Jul 27Implementing Ladder Climbing Animation in Unity 2021In this article we’ll give the player character the ability to climb up ladders!Made With Unity7 min read
Jul 27Updated Player Character Animator Contoller for 2.5D Platformer in Unity 2021Before we cover the ladder code, I’ve updated the PlayerChar_Anim_Controller and transitions for many other states as well. There are now 15 animation states for the Player’s character including the Entry and Idle states. …Unity 3 D10 min read
Jul 19Implementing a Ledge Grab Ability for a 2.5D Platformer in Unity 2021In this article, we’ll create a ledge grab system including climb up and drop from hanging!Unity Game Development16 min read
Published in Towards Dev·Jul 19Implementing Character Model & Animations in Unity 2021In this article we’ll turn our bland cylinder into a cool soldier, complete with animations.Animation12 min read
Jul 17Creating a New Project with Existing Project Assets for 2.5D Platformer in Unity 2021In this article we’ll start fresh with a new project, albeit with assets and a scene provided from GameDevHQ in my case. We’ll also pull in assets from our project in previous articles.Unity Game Development5 min read
Jul 16Pushing Objects with Player in 2.5D Platformer Prototype with Unity 2021In this article we’ll give the player character the ability to push certain game objects around the scene. To do this, we’ll be using OnControllerColliderHit() as we did in the previous article for wall jumping. We’ll have to be careful not to break our wall jumping implementation as we go!Unity Game Development5 min read
Jul 15Wall Jumping in the 2.5D Platformer Prototype with Unity 2021In this article we’ll be implementing a common platformer mechanic, wall jumping. When the player jumps against a wall, we want the player to then be able to jump again, pushing off of that wall. …Unity Game Development7 min read
Jul 14Adding an Elevator to the 2.5D Platformer Prototype in Unity 2021In this article we’ll allow the player to call an elevator if they have enough coins and ride it up to a different platform level.Unity8 min read
Published in Towards Dev·Jul 13Adding Moving Platforms to 2.5D Platformer Prototype in Unity 2021In this article we’ll create a moving platform prefab that can be reused throughout our platformer project.Unity7 min read
Jul 13Adding a Player Follow Camera to the Platformer Prototype in Unity 2021We need to change from a fixed camera perspective to a follow camera perspective so that we can accommodate levels wider than one screen.Unity Game Development4 min read