How To Create A Fps Game

First-Person Shooter (FPS) is a sub-genre of shooter games where the player is controlled from a first-person perspective.

To make an FPS game in Unity we will need a player controller, an array of items (weapons in this case), and the enemies.

Step 1: Create the Player Controller

Here we will create a controller that will be used by our player.

Create a new Game Object (Game Object -> Create Empty) and name it "Player"
Create new Capsule (Game Object -> 3D Object -> Capsule) and move it inside "Player" Object
Remove Capsule Collider component from Capsule and change its position to (0, 1, 0)
Move the Main Camera inside "Player" Object and change its position to (0, 1.64, 0)
Create a new script, name it "SC_CharacterController" and paste the code below inside it:

SC_CharacterController.cs

          using UnityEngine;  [RequireComponent(typeof(CharacterController))]  public class SC_CharacterController : MonoBehaviour {     public float speed = 7.5f;     public float jumpSpeed = 8.0f;     public float gravity = 20.0f;     public Camera playerCamera;     public float lookSpeed = 2.0f;     public float lookXLimit = 45.0f;      CharacterController characterController;     Vector3 moveDirection = Vector3.zero;     Vector2 rotation = Vector2.zero;      [HideInInspector]     public bool canMove = true;      void Start()     {         characterController = GetComponent<CharacterController>();         rotation.y = transform.eulerAngles.y;     }      void Update()     {         if (characterController.isGrounded)         {             // We are grounded, so recalculate move direction based on axes             Vector3 forward = transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward);             Vector3 right = transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.right);             float curSpeedX = canMove ? speed * Input.GetAxis("Vertical") : 0;             float curSpeedY = canMove ? speed * Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") : 0;             moveDirection = (forward * curSpeedX) + (right * curSpeedY);              if (Input.GetButton("Jump") && canMove)             {                 moveDirection.y = jumpSpeed;             }         }          // Apply gravity. Gravity is multiplied by deltaTime twice (once here, and once below         // when the moveDirection is multiplied by deltaTime). This is because gravity should be applied         // as an acceleration (ms^-2)         moveDirection.y -= gravity * Time.deltaTime;          // Move the controller         characterController.Move(moveDirection * Time.deltaTime);          // Player and Camera rotation         if (canMove)         {             rotation.y += Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * lookSpeed;             rotation.x += -Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * lookSpeed;             rotation.x = Mathf.Clamp(rotation.x, -lookXLimit, lookXLimit);             playerCamera.transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(rotation.x, 0, 0);             transform.eulerAngles = new Vector2(0, rotation.y);         }     } }

Attach SC_CharacterController script to "Player" Object (You will notice that it also added another component called Character Controller, change its center value to (0, 1, 0))
Assign the Main Camera to the Player Camera variable in SC_CharacterController

The Player controller is now ready:

Step 2: Create the Weapon System

The player weapon system will consist of 3 components: a Weapon manager, a Weapon script, and a Bullet script.

Create a new script, name it "SC_WeaponManager" and paste the code below inside it:

SC_WeaponManager.cs

          using UnityEngine;  public class SC_WeaponManager : MonoBehaviour {     public Camera playerCamera;     public SC_Weapon primaryWeapon;     public SC_Weapon secondaryWeapon;      [HideInInspector]     public SC_Weapon selectedWeapon;      // Start is called before the first frame update     void Start()     {         //At the start we enable the primary weapon and disable the secondary         primaryWeapon.ActivateWeapon(true);         secondaryWeapon.ActivateWeapon(false);         selectedWeapon = primaryWeapon;         primaryWeapon.manager = this;         secondaryWeapon.manager = this;     }      // Update is called once per frame     void Update()     {         //Select secondary weapon when pressing 1         if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Alpha1))         {             primaryWeapon.ActivateWeapon(false);             secondaryWeapon.ActivateWeapon(true);             selectedWeapon = secondaryWeapon;         }          //Select primary weapon when pressing 2         if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Alpha2))         {             primaryWeapon.ActivateWeapon(true);             secondaryWeapon.ActivateWeapon(false);             selectedWeapon = primaryWeapon;         }     } }

Create a new script, name it "SC_Weapon" and paste the code below inside it:

SC_Weapon.cs

          using System.Collections; using UnityEngine;  [RequireComponent(typeof(AudioSource))]  public class SC_Weapon : MonoBehaviour {     public bool singleFire = false;     public float fireRate = 0.1f;     public GameObject bulletPrefab;     public Transform firePoint;     public int bulletsPerMagazine = 30;     public float timeToReload = 1.5f;     public float weaponDamage = 15; //How much damage should this weapon deal     public AudioClip fireAudio;     public AudioClip reloadAudio;      [HideInInspector]     public SC_WeaponManager manager;      float nextFireTime = 0;     bool canFire = true;     int bulletsPerMagazineDefault = 0;     AudioSource audioSource;      // Start is called before the first frame update     void Start()     {         bulletsPerMagazineDefault = bulletsPerMagazine;         audioSource = GetComponent<AudioSource>();         audioSource.playOnAwake = false;         //Make sound 3D         audioSource.spatialBlend = 1f;     }      // Update is called once per frame     void Update()     {         if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) && singleFire)         {             Fire();         }         if (Input.GetMouseButton(0) && !singleFire)         {             Fire();         }         if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.R) && canFire)         {             StartCoroutine(Reload());         }     }      void Fire()     {         if (canFire)         {             if (Time.time > nextFireTime)             {                 nextFireTime = Time.time + fireRate;                  if (bulletsPerMagazine > 0)                 {                     //Point fire point at the current center of Camera                     Vector3 firePointPointerPosition = manager.playerCamera.transform.position + manager.playerCamera.transform.forward * 100;                     RaycastHit hit;                     if (Physics.Raycast(manager.playerCamera.transform.position, manager.playerCamera.transform.forward, out hit, 100))                     {                         firePointPointerPosition = hit.point;                     }                     firePoint.LookAt(firePointPointerPosition);                     //Fire                     GameObject bulletObject = Instantiate(bulletPrefab, firePoint.position, firePoint.rotation);                     SC_Bullet bullet = bulletObject.GetComponent<SC_Bullet>();                     //Set bullet damage according to weapon damage value                     bullet.SetDamage(weaponDamage);                      bulletsPerMagazine--;                     audioSource.clip = fireAudio;                     audioSource.Play();                 }                 else                 {                     StartCoroutine(Reload());                 }             }         }     }      IEnumerator Reload()     {         canFire = false;          audioSource.clip = reloadAudio;         audioSource.Play();          yield return new WaitForSeconds(timeToReload);          bulletsPerMagazine = bulletsPerMagazineDefault;          canFire = true;     }      //Called from SC_WeaponManager     public void ActivateWeapon(bool activate)     {         StopAllCoroutines();         canFire = true;         gameObject.SetActive(activate);     } }

Create a new script, name it "SC_Bullet" and paste the code below inside it:

SC_Bullet.cs

          using System.Collections; using UnityEngine;  public class SC_Bullet : MonoBehaviour {     public float bulletSpeed = 345;     public float hitForce = 50f;     public float destroyAfter = 3.5f;      float currentTime = 0;     Vector3 newPos;     Vector3 oldPos;     bool hasHit = false;      float damagePoints;      // Start is called before the first frame update     IEnumerator Start()     {         newPos = transform.position;         oldPos = newPos;          while (currentTime < destroyAfter && !hasHit)         {             Vector3 velocity = transform.forward * bulletSpeed;             newPos += velocity * Time.deltaTime;             Vector3 direction = newPos - oldPos;             float distance = direction.magnitude;             RaycastHit hit;              // Check if we hit anything on the way             if (Physics.Raycast(oldPos, direction, out hit, distance))             {                 if (hit.rigidbody != null)                 {                     hit.rigidbody.AddForce(direction * hitForce);                      IEntity npc = hit.transform.GetComponent<IEntity>();                     if (npc != null)                     {                         //Apply damage to NPC                         npc.ApplyDamage(damagePoints);                     }                 }                  newPos = hit.point; //Adjust new position                 StartCoroutine(DestroyBullet());             }              currentTime += Time.deltaTime;             yield return new WaitForFixedUpdate();              transform.position = newPos;             oldPos = newPos;         }          if (!hasHit)         {             StartCoroutine(DestroyBullet());         }     }      IEnumerator DestroyBullet()     {         hasHit = true;         yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.5f);         Destroy(gameObject);     }      //Set how much damage this bullet will deal     public void SetDamage(float points)     {         damagePoints = points;     } }

Now, you will notice that SC_Bullet script has some errors. That's because we have one last thing to do, which is to define IEntity interface.

Interfaces in C# are useful for when you need to make sure that the script which uses it, has certain methods implemented.

The IEntity interface will have one method which is ApplyDamage, that's later will be used to inflict damage to enemies and our player.

Create a new script, name it "SC_InterfaceManager" and paste the code below inside it:

SC_InterfaceManager.cs

          //Entity interafce interface IEntity {      void ApplyDamage(float points); }

Setting Up a Weapon Manager

Weapon manager is an Object that will reside under the Main Camera Object and will contain all the weapons.

Create a new GameObject and name it "WeaponManager"
Move the WeaponManager inside the Player Main Camera and change its position to (0, 0, 0)
Attach SC_WeaponManager script to "WeaponManager"
Assign the Main Camera to the Player Camera variable in SC_WeaponManager

Setting Up a Rifle

Drag and drop your gun model into the scene (or simply create a Cube and stretch it if you do not have a model yet).
Scale the model so its size is relative to a Player Capsule

In my case I will be using a custom-made Rifle model (BERGARA BA13):

BERGARA BA13

Create a new GameObject and name it "Rifle" then move the rifle model inside it
Move the "Rifle" Object inside the "WeaponManager" Object and place it in front of the Camera like this:

To fix the object clipping, simply change the Camera's near clipping plane to something smaller (in my case I set it to 0.15):

Much better.

Attach SC_Weapon script to a Rifle Object (You will notice that it also added an Audio Source component, this is needed to play the fire and reload audios).

As you can see, SC_Weapon has 4 variables to assign. You can assign Fire audio and Reload audio variables right away if you have suitable Audio Clips in your project.

The Bullet Prefab variable will be explained later in this tutorial.

For now, we will just assign the Fire point variable:

Create a new GameObject, rename it to "FirePoint" and move it inside Rifle Object. Place it right in front of the barrel or slightly inside, like this:

Assign FirePoint Transform to a Fire point variable at SC_Weapon
Assign Rifle to a Secondary Weapon variable in SC_WeaponManager script

Setting Up a Submachinegun

Duplicate the Rifle Object and rename it to Submachinegun
Replace the gun model inside it with a different model (In my case I will use the custom-made model of TAVOR X95)

Move Fire Point transform till it fits the new model

Assign Submachinegun to a Primary Weapon variable in SC_WeaponManager script

Setting Up a Bullet Prefab

Bullet prefab will be spawned according to a Weapon's fire rate and will use Raycast to detect whether it hit something and inflict damage.

Create a new GameObject and name it "Bullet"
Add Trail Renderer component to it and change its Time variable to 0.1.
Set the Width curve to a lower value (ex. Start 0.1 end 0), to add a trail that pointy look
Create new Material and name it bullet_trail_material and change its Shader to Particles/Additive
Assign a newly created material to a Trail Renderer
Change the Color of Trail Renderer to something different (ex. Start: Bright Orange End: Darker Orange)

Save the Bullet Object to Prefab and delete it from the Scene.
Assign a newly created Prefab (drag & drop from the Project view) to Rifle and Submachinegun Bullet Prefab variable

Submachinegun:

Rifle:

The weapons are now ready.

Step 3: Create the Enemy AI

The enemies will be simple Cubes that follow the Player and attack once they are close enough. They will attack in waves, with each wave having more enemies to eliminate.

Setting Up Enemy AI

Below I have created 2 variations of the Cube (The Left one is for the alive instance and the Right one will be spawned once the enemy is killed):

Add a Rigidbody component to both dead and alive instances
Save the Dead Instance to Prefab and delete it from Scene.

Now, the alive instance will need a couple more components to be able to navigate the game level and inflict damage to the Player.

Create a new script and name it "SC_NPCEnemy" then paste the code below inside it:

SC_NPCEnemy.cs

          using UnityEngine; using UnityEngine.AI;  [RequireComponent(typeof(NavMeshAgent))] [RequireComponent(typeof(Rigidbody))]  public class SC_NPCEnemy : MonoBehaviour, IEntity {     public float attackDistance = 3f;     public float movementSpeed = 4f;     public float npcHP = 100;     //How much damage will npc deal to the player     public float npcDamage = 5;     public float attackRate = 0.5f;     public Transform firePoint;     public GameObject npcDeadPrefab;      [HideInInspector]     public Transform playerTransform;     [HideInInspector]     public SC_EnemySpawner es;     NavMeshAgent agent;     float nextAttackTime = 0;     Rigidbody r;      // Start is called before the first frame update     void Start()     {         agent = GetComponent<NavMeshAgent>();         agent.stoppingDistance = attackDistance;         agent.speed = movementSpeed;         r = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();         r.useGravity = false;         r.isKinematic = true;      }      // Update is called once per frame     void Update()     {         if (agent.remainingDistance - attackDistance < 0.01f)         {             if(Time.time > nextAttackTime)             {                 nextAttackTime = Time.time + attackRate;                  //Attack                 RaycastHit hit;                 if(Physics.Raycast(firePoint.position, firePoint.forward, out hit, attackDistance))                 {                     if (hit.transform.CompareTag("Player"))                     {                         Debug.DrawLine(firePoint.position, firePoint.position + firePoint.forward * attackDistance, Color.cyan);                          IEntity player = hit.transform.GetComponent<IEntity>();                         player.ApplyDamage(npcDamage);                     }                 }             }         }         //Move towardst he player         agent.destination = playerTransform.position;         //Always look at player         transform.LookAt(new Vector3(playerTransform.transform.position.x, transform.position.y, playerTransform.position.z));         //Gradually reduce rigidbody velocity if the force was applied by the bullet         r.velocity *= 0.99f;     }      public void ApplyDamage(float points)     {         npcHP -= points;         if(npcHP <= 0)         {             //Destroy the NPC             GameObject npcDead = Instantiate(npcDeadPrefab, transform.position, transform.rotation);             //Slightly bounce the npc dead prefab up             npcDead.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().velocity = (-(playerTransform.position - transform.position).normalized * 8) + new Vector3(0, 5, 0);             Destroy(npcDead, 10);             es.EnemyEliminated(this);             Destroy(gameObject);         }     } }

Create a new script, name it "SC_EnemySpawner" then paste the code below inside it:

SC_EnemySpawner.cs

          using UnityEngine; using UnityEngine.SceneManagement;  public class SC_EnemySpawner : MonoBehaviour {     public GameObject enemyPrefab;     public SC_DamageReceiver player;     public Texture crosshairTexture;     public float spawnInterval = 2; //Spawn new enemy each n seconds     public int enemiesPerWave = 5; //How many enemies per wave     public Transform[] spawnPoints;      float nextSpawnTime = 0;     int waveNumber = 1;     bool waitingForWave = true;     float newWaveTimer = 0;     int enemiesToEliminate;     //How many enemies we already eliminated in the current wave     int enemiesEliminated = 0;     int totalEnemiesSpawned = 0;      // Start is called before the first frame update     void Start()     {         //Lock cursor         Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;         Cursor.visible = false;          //Wait 10 seconds for new wave to start         newWaveTimer = 10;         waitingForWave = true;     }      // Update is called once per frame     void Update()     {         if (waitingForWave)         {             if(newWaveTimer >= 0)             {                 newWaveTimer -= Time.deltaTime;             }             else             {                 //Initialize new wave                 enemiesToEliminate = waveNumber * enemiesPerWave;                 enemiesEliminated = 0;                 totalEnemiesSpawned = 0;                 waitingForWave = false;             }         }         else         {             if(Time.time > nextSpawnTime)             {                 nextSpawnTime = Time.time + spawnInterval;                  //Spawn enemy                  if(totalEnemiesSpawned < enemiesToEliminate)                 {                     Transform randomPoint = spawnPoints[Random.Range(0, spawnPoints.Length - 1)];                      GameObject enemy = Instantiate(enemyPrefab, randomPoint.position, Quaternion.identity);                     SC_NPCEnemy npc = enemy.GetComponent<SC_NPCEnemy>();                     npc.playerTransform = player.transform;                     npc.es = this;                     totalEnemiesSpawned++;                 }             }         }          if (player.playerHP <= 0)         {             if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space))             {                 Scene scene = SceneManager.GetActiveScene();                 SceneManager.LoadScene(scene.name);             }         }     }      void OnGUI()     {         GUI.Box(new Rect(10, Screen.height - 35, 100, 25), ((int)player.playerHP).ToString() + " HP");         GUI.Box(new Rect(Screen.width / 2 - 35, Screen.height - 35, 70, 25), player.weaponManager.selectedWeapon.bulletsPerMagazine.ToString());          if(player.playerHP <= 0)         {             GUI.Box(new Rect(Screen.width / 2 - 75, Screen.height / 2 - 20, 150, 40), "Game Over\nPress 'Space' to Restart");         }         else         {             GUI.DrawTexture(new Rect(Screen.width / 2 - 3, Screen.height / 2 - 3, 6, 6), crosshairTexture);         }          GUI.Box(new Rect(Screen.width / 2 - 50, 10, 100, 25), (enemiesToEliminate - enemiesEliminated).ToString());          if (waitingForWave)         {             GUI.Box(new Rect(Screen.width / 2 - 125, Screen.height / 4 - 12, 250, 25), "Waiting for Wave " + waveNumber.ToString() + ". " + ((int)newWaveTimer).ToString() + " seconds left...");         }     }      public void EnemyEliminated(SC_NPCEnemy enemy)     {         enemiesEliminated++;          if(enemiesToEliminate - enemiesEliminated <= 0)         {             //Start next wave             newWaveTimer = 10;             waitingForWave = true;             waveNumber++;         }     } }

Create a new script, name it "SC_DamageReceiver" then paste the code below inside it:

SC_DamageReceiver.cs

          using UnityEngine;  public class SC_DamageReceiver : MonoBehaviour, IEntity {     //This script will keep track of player HP     public float playerHP = 100;     public SC_CharacterController playerController;     public SC_WeaponManager weaponManager;      public void ApplyDamage(float points)     {         playerHP -= points;          if(playerHP <= 0)         {             //Player is dead             playerController.canMove = false;             playerHP = 0;         }     } }

Attach SC_NPCEnemy script to alive enemy instance (You'll notice it added another component called NavMesh Agent, which is needed to navigate the NavMesh)
Assign the recently created dead instance prefab to the Npc Dead Prefab variable
For the Fire Point, create a new GameObject, move it inside the alive enemy instance and place it slightly in front of the instance, then assign it to the Fire Point variable:

Finally, Save the alive instance to Prefab and delete it from Scene.

Setting Up Enemy Spawner

Now let's move to SC_EnemySpawner. This script will spawn enemies in waves and also will show some UI information on the screen, such as Player HP, current Ammo, how many Enemies are left in a current wave, etc.

Create a new GameObject and name it "_EnemySpawner"
Attach SC_EnemySpawner script to it
Assign the newly created enemy AI to the Enemy Prefab variable
Assign the texture below to the Crosshair Texture variable

Create a couple of new GameObjects and place them around the Scene then assign them to the Spawn Points array

You'll notice that there is one last variable left to assign which is the Player variable.

Attach SC_DamageReceiver script to a Player instance
Change Player instance tag to "Player"
Assign Player Controller and Weapon Manager variables in SC_DamageReceiver

Assign Player instance to a Player variable in SC_EnemySpawner

And lastly, we have to bake the NavMesh in our scene so the enemy AI will be able to navigate.

Also, don't forget to mark every static Object in Scene as Navigation Static before baking NavMesh:

Go to NavMesh window (Window -> AI -> Navigation), click on Bake tab then click Bake button. After the NavMesh is baked it should look something like this:

Now it's time to press Play and test it:

Sharp Coder Video Player

Everything works as expected!