Week 2

Learning Journal: 

• discussion - games we've played, objectives of class (problem solving) 

• played with Unity - added coin and updated player scripts; made coins spin and collectible; edited physics on player character (collider on coin, rigidbody on player) - collect XP for picking up coins 

• One mechanic/dynamic framework can generate several different games 

• Variables - "boxes" that we use to determine a behaviour without hard-coding it in every time 

• [watch video for variable types] 

• Learned how to add a new variable (job??) - jump height - to the script to create a jumping mechanic 

• need to find another reference to understanding coding components 

NOTES: 

• "coders are problem-solvers" 

• Agile - coding software designed to help make a big project work by developing smaller portions at a time

• mechanics are things that do things by themselves e.g. move 

• dynamics are when two or more things do things together e.g. pick up spinning coins 

• "float" is for integer values e.g. 100f (must have f)

• Google 'Unity script reference.keycode' - dictionary of all the coding inputs in Unity - REFERENCE