Bouncy balls
Feature: When a ball drops from mid-air and hits the ground, it bounces back up and down, and up again, diminished by gravity.
We are going to start simply with a new scene that consists of a ground plane and a sphere. Then, we'll add physics to it, a bit at a time, as follows:
Create a new scene by navigating to File | New Scene.
Then, navigate to File | Save Scene As... and name it
BallsFromHeaven
.Create a new plane by navigating to GameObject | 3D Object | Plane and reset its position using the Transform component's gear icon | Reset.
Create a new sphere by navigating to GameObject | 3D Object | Sphere and rename it
BouncyBall
.Set its Scale to (
0.5
,0.5
,0.5
) and Position to (0
,5
,0
) so that it's above the center of the plane.Drag the Red material from Project Assets (created in Chapter 2, Objects and Scale) onto it so that it looks like a bouncy ball.
The new Unity scene defaults come with Directional Light and Main Camera. It's OK to use this Main Camera for the time being...