Kick up a new Unity project

Let's get to that crucial decision-making stage where we're staring at a wide-open 3D frontier in an empty project file:

1. Open Unity 3D. The last project you had open should appear. (This might be the AngryBots Demo from Chapter 1, That's One Fancy Hammer!).

2. In the menu, click on File | New Project….

3. Under Project Location, type in or browse to the folder where you want your project created. It's a good idea to create a new folder somewhere on your computer where you'll be able to find it again, and name it something that makes sense. I created a folder on my desktop called UnityProjects, and created my new project in an empty folder called Chapter3Game.

4. Unity gives us the option to import a bunch of useful ready-made goodies into our new project. We don't need any of these yet, so make sure all the boxes are unchecked:

   

5. Next, click on the Create button. Unity will briefly close and restart. After importing the assets we selected, the program will open.

6. Close the Welcome...