Unity 5: Network Gaming

1h 35mIntermediate2017-03-01

Authors

Bruce Van Horn

Lead Software Developer at Visual Storage Intelligence

Course details

Adding a multiplayer component can enhance a game's overall playability—not to mention its staying power in the marketplace. In this course, boost your network development skills and discover how to use Unity 5 to add multiplayer network components to your games. Bruce Van Horn starts by covering a little network game theory, and then dives into the creation of a multiplayer tank combat game. Learn how to adapt this classic game concept into a network-playable LAN game that can be played over the Internet. Along the way, learn about setting up the Network Manager, adding health indicators, fragging the enemy, and more.

Learning objectives
Reviewing how network gaming works
Creating a multiplayer game
Setting up the Network Manager
Testing the game
Firing projectiles
Adding a health indicator
Fragging the enemy
Respawning

Skills covered

Real-TimeGame DevelopmentUnityVisualization and Real-TimeAECProduct and ManufacturingSoftware Development

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know
03 - Using the exercise files
04 - What we'll build - Network tank battle

1. Network Gaming Overview

05 - Review of basic networking
06 - The ping command
07 - How network gaming works
08 - Unity - The High Level API (HLAPI)

2. Our Multiplayer Game

09 - Project overview
10 - Set up the Network Manager
11 - Network identity
12 - Testing the game
13 - Network transform
14 - The local player
15 - Instantiate projectiles
16 - Firing projectiles
17 - Multplayer projectiles
18 - Adding a health indicator, part 1
19 - Adding a health indicator, part 2
20 - Adding a health indicator, part 3
21 - Multiplayer health
22 - Fragging the enemy
23 - Respawning

Conclusion

24 - Next steps