Build settings and scene order in Unity - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Build settings and scene order

📖 Scenario: You are creating a simple Unity game with multiple scenes. You want to set up the build settings so the game knows which scenes to include and in what order they will appear when the game runs.

🎯 Goal: Set up the build settings in Unity by creating a list of scenes and arranging their order. This will help the game load scenes in the correct sequence.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a list of scenes with exact names

Create a variable to hold the build index threshold

Use a loop to add scenes to the build settings list in order

Print the final list of scene names in build order

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Setting up build settings and scene order is essential for Unity games to load scenes correctly and in the right sequence.

💼 Career

Game developers and Unity programmers often configure build settings to control game flow and optimize user experience.

1

Create the list of scenes

Create a list called scenes with these exact scene names as strings: "MainMenu", "Level1", "Level2", "GameOver".

Unity

# Create the list of scenes
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use square brackets [] to create a list and put the scene names inside quotes separated by commas.

2

Create the build index threshold

Create an integer variable called build_index_threshold and set it to 2.

Unity

scenes = ["MainMenu", "Level1", "Level2", "GameOver"]
# Create the build_index_threshold variable
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use = to assign the value 2 to the variable build_index_threshold.

3

Add scenes to build list based on threshold

Create an empty list called build_scenes. Use a for loop with variable index to iterate over the range of the length of scenes. Inside the loop, add the scene at scenes[index] to build_scenes only if index is less than build_index_threshold.

Unity

scenes = ["MainMenu", "Level1", "Level2", "GameOver"]
build_index_threshold = 2
# Create build_scenes list and add scenes with index less than build_index_threshold
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use range(len(scenes)) to loop over indexes. Use append() to add items to the list.

4

Print the build scenes list

Write a print statement to display the build_scenes list.

Unity

scenes = ["MainMenu", "Level1", "Level2", "GameOver"]
build_index_threshold = 2
build_scenes = []
for index in range(len(scenes)):
    if index < build_index_threshold:
        build_scenes.append(scenes[index])
# Print the build_scenes list
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use print(build_scenes) to show the list.