Playmaker for Unity - CodeStock 2015

Updated slides for my Playmaker for Unity talk at CodeStock 2015 at the Knoxville Convention Center. This is an hour long version of the talk that I previously gave at the Knoxville Game Design meeting.

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1. Playmaker for Unity Levi D. Smith @GaTechGrad levidsmith.com July 2015
2. About Me • Hobbyist Game Developer since 1995 • Unity and other environments • Ludum Dare participant • Occasional Knoxville Game Design speaker
3. About Unity • Free • Unity 5 Personal • Pro License • Build for multiple platforms
4. Playmaker Background • Cost: $95 – Often discounted • Requires Unity 3.5 or higher • Created by Hutong Games (@HutongGames) – Alex Chouls and Erin Ko •玩
5. Getting Started • Unity Asset Store • https://www.assetstore. unity3d.com
6. Enabling Playmaker • New menu item • Select Playmaker Editor • Playmaker pane
7. Editor Pane • FSM State Diagram • FSM • State • Events • Variables • Preferences
8. Creating an FSM • FSM (Finite State Machine) – Zero to many FSMs – States – Events – Transitions – Variables • Creating New FSM
9. States • Examples – Light Bulb – Game Character • Only active at a time • Contains a collection of actions • Actions executed top to bottom
10. More on States, Events, and Variables • Active is highlighted • Manually transition to state • Global Events • Global variables
11. Action Browser • Standard Unity methods • Additional helpful methods • Actions are “Code” • Execute Scripts
12. Using Actions • Every Frame – Similar to Update • Send Event • Delay value – Avoid infinite loops • Find Game Object
13. Managing Actions • Disabling actions • Copy and paste into FSMs • Navigate with Project hierarchy • Lock an FSM • Show debug values
14. Prefab Actions • Create Object action • Destroy Self or Destroy Object
15. Operator Actions • Number comparison – Most data types • Boolean comparison • Events for each comparison • String operators
16. ArrayMaker • Storing array type information • Not included with Playmaker • Downloadable from Playmaker website – https://hutonggames.fogbugz.com/?W715
17. Making a Light Bulb • Create FSM • Off and On states • MOUSE DOWN transitions • Point light as a child • Activate Game Object actions
18. Moving a block • Add cube • Add a RigidBody • Add a PlayMaker FSM • Add Moving State • Input > Get Axis – Transform > Translate • Or Get Axis Vector – Map to Plane • Order of actions is important • Double line button to toggle – Constant values – Variables
19. Follow Camera • Add FSM to Camera • Smooth Follow Action • Target to player • Set Damping
20. Character Tips • Capsule collider • Freeze rotation axis – Avoid “falling over” • Default terrain map – Zero to 600 • Character controller vs Rigid Body
21. Jumping • Idle State • Jumping state • jump event • Get Button Down action – Send jump event – Transition to Jumping • Add Force action • Transition back to Idle • Self / World space
22. First Person View • Disable Smooth Follow Action • Set Parent action • Set the Camera’s Parent to player
23. First Person Controls • Mouse Look action • Action must be on the player object, not the camera! • Uses airplane joystick view control by default • Sensitivity values – Negative Y for traditional controls
24. Icon Display • “Gizmos” dropdown – Resize – Disable • Playmaker GUI object
25. Fade In / Out • Add action to camera • Set Color and Time • Event when completed – Reload level – Game over screen
26. Audio Actions • Play Sound • Audio Play – One Shot Clip • Other actions – Mute – Pause – Stop – Play random – Set pitch, – Set volume
27. Contact • Twitter: @GaTechGrad • Web: levidsmith.com
28. Getting Help • Playmaker Forums http://hutonggames.com/playmakerforum/index.php • Playmaker Tutorial Videos http://www.hutonggames.com/tutorials_game_design_with_playmaker.php • Playmaker Documentation https://hutonggames.fogbugz.com/default.asp?W1