Objective: Create a powerup that negatively affects the player. To make this game more challenging, we will make a new powerup that will remove all the ammunition from the player. This is definitely a powerup to avoid! I’ve created the powerup icon image from one of Filebase’s assets: I made…

Objective: Implement wave sequencing of enemies with more enemies coming each wave To implement a wave system, let’s start with adding text to the UI canvas for displaying the wave number and the wave countdown. I placed my wave system text near the top of the UI Canvas.

Objective: Visualize on screen the ammo count of the player in the form of current/max Let’s put the maximum number of ammo the player can have next to the current number of ammunition the player has, in this format: AMMO: (current)/(max) Open the UIManager.cs script Go to the method UpdateAmmo(). …

Objective: Enable the Enemies to move in a new way, either from side to side, circling, or coming into the play field at an angle. I have chosen to enable the enemies to come into the play field at a random angle in between the range -45° and +45°. Like…

Objective: When the player takes damage, provide a subtle camera shake. Shaking the camera can enhance the player’s engagement in a videogame. We will begin with preparing the Main Camera game object. Create a new script “MainCamera.cs” Delete the Start() and Update() methods because we will not use them. Add…

Objectives: Create a UI element to visualize the charge element of your thrusters. Cool Down System required to prevent thrusters from increasing the ship’s speed indefinitely. We will add the slider UI game object to the canvas and adjust its elements to match our purposes. In the Hierarchy pane, select…

Objectives: Create a new form of projectile. You should already have a triple shot. Include something new from multi direction shot, to heat seeking shots, etc. Replaces the standard fire for 5 seconds. Spawns rarely For the secondary fire powerup, I have decided to make a wide shot powerup that…

Objective: Create a health collectable that heals the player by 1 ship. Update the visuals of the Player’s health to reflect this. I’ve created a health powerup icon of my own: Whatever image for the health powerup you have, import it into the Project pane and set it as a…

Objective: Create a powerup that refills the ammo count allowing the player to fire again The player’s ammunition is now limited to 15. To replenish the player’s ammunition, we will create an ammo powerup to refill the ammo count back up to 15. I’ve created an ammo powerup icon of…