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The scene concept

Learn what a scene is and how it breaks a game into parts.

What Is a Scene?

A scene is a collection of objects that forms a specific part or screen of a game. The main menu, gameplay area, and results screen can be organized as separate scenes. Each scene can contain its own characters, visuals, and other game objects.

Game
├── Main Menu Scene
├── Gameplay Scene
└── Results Scene

Scenes help divide a large game into smaller, more manageable parts.

Scene Hierarchy

Objects in a scene can be organized in a tree structure. This structure is called a hierarchy. Child objects such as characters, cameras, or visuals can be placed under parent objects.

Gameplay Scene
├── Character
│   ├── Visual
│   └── Camera
└── Ground

A hierarchy makes it easier to view and organize relationships between objects in a scene.

Practice List the Objects in a Scene

Create an array named sceneObjects. Add the values Karakter, Kamera, and Zemin in that order. Print the array using console.log().

Starter code

Player.cs
// Sahnedeki nesneleri listele
// sceneObjects dizisini oluştur ve doldur
// Diziyi ekrana yazdır

Sample solution

Player.cs
// Sahnedeki nesneleri listele
const sceneObjects = ["Karakter", "Kamera", "Zemin"];
console.log(sceneObjects);

Expected output

[ 'Karakter', 'Kamera', 'Zemin' ]

Questions and answers

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

1 Which structure can be used to manage a game's main menu separately from its gameplay area?

  • A separate scene Correct answer
  • A new graphics card
  • A different programming language
  • A new audio file

Explanation: The main menu and gameplay area can be kept in separate scenes. This allows each part to be organized independently.

2 Define the Scene Structure

Question 
const scene = {
    name: "Oyun Sahnesi",
    ____: ["Karakter", "Zemin"]
};
console.log(scene.objects);
Answer 
const scene = {
    name: "Oyun Sahnesi",
    objects: ["Karakter", "Zemin"]
};
console.log(scene.objects);

Explanation: The objects property keeps the objects contained in the scene together.

3 Scene Concepts

Term Meaning
Sahne Contains a specific part of the game
Hiyerarşi Tree-like organization of objects
Üst nesne Can contain child objects
Oyun alanı The area where the player plays the game

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