Player movement - My first game ever

Unity Engine
1

Hey guys:)
I’m trying to make my first mobile game, but I’m pretty much stuck.
So, as you guys can see in the video, I posted of my game, the ball (Ball is the player) can only turn left and forward when I click on space button. How can I get the ball to turn the way that the road is turning? You know, the 3D object that the ball is driving on…

Hope you guys understand what I mean, feel free to ask:)

Here’s the video showing the game, and script:

2

Here’s my script:

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour {

public float speed;

private Vector3 dir;

// Use this for initialization
void Start ()
{
dir = Vector3.zero;
}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update ()
{
if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space))
{
if (dir == Vector3.forward)
{
dir = Vector3.left;
}
else
{
dir = Vector3.forward;
}
}

float amoutToMove = speed * Time.deltaTime;

transform.Translate(dir * amoutToMove);
}
}

3

One way I’ve seen this done in the past is to put a trigger at each turn, which will notify the player of which way to turn when space is pressed. That method can also be used for jumping and other path actions.

4

Thanks, I’m trying it:)

5

Okay, so

Okay so, I’ve added a component called “Event Trigger”, but there’s a lot of options to choose, do you know which one, I should choose?

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6

I was referring actually to a physics collider trigger:

In order for the trigger to detect your ball, the ball will need a rigidbody and a collider. Since you’re not using the physics engine to move your ball, you can set the rigidbody to kinematic.