Adding a game pause button

At the beginning of the previous section, we briefly spoke about the in-game pause button. This button will appear at the start of a level and once pressed, the player, enemies, and bullets that have been fired will freeze in time. In this section, we will only be focusing on the visuals, just as we did with our pause screen in the previous section.

The pause button will act slightly differently from the previous buttons we have made. This time, the button will be an on-or-off-type button. The game object for this will be a toggle as it is more suited to our needs. To make a toggle game object, do the following:

1. Select the PauseContainer game object in the Hierarchy window, right-click it, and select UI from the drop-down list, followed by Toggle, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 10.29 – Add a Toggle (on/off switch)

2. With the Toggle game object still selected in the Hierarchy window, right-click...