I am very new to this unity tool. need some help

Hi people

Is it possible to develop the snake game in unity,if so can any one tell me how. Please help out in this regards. It will be very helpful to me in my work.

 

What do you mean by that.... do you want to know how to develop game or how to develop snake game....?

 

Yes. Well, a snake game (not sure what you mean by 'the' snake game).

Probably not in a single post Also, there's no one answer to that question (there are many ways it could be done).

What do you need help with exactly?

 

Start by reading the manual.

 

my problem is how to create the surface and how to create the snake and how to coordinate them in play

 

Learn about Unity Interface,Basic Scripting.... from the unity tutorial page or some pdfs.....

 

@Dinesh Balu,,,,,can you give links to some good materials.....

 

http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/Manual/

 

to create the snake game we need to have some surface for the snake to roll on. Is it the right process to create that surface with terrain? or do we need use some thing else to use? and what we have to use to create snake? please reply to his post.

 

There's not really any 'need to' involved. There are really no rules or guidelines about how such a game should be created. And, there's no particular need to have a 'surface' (conceptual or actual) for the game to take place on. (Unless, of course, having such a surface is specified as part of the design.)

That would be unusual, but might be an option if you wanted to make a physics-based snake game of some sort (or even a 'typical' snake game, but where the snake followed the contours of the terrain as it moved). But in general, no, you don't have to use a terrain.

Could be a 2-d array, or a queue, or a container of game objects, or multiple rigid bodies linked together, or one game object and a procedural mesh, etc., etc. In other words, there's nothing you 'have' to use. There's a multitude of ways to do it, so your best bet is probably just to pick a method and go with it.

Ok

 

Thanks a lot for your reply, I made the snake floor with game object and plane(mesh filter) and i added mesh renderer to them. And i am wondering how to make a snake, is there any compound to make or do we need to write script to make the snake.And what about the snake food and and snake tail.

 

Generally speaking, you'll need to write code for all that.

At its simplest, a 'snake' game can be implemented using a 2-d array, where every cell is either open, a wall, occupied by the snake, or occupied by a 'food' item. One approach would be to use individual game objects for the walls, food items, and the snake body, and have the cells be GameObject references that are either null (unoccupied) or reference an appropriate object.

 

i am unable to proceed further in this game development, I am getting confused with the creation of the snake.

 

Try to learn each concept of the unity game objects and scripts. then start on a game....

 

Like Dinesh Balu said, you'll need to learn the basics before you can make something of the complexity of a snake game. Specifically, you'll need to learn about game objects and components and how they relate to one another, and you'll need to learn at least the basics of programming in one of the languages that Unity supports.

You can get help here, but you'll need to ask specific questions. In other words, instead of just stating that you're not able to create the snake for your game, you might say, 'I tried to assign my script to a game object, but got this error' (for example).

 

All about snake game. I did some thing like this

1. I have created a game object cube(floor) and i added rigid body to it and i put is kinematic checked
2. I have created another cube and i made this snake(cube) as the child to the floor(cube) and then
3. I have added script to this snake(cube) the script.

Is this process is right one to make the snake game.??
will be waiting for suggestions.Thanks in advance.

 

I would recommend checking out Tornado Twins on YouTube. They have done a worms game, you could follow this tutorial and it may help with what your after.

 

Is there a particular reason you've made the snake object a child of the floor object?

Also, if you're making a typical grid-based snake game, I wouldn't bother using the physics system. (If you're making a physics-based game, then using the physics system is appropriate, of course.)

 

thanks for the reply @lioncirth @Jesse Anders, I am in learning stages of gaming, so i don't know what is appropriate, I am just trying the things randomly to work it out. can you tell me that is the right way. If that is not the right way please tell me the way.

 

Doing it that way might be appropriate in some circumstances, but unless you have a particular reason for doing so, I wouldn't make the objects in the game child objects of the floor.

 

can any one please tell me, what is the java script for the food (to come in random positions), and when snake touches the food the snake should grow.

 

There is no 'the JavaScript' for food or making the snake grow. Programming is kind of like writing; there are many ways the same idea can be expressed, and there's rarely a single 'right way' to do it. Also, how to do it depends on many things, such as how your game world is represented, whether you're using the built-in physics system or handling collision detection and response yourself, and so on.

For creating food items at random locations, look at Instantiate() (to create the food items) and Random.Range() (to generate a random location). As for having the snake pick up the food, that depends on how the snake is represented and whether you're using the built-in physics system.

 

I have represented the snake as a rigid body and i have checked the kinematics in it. Still when it hits something its going in side that its not stopping there.

 

It won't do automatically... you should add some code on detecting collision....

 

Can you post the entire script? (Also, be sure to use 'code' tags when posting code.)

 

still i am writing the script is this the right way? can you tell me how to deal with the food one?

 

I am able to generate the clone of the food, after the first food destruction the second one is creating but i am unable to destroy that one. Can any one tell me how to do so.

 

Even if you're still working on it, please post the entire script. That will make it easier for us to help.

 

I am totally new to this unity and scripting,

I have complete my project by this week end... I don't know what to do...I am working on and on..... can you please help me out in this

 

Please repost all your code using 'code' tags.

If you don't know what that means, just ask, and I or someone else will be happy to help.

 

Closer, but you're using the wrong tags

You used 'quote' tags, but for code, you should use 'code' tags.

Using the 'editor' buttons, 'quote' tags are added by the little button that looks like a speech balloon, and 'code' tags are added by the button that's a number or 'pound' sign. So you were very close

There's not much code there, and it'd certainly be easy enough to help with the code as it is now. But, putting the code in 'code' tags is very easy, so there's really no reason not to do it. And, even if it makes the code just a *little* easier to read (which it will), it'll make it easier for people to help you.

 

this is for snake movements and collision detection

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. var speed = 5.0;
3. var food : Transform;
4. var snake : Transform;
5.  
6. function Update ()
7. {
8. //var controller : CharacterController = GetComponent(CharacterController);
9. var x = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * Time.deltaTime * speed;
10. var z = Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * Time.deltaTime * speed;
11. transform.Translate(x, 0, z);
12.  
13. //Instantiate( Snake, Vector3( Random.value * spawnGridSizeX, Random.value * spawnGridSizeY, Random.value * spawnGridSizeZ ), Quaternion.identity );
14. }
15.  
16. function OnCollisionEnter(theCollision : Collision)
17. {
18.  
19.  if(theCollision.gameObject.name == "Food")
20.  {
21.  //for(var i : int =0; i<3 ; i++)
22.  //{
23.   Debug.Log("Hit the Food");
24.   Destroy(gameObject.Find("Food"));
25.   //var position = Vector3(Random.Range(-2,2), 0, Random.Range(-3, 3));
26.     Instantiate(food, transform.position, transform.rotation);
27.  
28.   //var position = Vector3(Random.Range(-36,36), 0 ,Random.Range(-23, 23));
29.   //Instantiate(food, position, Quaternion.identity);
30.   }
31.  
32.  
33.   else if(theCollision.gameObject.name == "Wall")
34.   {
35.     Debug.Log("Hit the wall");
36.   //  This is to destroy the object after the colliosion
37.   Destroy(gameObject);
38.   //Instantiate(snake, transform.position, transform.rotation);
39.  
40. }
41.   }
42.  

 

@Jesse Anders, Is this the right way, help me out in solving this snake game......my professor is really horrible....

 

Ok, there's one more thing you need to do. Sometimes when code is posted to the forums, the indentation is removed. I'm not entirely sure what causes this, but I think if you do the following the problem will be fixed:

In your code editor, replace all tabs with spaces. Then, repost your code. The indentation should then be preserved.

The reason it's important to preserve the indentation is that with many programming languages, indentation is an important visual cue that helps make the structure of the code clear. Without the indentation, it can be slow and tedious to try and figure out the logical flow of the code.

I can't guarantee I'll be able to help once you get the code posted correctly, but I'll certainly take a look at it at least. And, if you can get the code posted in an easy-to-read format, others will probably be more likely to help as well.

 

I did that way only, isn't it clear enough to read?

 

If you're not sure how to fix the indentation, is there someone you could ask for help on that?

What code editor are you using? If it's one I'm familiar with, I'll explain how to do it.

 

no one is there to ask, my code editor is UniScite.

 

Ok, I'm not sure what causes indentation to disappear completely, but here's how to replace tabs with spaces in UniSciTE. (If you want to keep your source files the way they are, you might do this with a copy of them.)

1. Open the file, and then press ctrl-H to open the 'search and replace' dialog.

2. Check the button at the bottom that says 'Transform backslash expressions'.

3. In the 'Find what' box, enter '\t' (not the single quotes, just the backslash and the t).

4. In the 'Replace with' box, enter four spaces.

5. Click 'Replace All'.

I can't absolutely guarantee this'll work, but give it a try. Replace tabs with spaces in one of your files (or a copy of it), and then post that code to the thread using 'code' tags. With any luck, the indentation will then be preserved.

 

yes i did it now is it ok.....i replaced it

 

this is for snake movements and collision detection

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. var speed = 5.0;
3. var food : Transform;
4. var snake : Transform;
5.  
6. function Update ()
7. {
8. //var controller : CharacterController = GetComponent(CharacterController);
9. var x = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * Time.deltaTime * speed;
10. var z = Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * Time.deltaTime * speed;
11. transform.Translate(x, 0, z);
12.  
13. //Instantiate( Snake, Vector3( Random.value * spawnGridSizeX, Random.value * spawnGridSizeY, Random.value * spawnGridSizeZ ), Quaternion.identity );
14. }
15.  
16. function OnCollisionEnter(theCollision : Collision)
17. {
18.  
19.  if(theCollision.gameObject.name == "Food")
20.  {
21.  //for(var i : int =0; i<3 ; i++)
22.  //{
23.   Debug.Log("Hit the Food");
24.   Destroy(gameObject.Find("Food"));
25.   //var position = Vector3(Random.Range(-2,2), 0, Random.Range(-3, 3));
26.     Instantiate(food, transform.position, transform.rotation);
27.  
28.   //var position = Vector3(Random.Range(-36,36), 0 ,Random.Range(-23, 23));
29.   //Instantiate(food, position, Quaternion.identity);
30.   }
31.  
32.  
33.   else if(theCollision.gameObject.name == "Wall")
34.   {
35.     Debug.Log("Hit the wall");
36.   //  This is to destroy the object after the colliosion
37.   Destroy(gameObject);
38.   //Instantiate(snake, transform.position, transform.rotation);
39.  
40. }
41.   }
42.  

 

Well, the formatting still isn't correct. But, at least you gave it a go, so I cleaned up the code to make it easier to read:

Code (csharp):

1. var speed = 5.0;
2. var food : Transform;
3. var snake : Transform;
4.  
5. function Update ()
6. {
7.     var x = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * Time.deltaTime * speed;
8.     var z = Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * Time.deltaTime * speed;
9.     transform.Translate(x, 0, z);
10. }
11.  
12. function OnCollisionEnter(theCollision : Collision)
13. {
14.     if (theCollision.gameObject.name == "Food")
15.     {
16.         Debug.Log("Hit the Food");
17.         Destroy(gameObject.Find("Food"));
18.         Instantiate(food, transform.position, transform.rotation);
19.     }
20.     else if (theCollision.gameObject.name == "Wall")
21.     {
22.         Debug.Log("Hit the wall");
23.         Destroy(gameObject);
24.     }
25. }

I removed all the commented stuff so that it's easier to see what code is actually being executed.

A couple of things I noticed. In this line:

Code (csharp):

1. Destroy(gameObject.Find("Food"));

You don't need to search for the game object, because you already have access to it. Instead, you can just write:

Code (csharp):

1. Destroy(theCollision.gameObject);

Also, in this line:

Code (csharp):

1. Instantiate(food, transform.position, transform.rotation);

You're instantiating the new 'food' object right on top of the player (or so it appears), which I doubt is what you want. (You mentioned instantiating randomly earlier, but I'm not sure which code you're actually using for this.)

 

When i try to Instantiate the snake
i am using this line to Instantiate, when the snake dead

var snake : Transform;
Instantiate(snake, transform.position, transform.rotation);

its giving the following error,


UnassignedReferenceException: The variable snake of 'Snakebehaviour' has not been assigned.
You probably need to assign the snake variable of the Snakebehaviour script in the inspector.

can any one tell me how to solve it

 

Actually i want to Instantiate the food randomly on the floor one after the one dead, but when i use the random code its creating food infinity, more over when the snake hit the wall it is dieing but i am unable to re create it.

 

When i try to Instantiate the snake
i am using this line to Instantiate, when the snake dead

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. var snake : Transform;
3. Instantiate(snake, transform.position, transform.rotation);
4.  

its giving the following error,


UnassignedReferenceException: The variable snake of 'Snakebehaviour' has not been assigned.
You probably need to assign the snake variable of the Snakebehaviour script in the inspector.

can any one tell me how to solve it

 

Do you have anything assigned to that variable?

Can you post that code again? (If you can remove any commented code and fix up the indentation before posting, that would help.)

 

Try approaching it one problem at a time (e.g. just focus on the 'food' problem for now).

I don't see anything obviously wrong with the code that instantiates the food. In what way is it not working?

 

thats really cool idea,

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. var food : Transform;
3. var position = Vector3(Random.Range(-10,10), 0 ,Random.Range(-10, 10));
4. Instantiate(food, position, Quaternion.identity);
5.  

It created the object named Food(Clone) IN THE HIERARCHY, after the distraction of Food. But I am unable to see that on the floor. That is the problem.

 

guessing the gameObject.name != "Food". Try using tags instead, and ensuring the prefab has the tag set on the food gameObject.

 

Thanks for your reply

where should i put this

yes i did it, but still....

 

Instead of

Code (csharp):

1.  
2.  if(theCollision.gameObject.name == "Food")
3.  

use

Code (csharp):

1.  
2.  if(theCollision.gameObject.tag == "Food")
3.  

and make sure the game object in the prefab has a tag of Food