Displaying single object pickups with carrying and not-carrying text

Often the simplest inventory situation is to display text to tell players if they are carrying a single item (or not).

Getting ready

This recipe assumes that you are starting with the project Simple2Dgame_SpaceGirl setup from the first recipe in this chapter. So, either make a copy of that project or do the following:

1. Create a new, empty 2D project.
2. Import the Simple2Dgame_SpaceGirl package.
3. Open scene Scene1 (in the Scenes folder).
4. Set the Unity Player screen size to 800 x 600 (see the previous recipe for how to do this) and select this resolution in the Game panel the drop-down menu.
5. Convert each sprite image to be of type Sprite (2D and UI). In the Inspector, choose Sprite (2D and UI) from drop-down menu Texture Type, and click on the Apply button.

For this recipe, we have prepared the font you need in a folder named Fonts in the 1362_02_02 folder.

How to do it...

To display text to inform the user about the status of carrying...