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Creating your first project

Learn to create a new 3D project in Unity.

Creating a new Unity project

You can create a new project by opening the Projects section in Unity Hub. On the new project screen, you choose a project template, enter a project name, and select where it will be stored on your computer.

Projects
  → New Project
  → Select Template
  → Project Name
  → Create Project

Once the project is created, Unity Editor opens with your selected project.

Project structure

When a Unity project is created, its required files and folders are generated automatically. Assets contains game files, Packages contains packages used by the project, and ProjectSettings contains project settings.

MyFirstGame/
  Assets/
  Packages/
  ProjectSettings/

Keeping your files organized and preserving project folders makes future work easier.

Practice Print the first project information

Create two variables representing a project named MyFirstGame and the 3D Template template. Print both pieces of information on separate lines using Debug.Log.

Starter code

Player.cs
using UnityEngine;

public class ProjectInfo : MonoBehaviour
{
    void Start()
    {
        // Proje adını tanımla
        
        // Şablon adını tanımla
        
        // İki bilgiyi yazdır
    }
}

Sample solution

Player.cs
using UnityEngine;

public class ProjectInfo : MonoBehaviour
{
    void Start()
    {
        string projectName = "MyFirstGame";
        string templateName = "3D Template";

        Debug.Log(projectName);
        Debug.Log(templateName);
    }
}

Expected output

MyFirstGame
3D Template

Questions and answers

Review the lesson questions together with their answers. To test yourself, solve the lesson interactively.

1 Which template should you select when starting a new 3D game project?

  • Audio Template
  • 3D Template Correct answer
  • 2D Template
  • Empty Website

Explanation: 3D Template is the template used to start a three-dimensional game project.

2 Set the project name

Question 
string projectName = "____";
Answer 
string projectName = "MyFirstGame";

Explanation: The project name is used to identify the project you create in Unity Hub.

3 Unity project folders

Term Meaning
Assets Game files and assets
Packages Packages used in the project
ProjectSettings Project configuration settings
3D Template Starting point for a 3D project

All lessons in Beginner

1 What is game development?

  1. Intro to game development
  2. Game engines
  3. 2D and 3D games
  4. The game loop
  5. The scene concept
  6. Summary - Game dev fundamentals

2 Unity setup

  1. Installing Unity Hub
  2. Creating your first project
  3. The editor interface
  4. Toolbar and playback
  5. Saving the project
  6. Summary - Unity setup

3 First scene project

  1. Project overview
  2. Camera and light
  3. Your first cube in the scene
  4. Adding a material
  5. Testing in Play mode
  6. Summary - First scene

4 The GameObject concept

  1. What is a GameObject?
  2. Components
  3. The Hierarchy window
  4. Editing with the Inspector
  5. Tags and Layers
  6. Summary - GameObject

5 C# script basics

  1. Your first C# script
  2. using and namespace
  3. Class structure
  4. Variables and types
  5. Output with Debug.Log
  6. Summary - C# basics

6 MonoBehaviour

  1. What is MonoBehaviour?
  2. The Start method
  3. The Update method
  4. Awake vs Start
  5. SerializeField and public
  6. Summary - MonoBehaviour

7 Transform

  1. What is Transform?
  2. Changing position
  3. Moving with Translate
  4. Changing rotation
  5. Local vs world space
  6. Summary - Transform

8 Input

  1. The Input class
  2. Axis input
  3. Mouse input
  4. The new Input System
  5. Movement vector
  6. Summary - Input

9 Physics (Rigidbody/Collider)

  1. What is a Rigidbody?
  2. What is a Collider?
  3. Applying force with AddForce
  4. Collision events
  5. Trigger events
  6. Summary - Physics

10 2D Sprite

  1. What is a Sprite?
  2. SpriteRenderer
  3. Sprite import settings
  4. Sprite sorting
  5. Preparing sprite animation
  6. Summary - 2D Sprite

11 Godot basics

  1. The Godot editor
  2. A new project
  3. The scene tree
  4. The Node concept
  5. Saving the project
  6. Summary - Godot basics

12 GDScript

  1. What is GDScript?
  2. extends and variables
  3. Function definition
  4. Output with print
  5. Type hints
  6. Summary - GDScript

13 Node and Scene

  1. Node2D and Sprite2D
  2. Saving a scene
  3. Scene instance
  4. The _ready method
  5. The _process method
  6. Summary - Node and Scene

14 Beginner final

  1. Challenge 1: Print a score
  2. Challenge 2: Movement vector
  3. Challenge 3: Godot ready
  4. Challenge 4: Collision log
  5. Challenge 5: Final synthesis