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Before we go ahead and jump into unity, let's look at our game design document because this is really

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going to keep us on track and keep us focused on the game we're trying to build.

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And the first stage of this, for me at least, is to understand the concept of the game we're trying

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to create now.

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We're going to be building a quiz game, and for our quiz game, we're going to be getting the player

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to answer a set number of multiple choice questions, and each question is going to have a limited amount

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of time to be answered.

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This will put a little bit of pressure on the player and also prevent them from just going off and Googling

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the solution.

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And crucially for our game, it's going to be very UI focused gameplay.

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So we're not going to be moving characters around the world and worrying about all of that.

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Instead, we're going to be looking at the UI.

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So things like text fields, buttons, images and all of that kind of thing.

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So if that UI focus in mind, let's have a look at some of the screens that we're going to have to build

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to make our game run.

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First off, we're going to have the question screen and this is going to have a text field where we're

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going to put the question.

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We're going to have a number of multiple choice buttons for the player to click on.

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And we've also got some other stuff that we need to think about.

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We've got the skull up in the top left corner here.

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So that's going to show how well the player is doing any given point.

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We're going to have a timer in the other corner and this is going to tell the player how long they've

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got left to answer any given question.

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Then down at the bottom, we have this long progress bar.

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And this is going to give the player some kind of indication of how far through the quiz they are.

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Now, once the player has clicked on one of these answers, we then need to worry about giving them

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the solution.

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So that brings us onto our next screen, where we're going to actually repurpose our original question

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text box and make it a confirmation text box instead.

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So this will tell the player if they got the answer correct or incorrect.

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And I think it would be nice if they got it wrong to tell them what the correct answer is.

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And in that same vein, we're also going to use some highlighting to show the player which answer was

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correct.

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Now you may notice that this screen looks incredibly similar to the last.

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So rather than making an entire new canvas just to show the answers.

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I actually think it would be a good idea to repurpose the question screen instead.

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This will make our game much easier to manage and we can essentially cycle back between question and

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solution as many times as we like.

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But once the player has answered all the questions for our quiz, then we are going to need to change

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things up a bit and go to a win screen or an end screen, if you like.

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Here we're going to tell the player congratulations and give them their final score.

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And we're also going to give them a button to give them the option to replay.

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So with all of that in mind, let's go through the game mechanics that we're going to need to build

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when we jump into unity.

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First of all, we're going to need a mechanism to store and retrieve all of our questions.

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We're going to need buttons so the player can select the right answer.

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And if we want to put some pressure on the player to answer the question, then we're going to also

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implement a simple timer.

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We're going to need a progress bar to show how many questions the player has remaining in the quiz.

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And we're going to use something known as a slider for that.

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We'll need a simple scoring system to show the player how well they're doing.

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And finally, we're going to need a way to restart the game when the quiz ends.

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Finally, let's ask the three big questions for our game.

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The first being, what is our player experience going to be?

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Well, for a quiz game, I quite like the player to feel knowledgeable and intelligent.

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So for my game I'm going to have a lot of positive affirmation and congratulation messages.

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But you could also go the other way.

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You can actually make the player feel less intelligent by berating them for getting answers wrong and

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generally just being a bit silly with it.

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So even though it is a quiz game, we don't necessarily have to make the player feel good about themselves.

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For the core mechanic, it's really going to be a test your knowledge kind of game.

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So I'm going to be using this as a kind of studying tool, as it were.

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And finally, our game loop is going to be to answer a set number of questions on a given topic within

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a set amount of time.

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So with the game design document all set up, it's now time for a quick challenge.

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Let us know what your quiz is going to be about.

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So what topics do you intend to cover?

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This could be anything from ancient history to pop culture to your favourite band.

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For my particular game, I'm actually going to go with an educational based quiz and I'm going to ask

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questions about Unity and C-sharp to help people study.

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So once you've come up with the topic for your quiz and written your game design document, please do

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share it and I'll see you in the next lecture where we actually jump into unity and start to build it.

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So I'll see you there.