(Unity 4) Publishing the game - 07 - Roll-a-ball - Unity Official Tutorials

Now that we've finished our game we need to

present it to our players.

One of the greatest things about Unity is that

once we have created our game we can deploy

it to many of the current platforms.

For more detailed information on building and

build targets please see the lesson linked below.

Before we build our game we should

save our scene.

To build our game we must first open

the Build Settings window.

We can do this by selecting File - Build Settings

or by using the key combination of

shift plus command or control plus B.

This brings up the Build Settings window.

Our current build target is indicated by the Unity logo.

The blue highlight indicates our focus and

shows us on the right hand side the build

options for the currently selected platform.

We want to build to the web player.

Our current build target is PC, Mac and

Linux Standalone.

To change build targets, select the desired platform

from the list and click the Switch Platform button

at the bottom of the window.

Once we have selected our new build target

we need to add the scenes we want to build

to the Build Settings window.

We can add the current scene by clicking the

Add Current button.

Or we can drag and drop any scene from our

project view in to the field at the top of

the Build Settings window.

It's worth noting that we don't need to

include every scene in our project.

We only need to include the scenes we

we want in our game.

It is also possible to perform a build

with no scenes in the build Settings window.

If we do this, Unity will simply build our game

using the current scene we have open for editing.

Now we are ready to build our game.

Let's return to the Build Settings window

and click the Build button.

This will bring up a dialogue box asking us

to choose a build location.

I like to associate my build location with

my project, so I will create a new folder

inside my project called Builds.

This folder must be placed only on the

root of our project alongside the

assets and library folders.

With the build folder selected let's name the build

and then click save.

Unity will now build the web player and

save it to our Builds folder

When building a web player Unity creates a

folder with the name of our game

and in that folder are 2 files.

1 is the Unity3D data file,

which contains the game data,

and an HTML file which holds the code

to make a webpage with our game embedded in it.

We must have both the data file and the HTML file

to run our game in a browser.

However we can write a custom HTML file

to replace the page build by Unity.

It is also possible to create a custom

web player template which Unity can use to build

that custom page automatically.

To run the game open the HTML file.

And now we are running a local copy of the

game in our browser.

To present this to our audience we need

to place both the HTML file and the

data file up on the internet.

I'm going to open an FTP client and

place the folder with both the HTML file and

the data file in it up on my website.

When the folder has been uploaded we can simply

enter the address in to our browser

and play our game.

And, we win!

So in these assignments we have learned how to

create new game objects,

how to position them in the scene,

add new components to them,

write our own custom behaviours for them

using simple scripting.

We've seen how to use lights, cameras,

colliders, triggers, rigid bodies.

We can collect and count objects.

Though this is a very simple example

it covers a large set of basic

subjects important to understanding how to use Unity.

For continued learning about Unity

check the Learn site for more lessons,

assignments and projects.