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How should a GameManager actually be designed?
Ok, the title might be a bit misleading… Of course I know there are many different ways to design the main logic for a game, but I’m asking this question because of the confusion “beginner tutorials” give you in this regard. I'm not a complete beginner anymore, tho my main project is still built on top of a tutorial series for general game logic in Unity.
While im pretty happy with the code readibility / quality in some newer features (leaderboards), looking at some of the untouched code the game still runs on, it looks everything but elegant. Mainly the GameManager.
1. The new endless gamemode is still part of the GameManager class, so logic for it is executed via functions which are called when the SceneName is "EndlessMode".
2. While im using the singleton pattern, I dont use DontDestroyOnLoad, and if I did it would make the GameManager even more confusing and means that I would have to use things like GameObject.Find(""), which I though was bad pratice? (Im really only using this pattern to avoid refrences)
Heres the "logic" part of the code, tho not all of the code because this question is about code design / structure and not the actual code itself:
public class GameManager : MonoBehaviour
{
private static GameManager instance;
public static GameManager Instance
{
get
{
return instance;
}
}
// Refrences via serializefields
// Some variables
public void Awake()
{
// Singleton initalization
if (currentSceneName == "EndlessMode")
{
inEndlessMode = true;
InitializeEndlessMode();
}
else
{
InitializeLevelMode();
}
}
private void InitializeLevelMode()
{
// Loading things like level prefabs / ui
}
private void InitializeEndlessMode()
{
// Loading things like prefabs / ui
}
public void Update()
{
UpdateScore();
if (inEndlessMode)
{
UpdateHighscore();
}
}
private void UpdateScore()
{
// normal code
}
private void UpdateHighscore()
{
// normal code
}
public void CompleteLevel()
{
// normal code
}
public void LoadNextLevel()
{
// normal code
}
public void GameOver()
{
if (gameHasEnded)
{
gameHasEnded = true;
if (inEndlessMode)
{
// normal code if inEndlessMode
}
else
{
// normal code if not inEndlessMode
}
}
}
public void Restart()
{
// normal code
}
}
So: How can I improved this? Im also open for any feedback
EDIT: I reformated the post, sorry for the sloppy format, I copied it from Unity Discussions out of frustation as I didnt get any answers there. Thanks for all your answers, the really help me understand what GameManager should actually be. I think my main problem was that while I always improved / updated different parts of the game (like leaderboards, a proper skin system, etc ... ) I completely forgot to update the main code (Or maybe was just too lazy...)
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On Wikipedia'sJapanese page for Nasir Gebelli, there's a fascinating anecdote mentioned:
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When I first read this story online, I was astounded.
However, as someone who continues to work on personal development projects in UNITY, I can imagine being called while away from my desk about a bug in a class I've been wrestling with for a while. While I might not remember every line, I believe I could provide detailed verbal instructions on how to resolve the bug.
Am I legendary programmer?
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Code:using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; using UnityEngine; public class FallingBlocksScript : MonoBehaviour {
//Move down in incriments of 0.5, 26 times
private float DownMovesLeft = 26;
// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start() {
}
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if (DownMovesLeft <= 26 && DownMovesLeft != 0) {
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}
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Question about PlayerPrefs
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My partner and I lost our jobs in the games industry, so we've been making this VR tower defense with our savings. Does it still count as fantasy if there are gatling guns and guided missiles?
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Good resource for structuring a scalable design for Enemies/Units (Specifically related to animator)
I'm interested in what an effective design pattern would be a game that would have many enemies, say hundreds just for conversations sake.
I've tried digging into open source repos and haven't seen an effective solution.
I'm, aware of the scriptable object / FSM patterns etc, I'm more looking at the animator component. In larger games using Unity, are they actually using the Animator state machine for each enemy/unit introduced into the game? That seems tedious and messy.
Ideally, there would be a quick way to create new variations of enemies on the ui, plugging in SOs and animations and acs, with some type of script that controls the animation names and states that is common to all or most units.
Any thoughts on this?
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thanks!
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Help! NavMesh components look completely different in Inspector.
I am trying to set up pathfinding for my 2D PacMan game and I have been trying to follow tutorials on how to implement NavMesh. (One of which is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-NIYi1t16Q). But when I follow the steps, my inspector looks completely different.
So far I have encountered these issues:- in the NavMesh Modifier, no "Area Type" dropdown appears when I select Override Area.- in the NavMesh Surface there is no cylinderal blue diagram, no bake option, nothing. It looks completely different.- also no rotate to XY button.
I do not know what I am doing wrong. I am using Unity 2022.3.18f1.
I did also try making a brand new project, but it had all the same issues.
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Spent 8 hours on this...
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Melhores Bibliotecas unity 2D
Quais bibliotecas vocês indicam para baixar no vscode se você está progamando um jogo 2D na unity?
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Why is my dash reach inconsistent!?
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The specific line that moves the character:
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}
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