Match 3 games are simple puzzle games where the player is asked to pair three or more identical items on a tiled game board. Popular modern variations include Candy Crush and Bejeweled. Unity is ideally suited to this kind of game design, and it's a great entry point to more complex kinds of game development. This training course is here to help you complete your own match 3 game.
Game developer Kelley Hecker covers topics like creating a grid-based game board, using inheritance to create different types of game pieces, adding obstacles and new levels, detecting matches and clearing pieces, and implementing a user interface complete with a score screen. By the end of the course, members will have a completed game and learned new techniques to apply to their next Unity project.
Topics include:
Creating a game board grid
Creating and scripting game pieces
Filling the board
Creating obstacles
Swapping pieces
Matching pieces
Clearing obstacles and pieces
Creating new levels
Creating the user interface: HUD, game over screen, etc
Introduction
The Game Board
Make a Move
Special Piece Types
Level Types
User Interface
Conclusion