All games made in Unity start out as Projects from the Startup Screen. Unity is equally suited for both 2D and 3D games. Open up Unity, and in the next lesson we will create our first project. This selection includes the engine itself, the documentation for the engine, an IDE build tools for Android and a collection of assets that you can add in your project later on.Ĭlick next, follow through the instructions and options, and let Unity download and install itself on your computer.

For this series, we want to install the components you see in the image. Here, select the components that you will need. Once the installer is downloaded, go through it until you reach a menu for selecting what components you wish to install with Unity. It is also highly advised that you install the latest version of Visual Studio, which provides many useful tools over the standard MonoDevelop IDE that ship with Unity. It is also possible to install Unity on Ubuntu and some additional Linux systems see here for more information In this series, we will be dealing with the Windows version of the engine. Next, click on your desired platform for installing Unity.

If you do, you are not allowed to try Unity Free, although you may sign up for a free 30-day trial of the Pro version.

On the next page, scroll down and click to confirm that you or your company does not earn more than 100,000 USD in annual revenue. As we begin this series, it is better to learn how to use the engine before considering a purchase to Plus or Pro.

This is the free version of Unity, which contains all the core features. On the next page, click on the Try Now button below Personal. To install Unity, head to thisOnce there, click on − Along with the core engine, you may also download optional modules for deploying to various different platforms, as well as tools for integrating Unity scripting into Visual Studio. To create content with Unity, the main requirement is to download the Unity engine and development environment.

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