Keeping 'em engaged

Take a moment to think about your gaming experiences. What is it about them that you like? Are you a fan of progression, or do you like to be acknowledged for your efforts? In this section, we will focus on providing feedback to players, and how to keep them motivated and engaged. We will look at different examples of player feedback, such as progress bars, and how can we implement them into Unity.

Feedback can be both positive and negative, and can be provided to the user in more than one way. You can provide encouragement for eliminating multiple enemies with onscreen popups saying things such as Fantastic or Multi-kill! You can also achieve this by having positive sounds, usually sounds that are pleasant to the ear (such as a chime). In contrast, when a player does something wrong, you can display onscreen messages such as Fail or Incorrect and, just like positive sounds, you can have negative ones such as a loud horn and so forth. However, just like someone...