Create a Main Menu in Unity 6 Easily

Link to get DoTween (Free): https://prf.hn/click/camref:1100l4xj9/destination:https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/animation/dotween-hotween-v2-27676
Link to part 1 of the series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DExN9-pZ1ks

In this video, we’re diving into Unity and C# to bring a functional main menu to life! 🚀 I’ll guide you step by step, explaining every line of code and every decision, so you’ll not only create a working main menu but also understand why we’re doing things the way we are.

One of my biggest frustrations with tutorials was just copying code without learning anything. That’s why this video focuses on teaching the how and the why behind every action. By the end, you’ll have a functional main menu and the knowledge to build even more complex systems for your games!

📌 Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:08 Setting up Unity, getting the project ready, and installing DoTween
00:05:16 Setting up the Canvas
00:07:24 Rule of thirds within design
00:09:25 Adding a game logo using TextMeshPro and how to choose fonts
00:14:51 Adding UI Buttons for the main menu
00:25:10 Play mode tint (Absolutely do this, it saves your life)
00:25:44 Writing our Main Menu Manager Script
00:35:28 Writing a Button Manager script
00:37:10 Using the Singleton pattern for our Main Menu Manager
00:42:15 Finishing up the buttons
00:49:09 Adding levels to our Build Settings
00:51:47 Adding Social Media Link Buttons to our main menu
00:59:18 Coding our social media buttons so they open up specific websites
01:04:31 Adding a Settings and Credits Menu
01:21:21 Final menu test and outro

This is Part 2 of a 3-part series:
🔹 Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DExN9-pZ1ks
🔹 Part 2: We’ll code a functional main menu in Unity.
🔹 Part 3: We’ll make it look amazing and add that final polish.

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