What just happened?

You're now all set with an industry-respected game engine to test your assets and game levels. This software, combined with Google SketchUp, could ease you into a career in games design as a level designer or game asset artist.

Have a go hero – investigating the Unity sample assets

Now it's your turn to really begin focusing in on what assets are, what they're made from, and how they can be used effectively in game levels. Find the Bootcamp demo folder on your computer (you noted where it was when you typed in the MyBootcamp filename) and double-click on the game you compiled and played just now. You can keep returning to this to study how the Unity teams have put their level together, without having to compile and run from within Unity each time. From within the game, hit Escape. Go to Graphics and change Graphics Quality to Fantastic. Do you notice the difference compared to before?

Use the arrow keys to walk over to each asset. Use your mouse to orbit around and get a close-up look all the way around each asset you find. Now answer these questions:

As with any discipline, the more thoroughly you investigate what's already been done before, the better you will be at creating your own.