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Creating E-Learning Games with Unity

By : David Horachek
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Creating E-Learning Games with Unity

By: David Horachek

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Creating E-Learning Games with Unity
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Creating the Time object


The Time object will implement the game's clock functionality in this level. If the time ever reaches zero, this class will display the mission failed pop up. Recall that the source of the added pressure this time around is the clock ticking down to zero. We want this because a little pressure makes the game fun and encourages cognitive flow. Perform the following steps to create the Time object:

  1. Create a new script named TimeScript.cs. Add an instance of it to a new GameObject of type GUIText. Place GUIText on the left-hand side of the screen opposite the score. Note, this is done by adjusting the PixelOffset field of the GUIText component, and not by moving the transform (this is one of the few exceptions to the rule when placing objects in Unity).

  2. A pixel inset of -60, -20 looks good at a screen resolution of 1024 x 768. Some of the settings for the GUIText component are shown in the following screenshot:

  3. Add the following four variables to the script:

    • public GameObject...