A developer shares their experience building a first game in Unity, inspired by M.C. Escher's 'Relativity' lithograph. The game features a rotatable 3D cube where players collect items, with gravity and perspective shifting as the cube rotates. Key challenges covered include: setting up a HUD canvas for UI elements, building a JSON-based level editor, implementing grid-based player movement using DOTween for smooth transitions, handling cube rotation, creating a main menu with responsive layouts, migrating to Unity's new Input System for multi-device support, implementing portals using shader graphs, building a theming system, and integrating Unity Analytics and ads. The post is an honest beginner's account of learning Unity from scratch, including the stumbles and workarounds encountered along the way.
