UI

Game Score Script

Adding “Game Score” script to Text UI

Tagging UI

adding codes to increment score after destroying a hazard

 

C# – String.Format Method

String.Format Method

“converts the value of Objects to stings based on the formats specified and inserts them into another sting”