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Using the Unity Interface

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Beginner

+10 XP

1 Hour

(1600)

Summary

Take a tour of the Unity interface in this overview, including introductions to the Scene view, Game view, Hierarchy window, Project window, and Inspector window.

Materials

Adventure Sample Game - Project Assets

1.Interface Overview

Take a quick tour of the Unity interface in this overview.
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Unity Manual: Learning the Interface
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Adventure - Sample Game
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Follow these steps to install the package in your project:
Unity Manual: Importing an Asset Store package

2.The Scene View

The Scene view is where we work with GameObjects, including models, lights and colliders, to construct our Scenes
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Unity Manual: Using the Scene View

3.The Game View

The Game View is where we can preview and play our game as a work in progress as we develop it.
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Unity Manual: Game View
Unity Manual: Multi-display

4.The Hierarchy Window

The Hierarchy window lists all of the GameObjects in our open scenes in hierarchical order.
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Unity Manual: The Hierarchy Window
Tutorial: Essential Unity Concepts

5.The Project Window

The Project window is where we import, store and edit our Asset files.
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Unity Manual: The Project Window
Unity Manual: Asset Import and Creation
Tutorial: Essential Unity Concepts

6.The Inspector Window

The Inspector window is context sensitive and displays all the properties of any selected GameObject, Asset or Setting.
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Unity Manual: The Inspector Window
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Using the Unity Interface

General Tutorial Discussion

1. Interface Overview

2. The Scene View

3. The Game View

4. The Hierarchy Window

5. The Project Window

6. The Inspector Window