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JVDesignStudio · Unity Workshop

Build a
Top-Down
Shooter in Unity

Learn C# and Unity from scratch player movement, shooting, enemies, collisions, and wave spawning. Watch your game come alive step by step.

C# · Unity Top-Down Shooter 10 Steps Complete Beginner 🆓 Free

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What you'll build

Player movementWASD

ShootingSpace

Enemy AIChases you

Wave spawnerCoroutine

Scripts written3 files

⭐ 0 XP

Level 1

⭐0

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Lumo says: take this one step at a time. Move first, then shoot, then let the enemies come to you. Test as you go.

⭐ Live Game Preview Complete a step to start the game

Score

100

Health

Wave

Enemies

Touch
controls

Press Apply on each step to unlock game features

Progress

🎉🏆🎮✨🎉

You Built a Top-Down Shooter!

Amazing work, you've learned MonoBehaviour, variables, Update loops, Input, Instantiate, collisions, and coroutines. You're ready for more Unity!

Total XP

Level

Best Streak

Accuracy

Episode 5: 3D Platformer →
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Make It Yours

Use these free browser tools alongside this workshop to create custom sprites, sounds, levels and colour schemes for your game. No installs. Free forever.

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Pixel Studio

Draw sprites & animations

Compose 16-bit game music

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Colour Palette

Build a game-ready colour scheme

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GDD Builder

Plan your full game design doc

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Code Order: C# Player Movement

+20 XP

Drag these C# lines into the correct order for Unity player movement with Rigidbody2D.

Vector2 movement = new Vector2(moveX, 0);

void Update() {

}

float moveX = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");

rb.velocity = movement * speed;

🛠️ Build a top-down shooter in the Unity Studio Paint your arena, play it, then export the real C# scripts to Unity. No install. Open the Studio →

Build aTop-DownShooter in Unity

Make It Yours

Build a
Top-Down
Shooter in Unity