Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Step-by-step Unity tutorial for beginners where you will learn how to make a 3D Space Shooter in Unity.
In this installment we import some free assets from the Unity Asset Store and create prefabs for asteroids that blow apart into hundreds of pieces when blown up with some really cool explosion effects.
Link to entire playlist for this tutorial series
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHcOLPSLOK7PNvLAdnqicE_BeqoNH7Zwz
00:00 - Intro
00:35 - Importing free assets for asteroids and explosions
03:25 - Checking out some of the explosion effects
07:00 - Checking out the asteroids we downloaded
11:00 - Create an asteroid prefab
18:20 - Create explosion prefab
22:22 - Add explosion effect to asteroid
26:50 - Destroy asteroid when hit with projectile
31:20 - Destroy asteroid fragments after a delay
36:15 - Fix issue with our projectile hitting our own ship when firing
41:45 - Make application of explosion force to asteroid fragments more uniform
42:28 - Outro
Assets downloaded for this video:
Detonator Explosion Framework. Note: The Detonator package has been deprecated. I added the package to the Part_Four branch of my repo. It's in a Custom packages folder. You can download it from there and then import into Unity by clicking on the Assets Menu, then Import Package and Custom Package. Browse to the downloaded file and you will be able to import it.
github.com/gbradburn/3D-Space-Shooter-Tutorial/blob/Part_Four/Assets/Custom%20packages/Detonator%20Explosion%20Framework.unitypackage
Breakable Asteroids:
assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/props/breakable-asteroids-167825?aid=1100lzsEu
Source code on GitHub
github.com/gbradburn/3D-Space-Shooter-Tutorial/tree/Part_Four
My Links:
My website: midniteoilsoftware.com
My itch.io site: midniteoilsoftware.itch.io
Twitter: twitter.com/SoftwareOil
discord.gg/wrdqXPtw9y
facebook.com/groups/347087173378560
#unity3d #unitytutorial #unitytutorialforbeginners #indiegamedev #indiedev #indiegames #cinemachine #animation #vfx #visualeffects #particlesystem #asteroids #explosions #unityassetstore
Step-by-step Unity tutorial for beginners where you will learn how to make a 3D Space Shooter in Unity.
In this installment we import some free assets from the Unity Asset Store and create prefabs for asteroids that blow apart into hundreds of pieces when blown up with some really cool explosion effects.
Link to entire playlist for this tutorial series
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHcOLPSLOK7PNvLAdnqicE_BeqoNH7Zwz
00:00 - Intro
00:35 - Importing free assets for asteroids and explosions
03:25 - Checking out some of the explosion effects
07:00 - Checking out the asteroids we downloaded
11:00 - Create an asteroid prefab
18:20 - Create explosion prefab
22:22 - Add explosion effect to asteroid
26:50 - Destroy asteroid when hit with projectile
31:20 - Destroy asteroid fragments after a delay
36:15 - Fix issue with our projectile hitting our own ship when firing
41:45 - Make application of explosion force to asteroid fragments more uniform
42:28 - Outro
Assets downloaded for this video:
Detonator Explosion Framework. Note: The Detonator package has been deprecated. I added the package to the Part_Four branch of my repo. It's in a Custom packages folder. You can download it from there and then import into Unity by clicking on the Assets Menu, then Import Package and Custom Package. Browse to the downloaded file and you will be able to import it.
github.com/gbradburn/3D-Space-Shooter-Tutorial/blob/Part_Four/Assets/Custom%20packages/Detonator%20Explosion%20Framework.unitypackage
Breakable Asteroids:
assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/props/breakable-asteroids-167825?aid=1100lzsEu
Source code on GitHub
github.com/gbradburn/3D-Space-Shooter-Tutorial/tree/Part_Four
My Links:
My website: midniteoilsoftware.com
My itch.io site: midniteoilsoftware.itch.io
Twitter: twitter.com/SoftwareOil
discord.gg/wrdqXPtw9y
facebook.com/groups/347087173378560
#unity3d #unitytutorial #unitytutorialforbeginners #indiegamedev #indiedev #indiegames #cinemachine #animation #vfx #visualeffects #particlesystem #asteroids #explosions #unityassetstore
