Technical Terms

Question 1

fly through mode

Answer 1

You operate “fly through mode” by holding down right click and using W,A,S,D,Q,E. W moves you forward, A is left, S is back, D is right, Q is down, and E is up.

Question 2

perspective view

Answer 2

Perspective view with an angle that is looking at the Scene from the side and slightly from above.

Question 3

orthogonal view

Answer 3

Orthographic view has no perspective, and is useful in combination with clicking one of the conical axis arms to get a front, top or side elevation.

Question 4

transform component

Answer 4

specify a game objects position, object, and scale

Question 5

surface snapping

Answer 5

ctrl + shift. Snaps surfaces together

Question 6

vertex snapping

Answer 6

snaps vertices together

Question 7

left-handed coordinate system

Answer 7

x axis is left instead of right

Question 8

vertices

Answer 8

points on an object

Question 9

edges

Answer 9

Joins two vertices

Question 10

faces

Answer 10

connected vertices

Question 11

primitives (3D)

Answer 11

Game objects

Question 12

keyboard shortcut used to rename a GameObject

Answer 12

F2

Question 13

Shaders

Answer 13

Scripts that describe mathematical required to determine what colors should be displayed

Question 14

Materials

Answer 14

Defines how a surface will be rendered

Question 15

Textures

Answer 15

bitmap images that can be used in materials

Question 16

Start() method

Answer 16

used for initialization

Question 17

MonoBehavior class

Answer 17

allows you to use unity’s methods

Question 18

variable

Answer 18

holds a value that can change

Question 19

implicit conversion

Answer 19

Implicit type conversion, also known as coercion, is an automatic type conversion by the compiler. Some programming languages allow compilers to provide coercion; others require it.

Question 20

explicit conversion

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explicit conversion operators must be invoked by means of a cast.

Question 21

concatenate

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Concatenation is the process of appending one string to the end of another string. When you concatenate string literals or string constants by using the + operator, the compiler creates a single string. No run time concatenation occurs.

Question 22

class

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A class is a construct that enables you to create your own custom types by grouping together variables of other types, methods and events

Question 23

member variables

Answer 23

a variable that is associated with a specific object

Question 24

access modifier

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Access modifiers (or access specifiers) are keywords in object-oriented languages that set the accessibility of classes, methods, and other members

Question 25

encapsulation

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object’s ability to hide data and behavior that are not necessary to its user

Question 26

object

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instance of a class

Question 27

method arguments

Answer 27

values that are passed to a parameter

Question 28

method parameters

Answer 28

Used to pass values or variable references to methods

Question 29

Inheritance

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Inheritance is the ability to create a class from another class, the “parent” class, extending the functionality and state of the parent in the derived, or “child” class

Question 30

Collider

Answer 30

define the shape of an object for the purposes of physical collisions

Question 31

pseudocode

Answer 31

fake code - code in english language

Question 32

Transform component

Answer 32

The Transform attached to this GameObject

Question 33

localScale

Answer 33

scale of transform relative to parent

Question 34

vector

Answer 34

has magnitude a direction

Question 35

scaling a vector (vector multiplication)

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moving a vector

Question 36

vector’s magnitude

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length of vector

Question 37

unitary vector

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vector of 1

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normalized vector

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vector with magnitude of 1

Question 39

Vector class

Answer 39

used to manipulate vectors and points

Question 40

Update() method

Answer 40

Run every frame

Question 41

refactoring code

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restructuring existing code

Question 42

Game Design Document (GDD)

Answer 42

Short document to describe your game