Day 12-16: Achievements

Day 12

Mathematics

1. Vectors:
   1. Calculated formula for circular rotation of a 2D vector around an origin

Unity

1. Falltime:
   1. Calculated
   2. Affects Sit() time
2. Animations:
   1. Grass default
3. Collision:
   1. Formula to cast 360° rays around centre
   2. Detects custom layers
   3. Outputs object’s identity
   4. Outputs precise angle in degrees of collision

C#

1. goto
2. continue (partially)
3. Trivia: C# has Garbage Collection, unlike e.g. C++

Graphics

1. Drew Grass tile sprite

Day 15

Unity

1. Conversion between SI units to Unity units
2. Physics Handler:
   1. Created basic constants and formulae

Computer Science

1. Libraries:
   1. OS differences: .dll, .dylib, .so
2. Executables:
   1. OS differences: .exe, .osx, .elf
3. Cocoa API: basic overview
4. WinForm applications:
   1. Basic architecture in VisualStudio 2013
   2. Basic properties
   3. Created clickable Button, displays a MessageBox
   4. Checkbox used

C#

1. Draw.Rectangle()
2. Can’t call non-static method from inside static method
3. Events:
   1. Subscribing and Sender

Day 16

Unity

1. Constructors:
   1. Doesn’t like new keyword, prefers AddComponent()
2. Script to calculate volume of sphere object
3. Structure:
   1. External Physics Handler
   2. Individual Physical Properties
      1. Main interface with properties declaration
      2. Individual scripts implement properties
   3. Acceleration as public method
   4. Categorisation by physical properties and sub-categories
4. Altitude of objects calculated
5. Physical constants added:
   1. Standard Gravitational acceleration force
   2. Nullforce

Physics

1. SI units:
   1. General
   2. Definition
   3. Relationship to other units
   4. Converted SI system into Unity
2. Thermodynamics: (brief glimpse)
3. Collision:
   1. Elastic Collision
   2. Inelastic Collision
   3. Coefficient of Restitution (COR)
   4. Partially translated for implementation in Unity

C#

1. Interfaces
2. Dictionary()
3. Properties:
   1. Short syntax
4. Conditional ?: operator
5. Fields:
   1. Definition
6. Terminology:
   1. “Declaration”
   2. “Implementation”