Testing the game
The environment created thus far for the coin collection game has been assembled using only the mesh assets included with the Standard Assets package. My environment, as shown in Figure 1.28, features two main floor islands with houses, and a stepping-stone bridge that connects the islands. Your version may be slightly different, and that's fine.
Now, the level, as it stands, contains nothing playable. It's currently a static, non-interactive, 3D environment made using the editor tools. In this chapter, we'll correct this by allowing the player to wander around and explore the world in first-person, controlled using the standard WASD keys on the keyboard. Once the character has been added to the scene, we can then perform our first playtest of the game using the Game panel. Lastly, we will deal with any warning messages shown when we play the game.
Adding a playable character
For the playable character, we will use a ready-made asset, which...
