PinnedIt’s Been a While, Mister DragonAfter learning how to upload games to the web, I’d like share something a little special (to me at least). https://blakezgamedev.itch.io/dragon-explore This dragon flying game is now available free on itch.io. It’s the same one I had briefly shown back when I started writing these articles. This is a project…Unity4 min readUnity4 min read
Jul 26, 2021How to use a Dolly Track in UnityObjective: use a dolly track to created an animated camera shot. To create a dolly track, we use the Cinemachine menu at the top of the screen. This creates dolly track and virtual camera objects in the hierarchy. …Unity3 min readUnity3 min read
Jul 24, 2021Adding Camera Animation for a CutsceneObjective: use the timeline and animation tools to animate the camera. First we’ll add a new animation track to the timeline. We want to use this track to animate the over-the-shoulder camera, so we drag that camera from the hierarchy into the new track.Unity3 min readUnity3 min read
Jul 22, 2021Introduction to Timeline in UnityObjective: learn how to use the timeline window in Unity. The timeline window is accessed from the window toolbar at the top of the screen. Select Window -> Sequencing -> Timeline After activating the timeline window, it’s a good idea to adjust the layout. …Unity3 min readUnity3 min read
Jul 20, 2021Composing A Scene in Unity for CutscenesObjective: learn how to use Cinemachine to create camera shots for cutscenes. We can download Cinemachine from the package manager, and once it’s setup in the project, we can create virtual cameras using the Cinemachine menu at the top. We can move a virtual camera around the scene, and the…Unity2 min readUnity2 min read
Jul 18, 2021Reflection Probes vs. Screen Space Reflections in UnityObjective: explore two ways to create reflections in a Unity scene. The main ways to create reflective surfaces in Unity is either by using Reflection Probes or using a Screen Space Reflection in Post Processing. First, lets take a look at Reflection Probes. …Unity2 min readUnity2 min read
Jul 16, 2021Fun with Skyboxes in UnityObjective: learn how to create a background for a scene, using a custom skybox material. All scenes in unity have a background that is displayed by default. Usually, it is this generic blue sky, grey ground, and horizon. However, we can use a custom skybox material to change this. We…Unity2 min readUnity2 min read
Jul 14, 2021The Power of Light Probes in UnityObjective: learn how to use light probes to pass light data to dynamic objects. In this scene, the lighting data is baked into the static objects. This allows for much more realistic lightning in the scene. For example, this glowing cube creates a slight glow on the ground beneath it…Unity3 min readUnity3 min read
Jul 12, 2021Creating Transparent Windows in UnityObjective: learn how to create a transparent surface. In the scene we worked in last time, we have two windows with mostly matching materials, but the glass of one of the windows isn’t transparent. To actually create a glass window, we need a transparent material. Achieving this affect is easy…Unity2 min readUnity2 min read
Jul 10, 2021The Exciting World of 3D Environment & MaterialsObjective: learn how to create and use materials in a 3D environment Today we’ll be created a new cinematography project, using The Great Fleece asset package as a starting point. This includes a finished scene which can be used to reference what we are working toward. For now, we’ll start…Unity4 min readUnity4 min read
