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Your First Project

Creating Game Objects

In s&box, everything in your scene is a GameObject. GameObjects can have Components attached to them that provide functionality.

To create a GameObject:

1. Right-click in the Hierarchy panel
2. Select Create Empty or choose a template
3. The GameObject appears in your scene

Creating Components

Components add functionality to GameObjects. To create a Component:

1. Select a GameObject in the Hierarchy
2. Click Add Component in the Inspector
3. Choose a Component type or create a new one

Player Input

Here's a simple example of handling player input in a Component:

public class MyPlayer : Component
{
    protected override void OnUpdate()
    {
        // Check for jump input
        if ( Input.Pressed( "Jump" ) )
        {
            Log.Info( "Jump pressed!" );
        }
        
        // Get movement input
        var moveInput = Input.AnalogMove;
        
        // Apply movement
        WorldPosition += moveInput * Time.Delta * 100f;
    }
}

Next Steps

• Explore the Engineopen_in_new — Learn more about how s&box works
• Scenes & GameObjectsopen_in_new — Deep dive into the scene system
• Codeopen_in_new — Learn C# programming in s&box