Title Screen

Lesson 20 of 21 in Coddy's Unity Game: Sky Lanes course.

The game gets a beginning: it opens on a title with the name, the best score and Jump to run. The road stands still and the keys do nothing until a jump key (Space or W) starts the run.

That needs a second state beside over: running. It starts false, a jump sets it true and GameOver sets it false again. A \n in the message starts a new line:

messageText.text = "My Game\nBest: " + PlayerPrefs.GetInt("BestScore", 0) + "\nPress to start";

Everything in Update that moves the game comes after if (!running) return;, so on the title nothing moves.

Challenge

Medium

Open the game on a title that waits for a jump.

In GameManager add public bool running;. Start sets speed = 0f and messageText.text = "Sky Lanes\nBest: " + PlayerPrefs.GetInt("BestScore", 0) + "\nJump to run";.
In Update, Space or W while !running && !over sets running = true and an empty message; then if (!running) return;.
GameOver starts with if (!running) return; and running = false;.
In Runner, read the keys and the triggers only while game.running.

Press Play: the title waits until you jump. Then Check.

Try it yourself

using UnityEngine;

public class Runner : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float laneWidth = 2.5f;
    public float laneSpeed = 16f;
    public float jumpHeight = 1.6f;
    public float gravity = -40f;
    public float slideTime = 0.7f;
    public float magnetTime = 8f;

    public int lane;
    public float magnet;
    public bool shield;

    private CharacterController controller;
    private GameManager game;
    private Renderer body;
    private float fallSpeed;
    private float slide;
    private Color color;

    void Start()
    {
        controller = GetComponent<CharacterController>();
        game = FindFirstObjectByType<GameManager>();
        body = GetComponent<Renderer>();
        color = body.material.color;
    }

    void Update()
    {
        if (!game.over)
        {
            if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.A) || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.LeftArrow)) lane = Mathf.Max(-1, lane - 1);
            if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.D) || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.RightArrow)) lane = Mathf.Min(1, lane + 1);
            bool jump = Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.W) || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.UpArrow) || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space);
            if (jump && controller.isGrounded)
            {
                fallSpeed = Mathf.Sqrt(jumpHeight * -2f * gravity);
                StopSlide();
            }
            if ((Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.S) || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.DownArrow)) && controller.isGrounded)
            {
                slide = slideTime;
                Resize(0.5f);
            }
        }

        if (slide > 0f)
        {
            slide -= Time.deltaTime;
            if (slide <= 0f) StopSlide();
        }
        if (magnet > 0f) magnet -= Time.deltaTime;

        if (controller.isGrounded && fallSpeed < 0f) fallSpeed = -2f;
        fallSpeed += gravity * Time.deltaTime;

        float targetX = lane * laneWidth;
        float x = Mathf.MoveTowards(transform.position.x, targetX, laneSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
        Vector3 move = new Vector3(x - transform.position.x, fallSpeed * Time.deltaTime, 0f);
        controller.Move(move);

        body.material.color = shield ? new Color(0.3f, 0.9f, 1f) : color;
        ShowPower();
    }

    void StopSlide()
    {
        if (transform.localScale.y < 1f) Resize(1f);
        slide = 0f;
    }

    void Resize(float height)
    {
        controller.enabled = false;
        transform.position += Vector3.up * (height - transform.localScale.y);
        transform.localScale = new Vector3(1f, height, 1f);
        controller.enabled = true;
    }

    void ShowPower()
    {
        string text = "";
        if (magnet > 0f) text = "Magnet " + Mathf.CeilToInt(magnet);
        if (shield) text += (text == "" ? "" : "   ") + "Shield";
        game.powerText.text = text == "" ? " " : text;
    }

    void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        if (game.over) return;
        if (other.CompareTag("Obstacle"))
        {
            if (shield)
            {
                shield = false;
                Destroy(other.gameObject);
                return;
            }
            game.GameOver();
        }
        else if (other.CompareTag("Coin"))
        {
            game.AddCoin();
            Destroy(other.gameObject);
        }
        else if (other.CompareTag("Magnet"))
        {
            magnet = magnetTime;
            Destroy(other.gameObject);
        }
        else if (other.CompareTag("Shield"))
        {
            shield = true;
            Destroy(other.gameObject);
        }
    }
}