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Will Goldstone
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Will Goldstone is a longstanding member of the Unity community and works for Unity Technologies as a Technical Support Associate, handling educational content and developer support. With an MA in Creative Education, and many years experience as a lecturer in higher education, Will wrote the first ever Unity book, the original Unity Game Development Essentials, and also created the first ever video tutorials for the package. Through his sites http://www.unity3dstudent.com and http://learnunity3d.com Will helps to introduce new users to the growing community of developers discovering Unity every day.
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Making the task


Our existing game consists of a task for the player to complete in order to enter the outpost — they must collect four batteries to power the door, one of which has to be won by winning the coconut shy game we added in the previous chapter.

Currently, having entered the outpost, the player is met with a sense of disappointment — as there is nothing to be found inside. In this chapter, we will change that by adding a box of matches to be picked up by the player when they enter the outpost. We will then create our fire outside, which can only be lit if the player is carrying the box of matches. In this way, we can show the player a set of logs waiting to be lit, leading them to attempt to find matches by completing the tasks laid out (that is, opening the door).

To create this game, we will need to implement the following in Unity:

  • Locate an asset package, and add a log fire model to our scene near the outpost.

  • Create the particle systems for fire and smoke for when the fire is...

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Will Goldstone

Will Goldstone is a longstanding member of the Unity community and works for Unity Technologies as a Technical Support Associate, handling educational content and developer support. With an MA in Creative Education, and many years experience as a lecturer in higher education, Will wrote the first ever Unity book, the original Unity Game Development Essentials, and also created the first ever video tutorials for the package. Through his sites http://www.unity3dstudent.com and http://learnunity3d.com Will helps to introduce new users to the growing community of developers discovering Unity every day.
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