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Captain Coder's Adventure Quest

Captain Coder’s Adventure Quest

Welcome to Captain Coder’s Adventure Quest! This site will help guide you through learning how to create a Point and Click adventure game in Unity that is inspired by classic Table Top Role Playing Games such as Dungeons & Dragons, Swords & Sorcery, and Fate Core!

Learning Goals

This project is focused heavily on teaching you how to manage the complexity of large(ish) programs written with C# and Unity. More specifically, this project focuses on:

  • Object Oriented Design Principles in C#
  • Unit Testing with Unity Test Framework
  • Unity’s User Interface Framework
  • Using UnityEvents to manage program complexity

Who is this project for?

This project was designed to be used by anyone who has the basics of programming in C# under there belt. Before starting, you should be relatively comfortable with:

  • Variables
  • Boolean Logic
  • If Statements
  • Loops
  • Methods

Note about Object Oriented Programming

Although it isn’t necessary to be familiar with classes and object oriented programming, it isn’t an absolute requirement. Throughout this project you will be exposed to Object Oriented (OO) design principles and asked to use good practices. My hope is that, if you’re not familiar designing your own classes and objects, you will learn about them by practicing them.

What if I’m not ready?

Unity is a very powerful framework for creating cross platform applications and games. In my opinion, attempting to learn to program WHILE learning how to use Unity is incredibly challenging and often results in learning bad habits. I highly recommend learning the basics listed above before attempting to use Unity.

If you’re new to programming, Captain Coder’s Adventures in C# is an interactive online workbook that provides lessons, activities, and projects that will help you learn the basics.

If you prefer a physical text book, I highly recommend The C# Player’s Guide. It is my personal favorite C# book for absolute beginners.

Another good option is The Yellow Book. This book has the advantage of having a FREE digital copy.