Adding the cherry-throwing capability

In Chapter 7, Implementing our Player Character, we demonstrated the Cucumber Man's throw animation using the E keyboard key. In this section, we will make the necessary changes to instantiate a cherry in the Cucumber Man's right hand when the E keyboard key is pressed and then allow it to be launched. We will check to ensure the Cucumber Man has at least one cherry in his inventory so we know whether a cherry should be instantiated or not. Okay, let's get started.

Creating a spot for the cherry

The following steps demonstrate how to create a spot for the cherry on the Cucumber Man's right hand.

1. In theHierarchy panel, expand the CucumberMan object until you see Character1_RightHand.
2. Right-clickCharacter1_RightHandand selectCreate Empty.
3. Rename the new GameObject tocherrySpot. This will be the spot where we render the cherry.

Your CucumberManobject's hierarchyshouldlook as follows:

4. Using the transform tools, move the cherrySpot GameObject so that it is inside...