When several items of the same type have been picked up, often the simplest way to convey what is being carried to the user is to display a text message showing the numeric total of each item type being carried, as shown in the following screenshot. In this recipe, the total number of stars collected is displayed using a UI Text object.
This recipe assumes you are starting with project Simple2Dgame_SpaceGirl
setup from the first recipe in this chapter. The font you need can be found in folder 1362_02_02
.
To display inventory total text for multiple pickups of same type of object, follow these steps:
Start with a new copy of the mini-game
Simple2Dgame_SpaceGirl
.Add a UI Text object (Create | UI | Text). Rename it
Text-carrying-star
. Change its text to stars = 0.Import the provided
Fonts
folder into your project.In the Inspector panel, set the font of
Text-carrying-star
to Xolonium-Bold (folderFonts
)...