Unity 2020 By Example - Third Edition

Chapter 7: Completing the 2D Adventure

In the previous chapter, we continued to work on a 2D adventure game. We added additional scenes, created a dynamic element in the form of a moving platform, added player kill zones, and created a health system including a UI health bar. This chapter completes the game by adding the remaining features:

• Adding gun turrets that damage the player—as we have a health system, we need something to test it
• Creating a friend for the player—the game's first Non-Player Character (NPC)
• Giving the NPC something to talk about by creating a quest system—useful knowledge for many game genres

An NPC is any character not controlled by the player. They are usually friendly or at least ambivalent toward the player and, ...