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Description: Code your own top-down RPG game combat system in Unity using C#

Stephen Hubbard

Create your own classic 2D top-down RPG&nbsp;game using Unity, an industry-standard game development program used by many large gaming studios and indie developers across the world.Role Playing Games can be complex to create, with many interacting gameplay systems.&nbsp;We make it easy&nbsp;for you, teaching you step-by-step how to make the foundations of any good RPG - from scratch.In this course you’ll&nbsp;create the foundation of a 2D top-down RPG game, giving your players a fun combat moment in a well crafted level, based upon a solid game design, built using a robust code architecture.In this “beginner +” course you’ll learn to manage a bigger project from start to finish, learning beginner to more intermediate techniques and C# fundamentals. So if you’re…<ul><li>Ready to break out from beginner tutorials and build something you can call your own?</li><li>Familiar with the basics of Unity and looking to take the next steps?</li><li>Looking to build a solid foundation of C# fundamentals with Unity?</li></ul> This is the course for you!Building an RPG is an amazing way to level-up your game development skills, so&nbsp;grab your magic staff and start improving your game development right now.

Unity 2D RPG: Complete Combat System

0_IS_UPC - Promo.mp4

Code your own top-down RPG game combat system in Unity using C#

We focus on combat, but cover enough mechanics in this course for you to make a fantastic RPG game that your friends can immediately play.

Make Your Own 2D RPG

You'll make different attack types, give enemies clever attributes, move, dodge, bash and crash and lots more.

Slash, Smash, Bash

Stephen Welcomes you to the course and gives you some insight into what we’ll be creating!

Gitlab Repo Link

Welcome To The Course

1_IS_UPC - Welcome To The Course.mp4

Download Unity Hub and Visual Studio Code, including the extensions for C# and Unity Code Snippets.

Download Unity Hub

Set Up Unity & VS Code

3_IS_UPC - Set Up Unity & VS Code.mp4

If you're experiencing issues with VS Code or IntelliSense not working properly, this guide will walk you through several steps to hopefully get things working.

If IntelliSense isn't working for you in VS Code there are a few simple steps you might want to try.First, have you tried turning it off and on again?! Give your computer a quick restart and see if that helps. Sometimes this is all you need after some new software has been installed.If that didn’t work, make sure that you’ve set VS Code as your preferred external editor in your Preferences.In Unity, go to: Edit &gt; Preferences &gt; External Tools. Then, set your External Script Editor to “Visual Studio Code”.<img src="https://gamedev-files.b-cdn.net/courses/Unity/UVQ%20-%20Unity%20VR/Resources/Package%20Manager%20(2).png">Note: Direct support for VS Code in Unity was dropped in 2022. If VS Code is not appearing in the list, you will need to browse to the location where you installed it. To make setting up your External Script Editor a little easier, you may want to try installing the “Visual Studio Code Package” from the Package Manager. This package has now been deprecated by Unity but it should still appear under the “Unity: Registry” tab.<img src="https://gamedev-files.b-cdn.net/courses/Unity/UVQ%20-%20Unity%20VR/Resources/Package%20Manager%20(2).png">If it’s still not working the next step is to double check that you have the correct .NET framework installed on your machine.Start with the latest .NET Core SDK and .NET SDK packages, which you can download from <a href="https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download</a>You will also need to install the .NET 4.7.x (Developer Pack), which you can download from <a href="https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet-framework/net47" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet-framework/net47</a>Once these are installed, give your computer another quick restart.Note: you may need to head back into your Preferences and check that VS Code is still set as your External Script Editor.Next on the list is to open up VSCode and check that the correct solution workspace is selected.Press Ctrl+Shift+P to open the command paletteThen type “Omnisharp: Select Project”Finally, chose the solution workspace (.sln) for the project you’re currently working onOne final option is to tweak some of the settings in the C# Extension you added to VSCode.In the extensions panel; select the C# extension, click on the cog icon, and then select ‘Extension Settings’. This will open up an new window and you want to scroll down the list until you find “Omnisharp: Auto Start” and check this option.<img src="https://gamedev-files.b-cdn.net/courses/Unity/UVQ%20-%20Unity%20VR/Resources/Untitled%20(5).png">If you are getting an error in VS Code that says “Project Not Loaded” in the bottom right corner, you may need to try the following:Uninstall the C# extension (along with any dependencies)Reload VS CodeReinstall the C# extensionNow, if you've done that and you're still having trouble, let our awesome teaching assistants know and they will do their best to get you up and running!If you’re exhausted from tinkering with VS Code then remember that the script editor you use is largely a personal choice. If you really can’t get VS Code working, try something like Visual Studio Community.This will look different to the code editor used throughout the rest of the course and many of the hotkeys will be different. However, it still allows you to write your code and should allow you to follow along with the course just fine!

VS Code Issues?

Let’s create a brand new project with the 2D(URP) settings using Unity 2022.1 and set up our editor layout.

Project Setup

4_IS_UPC - Project Setup.mp4

Lucy invites you to join us in our various community support forums in order to ask questions, connect with other students and share your progress.

Chrome Live Captions

GameDev.tv Community Forum

GameDev.tv on Discord

GameDev.tv Unity Courses Facebook Page

GameDev.tv on YouTube

GameDev.tv on Twitter

GameDev.tv Blog

Community & Support

5_IS_UPC - Community & Support.mp4

Any time we change our project during a lecture we will commit that change to a public source control repository for students to access. In this video, we show you how to access that content.

Accessing Our Projects

6_IS_UPC - Accessing Our Projects.mp4

Introduction & Setup

Get our hero moving and running around our game! We’ll import our sprites and get a basic scene up and running.

Section Intro - Player Movement

1_PM_UPC Section Intro - Player Movement.mp4

Let’s get our base hero game object moving around the game scene.

Unity Docs - RigidBody2D.MovePosition

This Lecture's Project Changes

Player Input System

2_PM_UPC Player Input System.mp4

Let’s update our player sprite and set up some sprite preset settings within the project.

Hero Spritesheets.zip

Import Player Sprites

3_PM_UPC Import Player Sprites.mp4

Our hero needs some basic animations! Use the animation and animator windows combined with our PlayerController class to bring him to life!

Animating The Player

4_PM_UPC Animating The Player.mp4

Let’s get our main hero up and moving right out of the gate. Explore cutting up sprite sheets with the correct pivot points and adjusting our y-axis renderer top-down 2D view with a simple tilemap.

Bush & Tree Sprites.zip

Player Physics

5_PM_UPC Player Physics.mp4

Player Movement

In this section, we’ll be setting up an enemy state machine, handling basic pathfinding, health &amp; stamina effects, and much more as we dive into some fun combat mechanics!

Gitlab Repo for Unity 2D RPG Combat Course

Section Intro - Combat

1_CB_UPC Section Intro - Combat.mp4

Introduce some basic enemy AI and enemy movement in this intro lecture to our overall combat system.

Slime & Shadows Spritesheets.zip

Enemy State

2_CB_UPC Enemy State.mp4

Animate the beginning of our sword combat mechanics.

Sword Sprite.zip

Sword Animation

3_CB_UPC Sword Animation.mp4

Use some fun Mathf functions to get our sword animation flipping and swinging in both directions.

Unity Docs - Mathf.Atan2

Unity Docs - Quaternion.Euler()

Swing Both Directions

4_CB_UPC Swing Both Directions.mp4

Add a sprite slash animation prefab to give our user some nice visual feedback and polish off our sword-swinging animation.

Slash Effect Spritesheet.zip

Sword Visual Feedback

5_CB_UPC Sword Visual Feedback.mp4

Get some colliders set up on our weapon prefab and start making contact with the enemy slimes.

Sword Collision

6_CB_Sword Collision.mp4

Create an Enemy Health class to detect our sword collision and deal damage accordingly.

Enemy Health

7_CB_UPC Enemy Health.mp4

Using some 2D physics, let’s create a knockback class that we can use on different gameobjects that thrust them around our scene.

Unity Doc - ForceMode2D.Impulse

Unity Docs - Coroutines

Knockback

8_CB_UPC Knockback.mp4

Flash the enemies white as needed when our enemies take damage from our courageous hero. 

Damage Flash

9_CB_UPC Damage Flash.mp4

Complete our death visual feedback with a simple particle effect that we can use across a multitude of different enemies.

Particle Sprite.png

Unity Docs - Particle System

Death VFX

10_CB_UPC Death VFX.mp4

Who wants to spam mouse clicks?! Set up our hero to constantly swing his sword, as long as we’re holding down our assigned attack button.

Constant Swinging

11_CB_UPC Constant Swinging.mp4

Wrap up the basic combat mechanics with a nice dash mechanic in our Player Controller.

Player Dash

12_CB_UPC Player Dash.mp4

Clean up our combat code to tidy everything up. Get rid of magic numbers, re-factor a couple of minor adjustments, and keep our combat at a nice solid foundation we can continue to build on.

Section Cleanup

13_CB_UPC Section Cleanup.mp4

Combat

Set up a camera controller with cinemachine, rule tiles to easily expand on our scene, and introduce some cool environmental effects to add some life to our overall environment!

Section Intro - Environment

1_EN_UPC - Section Intro - Environment.mp4

Use Cinemachine to set up some simple follow-the-player mechanics. We’ll also set up a polygon 2d collider confiner so that our camera doesn’t go out of bounds and see just how powerful Cinemachine can be!

Unity Docs - Cinemachine

Cinemachine

2_EN_UPC Cinemachine.mp4

Set up the base of our Tilemap and set up a solid foundation that we can use for our rule &amp; animated tiles.

Outdoor Tile Spritesheet.png

Tilemap

3_EN_UPC - Tilemap.mp4

Use the rule tile feature set to set up several different rule tiles to streamline our scene setup process.

Unity Docs - Rule Tiles

Rule Tiles

4_EN_UPC - Rule Tiles.mp4

Take our water tiles one step further and animate them to help add some movement.

Animated Water Tiles.png

Animated Tiles

5_EN_UPC - Animated Tiles.mp4

Set up a class we can use across a multitude of different gameobjects that will allow us to fade the transparency of both sprite and tilemap renderers.

Unity Docs - Mathf.Lerp

Sprite Transparency

6_EN_UPC - Sprite Transparency.mp4

Give our canopy a nice parallax effect by offsetting the position of our canopy in relation to the camera and player movement.

Parallax

7_EN_UPC - Parallax.mp4

Set up some collision and animator effects on our bush prefab. This way, our player can truly experience what it’s like to hack and slash our way through our scenes.

Leaf_Particle.png

Destructible Objects

8_EN_UPC - Destructible Objects.mp4

Environment

In this section we’ll tackle what is takes to move our player character from scene to scene. We’ll set up exit and entrance portals to move the character as intended, as well as introduce generics using a nice singleton class.

Section Intro - Portals & Scene Transitions

1_PS_UPC - Section Intro - Portals & Scene Transitions.mp4

Give ourselves two scenes to work with so that we can properly set up our scene transitions.

Second Scene

2_PS_UPC - Second Scene.mp4

Introduce generics using a singleton class that other classes can inherit from to help certain gameobjects persist from scene to scene.

Unity Generics - Youtube

Generic Singleton Class

3_PS_UPC - Generic Singleton Class.mp4

Let’s get our player to move to the proper portal entrance, after changing from one scene to the other.

Scene Entry

4_PS_UPC - Scene Entry.mp4

Adjust our Cinemachine Camera to properly follow our player while transitioning between scenes.

Camera Controller

5_PS_UPC - Camera Controller.mp4

Set up a smooth fade-in and out transition to give our portals a nice smooth effect.

Fade Transition

6_PS_UPC - Fade Transition.mp4

Finish off our portal with a nice clean particle visual effect to give visual feedback to the player.

Ray.png

Portal Visual Effect

7_PS_UPC - Portal Visual Effect.mp4

Portals And Scene Transitions

In this section, we’ll introduce what it takes to set up some nice 2D post-processing effects. Including different overrides to our global volume, and even using shader graph to give us a nice bloom &amp; glow effect material we can use whenever we’d like.

Section Intro - URP & Lighting

1_UL_UPC - Section Intro - URP & Lighting.mp4

Go over a simple explanation of Unity’s 2D URP system and how easy it can be to get set up with some cool post-processing effects.

Unity Docs - Post Processing

Post Processing Basics

2_UL_UPC - Post Processing Basics.mp4

Let’s explore a few different 2D lights and their different effects. Set up an animated torch sprite with the appropriate lighting to go with it.

Torch.zip

2D Lighting

3_UL_UPC - 2D Lighting.mp4

Whether it’s our torch or any other kind of idle animation, sometimes it can be annoying if they’re all moving in perfect synchronization. Write a simple script to fix that!

Unity Docs - Animator State Info

Random Idle Animations

4_UL_UPC - Random Idle Animations.mp4

Use the shader graph tool in combination with the post-processing bloom override to create a cool glow effect on certain materials.

Bloom

5_UL_UPC - Bloom.mp4

Finish off this section with a nice twinkle particle system challenge to elevate our scene and incorporate what we’ve learned.

Finishing Touches

6_UL_UPC - Finishing Touches.mp4

URP & Lighting

In this section, we’ll cover not only implementing the basics of inventory swapping. We’ll also set up unique attacking logic for the sword, bow, and staff using interfaces and scriptable objects.

Section Intro - Inventory & Weapons

1_IW_UPC - Section Intro - Inventory & Weapons.mp4

Let’s get our UI overlay set up so we have a nice foundation to work with visually before we implement the mechanics of our basic inventory system.

Inventory UI.zip

UI Setup

2_IW_UPC - UI Setup.mp4

With our UI set up, let’s rig up a basic inventory toggle system that will allow us to seamlessly visualize which weapon our player is using.

Toggle Active Slot

3_IW_UPC - Toggle Active Slot.mp4

Refactor our current weapon sword attack system to implement an IWeapon Interface class that we can use for not only our sword, but other weapons like our bow and staff as well.

IWeapon Interface

4_IW_UPC - IWeapon Interface.mp4

Create our first scriptable objects in a way so that our inventory knows which weapon to properly access.

Scriptable Objects

5_IW_UPC - Scriptable Objects.mp4

In this two part topic, let’s get our three weapons instantiating correctly and attached to our player so we can use our scriptable objects and interface classes in tandem.

Unity 2D RPG: Complete Combat System

Unity

Coding

What you’ll learn

About the course

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Make Your Own 2D RPG

Slash, Smash, Bash

Instructors

Stephen Hubbard

Curriculum

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