UniKnowledge

Well I'm out, I didn't realise you -had- to make a simple game.

 

Hi,

I have a quick question about the contest.

Are we required to create a whole game tutorial or a tutorial for a particular aspect?

The reason Im asking is because it would take endless hours and weeks to create a tutorial for a whole game.

But I could create a tutorial on how to achieve something in a game that gamers might like and a tutorial for setting something up?

Do you know what I mean?

I love the contest idea but simply cant do a whole game but I can contribute a tutorial for a certain aspect of a game.

I dont want to be disqualified because I cant create a tutorial for a whole game.

So Please let me know? so I know if I should enter or not?

Cheers,
zeek

 

I am under the impression that you have to create a complete working game, it doesn't have to be a huge game, or anything like that, but from what I've been told it does need to be a game.

 

Guys, you don't have to make a complete game. You have to make a sample project. This means:

• That you must have a working project, with complete gameplay (a racing game? a tennis game? an online shooter?
• That you must teach people how you did that (text tutorials? video tutorials? both? slideshow? etc.)
• You don't need models, textures, menus or anything. Cubes and spheres are enough to prototype gameplay and explain how things work, and that's the idea

You guys seem to be missing the whole point of the contest, which is: Create sample projects that demonstrate how your game prototype work, in order to teach people how to do it.

So, please, re-read the contest description!

 

What?!

I asked you this the other day, and you said my entry wasn't valid and that it had to be a game! I did read the description, but and it says:

And then not one line later:

It's like, don't make a game, but make sure you focus on gameplay.

... and then in your post:

How about, you and whoever else make your minds up, and then let us know. >_<!

 

I guess the way he worded it could be interpreted differently. To me, the text you quoted reads as him asking you to focus on making sure your explanation and tutorial is the focus, not the actual game itself. The whole point is to make a project that will help everyone else learn, not to make a great finished game. I don't actually see anything contradictory there.

 

I guess you guys are confused. A complete games means a complete game. With a story, models, textures, menus, etc.

A sample project is just a proof of concept. For a tennis game, two squares hitting a ball in a 3D plane, with points, ball out, ball in...

 

The problem I have is that it says:

and

I don't really care which it is, I would just like it to be very clear, which it is.

It sounds like from that, you want something that plays well, rather than something that is informative. *shrugs*

 

Of course. A Pong Tutorial that does not play well will lose to a Breakout Tutorial that plays perfectly well. Same thing, for example, for racing examples. If the car has terrible physics and can't be controlled correctly, it doesn't matter if you explained well, because you explained well how to do things wrong.

Good gameplay and teaching walk side by side in order to win this contest.

 

Ok well, I'm not really sure mine -has- gameplay, as it's a management system - but I will submit it anyhow and if you think it's not eligible you can axe it and I will cry myself to sleep.

Edit: I've just implemented a very small area where you can play with the system, so hopefully that is all good. Going to prettify it a bit and will post in the next few days.

 

My tutorial is about soccer game, the game is almost complete. I have to add some more gameplay elements, like corner-kick, throw-in, free-kick, a goal keeper simple AI and fix some bugs.

 

Whoa, soccer game? Sounds pretty difficult to implement, specially AI. Great addition!

 

I am keeping it simple. I had posted a link to an alpha version project, but I removed 'cause I think it isn't good enough yet.

 

I decided to make a tutorial of a Frogger clone.
The game is almost done, but much more work is needed on the documentation.
Some questions:
1.Can I post the links of the tutorials while I make them (eg part 1 etc), or I should post the tutorials after I finish them?
2.I should post the links here or somewhere else ?
I think the idea of this contest is great and I'm looking forward to learn from the tutorials of the other participants (hope to clarify for myself topics as networking and multiplayer, grey areas for noobs like me). Also, I hope that my horrible english will make sense :wink:

 

I've wrapped up my tutorial and am releasing it to the public. Suggestions&feedback is still welcome and I'll probably still update the document here and there a bit before the UniKnowledge deadline.

Download&details here

 

Looking good Leepo,

I considered doing a tutorial, even developed a small game for it. But unfortunately I had to give training this month, so I didn't really have the time for the documentation around it (which is really the important part).

I hope there is a next-time and that I hear about it early enough.

Looking forward to seeing all the completed entries!

 

Yes, you can.

You can post it here and in the Teaching section, as other members already did.

 

Just to let all interested people and participants: deadline is close!

 

As I had several personal problems, I will not complete my tutorial about soccer game in time, but the project will be open source when I finish it.

 

I'm afraid mine won't be done in time either. Finishing the entry without documentation is taking enough time already.

 

Would you guys need a deadline extension?

 

Ideally. At least around the end of the Unity Awards. (The game won't even be finished until then, anyway....)

About a week after the UA deadline would be perfect. Once I can say I'm done, I can focus on pure documentation.

 

Oh no extension please, can't hold off curiousness any longer

 

I, as a new user of Unity, would like to see the entry of GargerathSunman and all the others, who can not supply their work on time. What i have seen in the thread so far is invaluable (Leepo your example project is great). Please, keep it coming.

 

Maybe I finish it in time, but with less features completed.

 

Mine is coming, I actually finished it about 3 weeks ago, and then asked a couple of better coders than I to preview it and make sure I've haven't told horrendous lies - as I've only been coding for 4 months. But so far no word from them, so I'm just prettifying up the doc and will post in the next day or so.

I'm not super keen on an extension for much the same reason as Leepo and also entries that don't make it, can still be released on the wiki/forum regardless. It doesn't prevent them from being released. That is, unless there are < 10 entries total.

 

Hello, I'm proud to announce that my tutorial is almost done. I am translating my tutorial, but you can download the last release of the pdf and the rar of the project on:

http://soccertutorial.googlecode.com/files/SoccerTutorial.pdf

http://soccertutorial.googlecode.com/files/SoccerGame014.rar

I really wanna just one unity indie license, so I could keep developing my tutorial without all the troubles of the Unity Trial license...

 

Looked at the PDF, your project looks great! Is there any way we could get a .zip compression? (my .rar decompresser has ... issues).

 

Here you are: http://soccertutorial.googlecode.com/files/SoccerGame014.zip

 

Thanks!

 

As I think I will not have much more time to make a better tutorial, here is my final entry:

The zip:
http://soccertutorial.googlecode.com/files/SoccerGame015.zip

The pdf:
http://soccertutorial.googlecode.com/files/SoccerTutorial-v2.pdf

I hope you all enjoy it. I will try to make it better untill november. The goal keeper needs a script to control him, I didn't have the time to make one.

 

We do have too few entries for the contest (less than 10), what makes me a little sad after so much work dedicated to this. But what we have is amazing. Quality beats quantity, ain't it? :roll:

Anyway, i'm proposing to extend the deadline for 2 weeks. Do you guys believe that this would be enough to deliver your entries? Please, let me know. This decision should be fair for everyone.

 

I'm afraid not. Development has been taking longer than expected, so I'll probably end up using 100% of the time on finishing the game.

I'll more than likely release something on it after the deadline is passed, though. It won't be too soon, but it will come.

 

Could I format my pc to reinstall unity trial version? So I could write a better tutorial and make a better code.

 

Please do not post questions on our forums asking for tips on how to violate our free trial policy. At a minimum, do the right thing and write us (sales@unity3d.com) requesting a trial extension if that's what you need.

 

Thx HiggyB!

 

It is a very good idea. Of course it is unfair for the persons who already managed to complete their entries, since more competition is not on their benefit. I would respect it if someone else disagrees. By the way, your tutorials are really nice guys, keep it up
I will definitely submit my entry, regardless if it is eligible to participate to the contest or not. (If I could only finish it )
I have set up a fairly basic blog where I plan to post my submission, at http://ippomed.com/wordpress/
Don't enter http://ippomed.com because you will be directed to my other blog (funny videos, totally unrelated to unity3d)

 

My tutorial's up and running!

http://www.gotow.net/andrew/wordpress/CarTutorialFinal.zip

download it here!

 

Wow just found out about this contest 1 day before the deadline! Really great timing, thanks to Michael from Unity Tutorials. This game was developed by myself and Daniel Wilkinson.

Playable Game:
http://www.wooglie.com/playgame.php?gameID=85

Youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IATV-kwKGk

Tutorial:
http://www.unitytutorials.com/document/298/how-to-make-a-game-similar-to-evac-city-in-unity3d
or
http://www.rebelplanetcreations.com/downloads/Other/Tutorials/HowToMakeAGameInUnity3D.pdf

Myself and Dan really don't want to miss the deadline for this contest.

I am in an Australian timezone. Please let me know if anything is missing or required to enter.

The game has also been submitted to UA 2009. If that conflicts with anything please let me know.

Thank you!

David Lancaster

 

I just like to announce that we will be extending the contest deadline to October 14. This will give an extra time for people still finishing their entries. So, please, hurry up guys!

Current Entries

Bubble Burster by Lab013
http://forum.unity3d.com/viewtopic.php?p=192887#192887

Unity Networking by Leepo
http://forum.unity3d.com/viewtopic.php?p=201796#201796

Soccer Game by TimViana
http://forum.unity3d.com/viewtopic.php?p=206970#206970

Car Tutorial by Maxwelldoggums
http://forum.unity3d.com/viewtopic.php?p=207464#207464

Evac City in Unity by DavidLancaster
http://forum.unity3d.com/viewtopic.php?p=207511#207511

 

Great! I think I will make an AI script to control the goalkeeper, fix some bugs and make a better tutorial, then I will update the final version of my toturial.

 

Well, great news! The first part of the tutorial is finished (nothing spectacular, just a sort of introduction).
I still have some work on part 2 (creation of the backgrounds)but hopefully it will be out by tomorrow. It will be probably a 7 part novice to intermediate level tutorial, scripted in javascript.Hopefully. Anyway, if you want to check it out, follow the link http://ippomed.com/wordpressmu

 

Well, I consider this. With my zero coding scripting skills I managed to put together a bit of gameplay and been satisfied with the result. I can imagine this, or any idea, can really take off with Unity if someone with an inclination to code teams up with an artist. All you need is pretty much this. And will to do it

I started tonight documenting what I did awhile back, when Unity came for Windows, don't expect some amazing stuff, everything is stock code/script coming with Unity or, in any case, available in the Wiki or in the Documentation. I only updated the sentry gun model, take a look at the little guy:



Sure enough, I wanted to add steam to the iron foe but I couldn't make those particles move around with the model. No muzzles, nothing fancy (altough muzzles will be explain on the player weapon part). You got to understand I am doing this in whatever free time I have left after a killer day job.

 

Part 2 is out and I try to polish a little bit my unity blog. I also try to polish my engrish (english) but this is far more difficult. It may seem all greek to you because I am Greek ! If you feel that something doesn't make sense (or is conceptually wrong), I surely would appreciate to pm me. Anyway, here is the link again http://ippomed.com/wordpressmu/
Any suggestions are appreciated, in the next days comes part 3, where we will discuss the camera settings.

 

Your image links are dead. Looks like they currently are aboslute links linking to your local machine (example: http://127.0.0.1/wordpressmu/files/2009/10/background_small1.png)

Otherwise it seems like a nice tutorial

 

I'm hereby submitting my UniKnowledge entry titled "Constructor example". It showcases a few unique features such as building a level in-game, starting/stopping simulation and finally saving that same level in a data string (via playerprefs).

The example features a project folder and a one page document.

See the Teaching topic for more details&downloads.
http://forum.unity3d.com/viewtopic.php?p=210151#210151

 

Thanks a lot. I would never notice that !
All image links are fixed now.

 

Here is my entry. It is two different projects, but i'll distribute them in the same. The game itself don't look much, but it cover some good basics.

Brizzle Puzzle + Procedural Production

Brizzle's files

Project:Assets.zip
Document:Brizzle.pdf


Procedural Production

Project: Assets.zip

Documents

Part 1: Procedural Graphics in Unity3D - Basic Plane and Texture - Part 1.pdf

Part 2: Procedural Graphics in Unity3D - Basic Plane and Texture - Part 2.pdf

And for people who are just interested. Here are some more advanced Bonus scripts.

Bonus: Procedural Graphics in Unity3D - Bonus.pdf

 

Great documents for the beginners! Will help a lot o people I'm sure.

 

Great entries, guys. 7 more days until deadline, go go go!