Build Your First .NET Core Application with MongoDB Atlas

So you’re a .NET Core developer or you’re trying to become one and you’d like to get a database included into the mix. MongoDB is a great choice and is quite easy to get started with for your .NET Core projects.

In this tutorial, we’re going to explore simple CRUD operations in a .NET Core application, something that will make you feel comfortable in no time!

Interacting with Sprite and UI Buttons in a Unity Game

When you’re developing a game, whether it be 2D or 3D, you’re going to need to add menus with buttons at some point. These buttons could be as simple as a means to exit the game, or something more complex.

In the Unity game development framework, there are a few ways to accomplish buttons. You could create sprites and interact with them through mouse clicks and keyboard presses, or you could make use of the canvas and UI elements.

In this tutorial, we’re going to look at both options for creating buttons in a game.

Implement the Konami Keystroke Cheat Code in a Unity Game

Remember all the cheat codes you could use in old-school games back in the day? Remember the Konami cheat code? Ever wonder how you could add cheat codes to your own games?

Adding cheat codes to your game is a great way to leave your imprint. Think easter eggs, but even more secretive.

In this tutorial we’re going to see how to add keystroke driven cheat codes to a game built with Unity and C#. While the Konami cheat code will be the basis of this example, a lot of the logic and ideas can be applied to other aspects of your game.

Getting Started with the Realm SDK for Unity

Did you know that MongoDB has a Realm SDK for the Unity game development framework that makes working with game data effortless? The Realm SDK is currently an alpha release, but you can already start using it to build persistence into your cross platform gaming projects.

A few weeks ago I streamed about and wrote about creating an infinite runner type game using Unity and the Realm SDK for Unity. Realm was used for storing the score between scenes and sessions within the game.

There were a lot of deep topics in the infinite runner (think Temple Run or Subway Surfer) example, so I wanted to take a step back. In this tutorial, we’re going to spend less time making an interesting game and more time including and using Realm within a Unity project.

Developing a Side-Scrolling Platformer Game with Unity and MongoDB Realm

I’ve been a gamer since the 1990s, so 2D side-scrolling platformer games like Super Mario Bros. hold a certain place in my heart. Today, 2D games are still being created, but with the benefit of having connectivity to the internet, whether that be to store your player state information, to access new levels, or something else.

Every year, MongoDB holds an internal company-wide hackathon known as Skunkworks. During Skunkworks, teams are created and using our skills and imagination, we create something to make MongoDB better or something that uses MongoDB in a neat way. For Skunkworks 2020, I (Nic Raboy) teamed up with Barry O’Neill to create a side-scrolling platformer game with Unity that queries and sends data between MongoDB and the game. Internally, this project was known as The Untitled Leafy Game.

In this tutorial, we’re going to see what went into creating a game like The Untitled Leafy Game using Unity as the game development framework and MongoDB Realm for data storage and back end.

Sending and Requesting Data from MongoDB in a Unity Game

Are you working on a game in Unity and finding yourself needing to make use of a database in the cloud? Storing your data locally works for a lot of games, but there are many gaming scenarios where you’d need to leverage an external database. Maybe you need to submit your high score for a leaderboard, or maybe you need to save your player stats and inventory so you can play on numerous devices. There are too many reasons to list as to why a remote database might make sense for your game.

If you’ve been keeping up with the content publishing on the MongoDB Developer Hub and our Twitch channel, you’ll know that I’m working on a game development series with Adrienne Tacke. This series is centered around creating a 2D multiplayer game with Unity that uses MongoDB as part of the online component. Up until now, we haven’t actually had the game communicate with MongoDB.

In this tutorial, we’re going to see how to make HTTP requests from a Unity game to a back end that communicates with MongoDB. The back end was already developed in a tutorial titled, Creating a User Profile Store for a Game With Node.js and MongoDB. We’re now going to leverage it in our game.

Designing and Developing 2D Game Levels with Unity and C#

If you’ve been keeping up with the game development series that me (Nic Raboy) and Adrienne Tacke have been creating, you’ve probably seen how to create a user profile store for a game and move a player around on the screen with Unity.

To continue with the series, which is also being streamed on Twitch, we’re at a point where we need to worry about designing a level for gameplay rather than just exploring a blank screen.

In this tutorial, we’re going to see how to create a level, which can also be referred to as a map or world, using simple C# and the Unity Tilemap Editor.