Mastering UI Development with Unity

Laying out a basic HUD

We will make a HUD that will look like the following:

It will be expanded upon in the upcoming chapters, but, for now, it'll have a pretty simple layout that will focus on parent–child relationships and anchor/pivot point placement.

To create the HUD shown in the preceding image, complete the following steps:

1. Create a new Canvas using Create | UI | Canvas.
2. In the Canvas Inspector, change the name to HUD Canvas.

I like to break my Canvases up into the following categories: HUD, Background, and Popups. I find that this ...