Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this Unity Tutorial I teach how to implement having a "companion ship" orbit the player ship and position itself relative to how the player ship moves.

Project source code:
gitlab.com/midnite-oil-software-tutorials/orbiting-companion-ship

Seamless Space Backgrounds:
screamingbrainstudios.itch.io/seamless-space-backgrounds

Game Creator's Pack
jonathan-so.itch.io/creatorpack

Download and install Unity
unity.com/download

Link to video of Armalyte game play this tutorial is based on
youtube.com/watch?v=pXfq5PDt2aE

My Links:
My itch.io site: midniteoilsoftware.itch.io
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:29 - Create Unity Project
00:02:15 - Import art for background
00:06:32 - Create scrolling background script
00:14:39 - Setting play mode tint
00:15:47 - Import art for player ship
00:18:24 - Create player ship
00:20:42 - Input configuration
00:23:38 - Player ship movement
00:29:58 - Refactor (clean up) movement code
00:34:23 - Implement firing projectiles
00:42:50 - Add orbiter
00:49:22 - Orbiter movement
00:55:45 - Adding a Boss
01:00:46 - Outro

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