Unity Android Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide

Time for action – creating planks

Each of the blocks we will be creating will be largely similar:

1. First, we will create the plank of wood. To do this, we need another cube. Rename it Plank_Wood.
2. Set the plank's Scale to 2 for the X and Y axes, and 0.25 for the Z axis. Its scale on the y and z axis define its size as seen by the player. The scale on the x axis makes sure that it will be hit by other physics objects in the scene.
3. Next, create a new material using the plank_wood texture and apply it to the cube.
4. To convert this new wood plank into a physics object, add a Rigidbody component. Make sure your plank is selected, go to the menu bar of Unity and click on Component, followed by Physics; finally, click on Rigidbody.
5. We need to keep the plank ...