I’ve never programed anything except very simple HTML back in highschool… I’m wanting to build an iPhone game similar to the style of the Mass Effect franchise but for the iPhone and possibly the iPad. I’m going to need to learn character customization, upgrades, multiple weapons, in game cinematics, enemy ai, squad ai, and much much more. i know it’s a very large undertaking for a beginner by myself… so far i’ve only been able to figure out how to put a capsule on a grid and make it controlable from my iphone with the unity controller ap.
is there a better place to learn how to make a 3rd person shooter than the unity pre-made tutorial?
also, i’m having trouble flipping the y axis on my camera’s controller.
any help for this project would be greatly appreciated.
Welcome to the forums!
You might want to start off with a project simpler than “something similar to the style of the Mass Effect franchise”. Maybe build a test project with a cube with a gun and improve from there. Try the “worminator” tutorial, as that seems to help beginners.
No guns, but you get the basics of third person controllers.
Also, check out the first person shooter tutorial on the Unity website which includes multiple weapons, turrets, and pre-made AI scripts.
Before you try ANYTHING you must become at least a little familiar with a scripting language Unity supports. I went for Javascript, as it has the most tutorials and help resources, but you can go for any one of these three types Unity supports:
Javascript, C# script, or Boo Script
Once you know how to do simple things, (like accessing the transform options) then you might be able to start your first simple game.
Take it slow and safe, good luck!
this might be a silly question, but if you program in java script, will the game work with the iPhone? i thought you could only use objective C or whatever…?
Hi! Unity supports scripts in Javascript, C# and Boo script as SomeGuy told you before. Then in Unity you build your project and Unity creates you an Xcode project ready (or almost) to compile. You don’t have to read the whole Apple documentation!
excellent. thank you!