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Tutorial - Using Example Assets

Using the toolkt is easy! Get a taste of how to use it by experimenting with example assets.

Create a scene to work with

• In the Project panel, click on the Your Scenes folder
• In the Assets menu, choose Create->Scene
• The scene will appear on the right.
• Right-click it and choose Rename. Give it a name. Here It’s called FirstScene
• In the scene view, you’ll see the default, empty scene:

Add one of the example drawings

• In the project Panel, open up the Drawings folder to show the Example Drawing folder. Click on that.
• Drag square.png to the scene view
• Try moving it around using tools described in the Navigating The Unity Interface tutorial

Add another drawing and access from hierachy panel

• Drag the fern into the scene view
• Notice that an object called ‘fern’ apperas in the Hierachy panel. The Hierachy panel lists objects curreny in the scene
• You can rename the fern (ex: Fern 1, Black Fern, etc)

Add a painting

• Find the Painting->Example Paintings folder in the project panel
• Drag ring-painting to the scene
• Move, rotate and scale the painting in the scene

Add a diagram

• Follow the same steps

Add a background color

• Find the Skyboxes - Color folder in the project panel
• Drag ‘Yellow Skybox’ to the scene

OR add a 360-degree photo skybox (scene background)

• Select the folder Skyboxes - 360 –> Example 360 Skyboxes in the Project Panel
• Find the file Snow1-Sky.mat. Confirm the name at the bottom of the window (circled).
• Drag to the scene

Add a movable player to the scene

• Find the CGDT Components –> Player Flying folder in the Project panel
• Drag Player-Flying to the scene
• Note: Player-Flying is a player that moves around freely in 3D space. Player-Grounded moves only along the ground.

Play the scene!

• Press Command-P (mac) / Control-P (windows) to enter Play mode
• Or, press the play button above the Scene Panel
• Use the mouse to look around
• Use the arrow keys, or ASDW keys to move the character through the scene

Now add a scene change

• Scene change elements are obejcts that transport the player to another scene when the player passes through the object. Any object (drawing, painting, diagram, photo cut-out) can function as a scene change object.
• Here we will use the purple ring painting as a scene change object (because it looks vaguely like a portal – but it is up to you what a scene change should look like)
• Here we scaled-down the ring painting and positioned in front of other objects to make it noticable.
• In the Projects tab, select the CGDT Components -> SceneChange folder
• Drag the SceneChange script to the purple ring in the scene
• Make sure you currectly added the script by checking that the scene change component shows up in the inspector (on the right) when the purple ring is selceted.

• Choose which scene you want your player to be transported to using the drop down menu (example scenes included in the toolkit are indicated with [CGDT Example Scene]. Here we’ve selected the example scene, Forest.
• Play your scene – move the player through the purple ring and you will be transported to the Forest Scene.

##Create interactive narrative

• Make more new scenes, and add scene change objects that take the player from one scene to another!