Purpose
This article tells you what you need to have set up on your computer in order to start doing Game Design work.
Applicability
Applicable to: Game Designers using the D5.1+ codebase.
Written Instructions
You need to have the following things installed:
- Unity 5.0.3p3 [Download for Windows] [Download for Mac]
- Blender
Our game is written in Unity. It lets us write code once (“Unity” means “one”) and deploy it to different systems (like phones and computers). We need you to use the specific version listed, as the code doesn’t work with earlier versions (we know it doesn’t work with Unity 5.0.2, for example), and it doesn’t work with later versions (like Unity 5.1.x). [Any version of 5.0.3 or 5.0.4 should work. 5.0.3p3 is preferred.]
Note: It can be handy to have an older version of Unity when you are updating a game. You can open up the old version of the game in the old version of Unity, and the new version of the game in the 5.0.3 version of Unity.
Blender is a 3d modelling tool. You need to install it (any recent version) and, I believe, run it once. Some of our artwork is in blender format, and Unity needs to talk to Blender to convert it to the format it works with. If you do not install Blender, you will not see the characters in the game (and may have to reimport your assets, which is time consuming!)