Endless Runner: Procedural Track Generation (Unity Tutorial)

In this video you will learn how to generate a procedurally generated random endless race track constructed from square prefab segments which connect to one another and don't overlap. The example game is a small endless runner game made with Unity.
You can download the full project code on Github here: bit.ly/endlessracer

[@racmanov]

Damn, great idea with tile based grid. I was thinking whole day and was overcomplicating as usual and your solution is so simple.

[@mikediaz7628]

Followed both channels, both have an insane amount of information. Thank you!!

[@Prakaz]

Really enjoy watching your videos - very informative! Also you have one of the most soothing voice I've heard on KZbin 🙂

[@newbquesttv]

Thank you! 😊

[@yassinesadik]

just realized that you're matt from unity's training live streams. cool stuff you're doing, im following from now on , thanks and keep going.

[@newbquesttv]

Thanks Yassine. Yeah it’s me!

[@pockets08]

Good to know, following.

[@suj13]

@@newbquesttv JUst one question. how do you input the project into unity?

[@newbquesttv]

@@suj13 You can download the zip from Github and then open it via the Unity Hub's "Add Project" functionality.

[@tirkdiamond]

Nice video! Improvement idea for a future video: you should play the game at the end (12:00) so you can show how the pieces generate automatically when you go closer instead of just pressing T. In any case, this is part of a series; it's not a self-contained video, so there shouldn't be a problem with playing sth you haven't showed how to do it yet. :D

[@yarickcherevko7022]

Matt, you are awesome! This is so elegant and effective. Thank you for walking us through. SUBSCRIBED!

[@newbquesttv]

Thanks very much Yarick! Really happy to hear you enjoyed it

[@iangraham6730]

Nice! I just recently began procedural generation, and I am kicking myself that I had not started it sooner!

[@newbquesttv]

Enjoy! It’s tons of fun.

[@brauliojorgealmeida]

Holy shit! This is pure gold! Thank you

[@newbquesttv]

Right on! Glad to hear it helped.

[@Farrukh3D]

Great tutorial and interesting project. Thanks for sharing :)

[@newbquesttv]

Thanks Farrukh! You’ve been doing some great stuff too!

[@artinstroukeprod]

Great explanation and simple system! Thank you for lesson!

[@newbquesttv]

You're very welcome!

[@rohaninabout]

Thanks for such a great tutorial Matt, we're using your design in a game a buddy and I are working on. Quick question if you don't mind - you mentioned using Cinemachine between your level chunks. Just wondering what your design was for this? We have a vcam/track/dolly for each chunk, but it dampens when transitioning between the chunks. We want the cam and player on rails (like Star Fox), but it's pretty confusing! Anyway just thought I'd ask! Thanks in advance if you see this 😁

[@Blinkers2007GameDev]

have u published your game yet?

[@valuefront9959]

yess! love your tutorials

[@newbquesttv]

Thank you!

[@hichamtsouri4703]

WOOOW ..grt explanation.. flawless project

[@newbquesttv]

Glad you liked it!

[@dcry1003]

noob question does the level generator also works for terrain generation? or do i need to convert terrain to mesh for the level generator to generate a level

[@JoeV2257]

Cool content you got my sub mate!

[@newbquesttv]

Appreciate that Joe!

[@gameniqinc5640]

Hi Matt, Your tutorials are great. How did you achieve the effect of(I think missiles going out) at 1:02? Can you make a tutorial on how to create light emitting objects in Unity?

[@rocketshader2699]

How do you handle after your Z value reaches over 10K. I don't wanna go forward after 10k so I reset every chunk and players position to initial position but that makes car go jump and makes a weird sound glitch. Great video btw

[@StigDesign]

when am in shape i need to re watch this several times and try it, might be funn to add simular thing to my car game as som extra re-playability. :D this reminds me of the track editor in V-Rally2 :D

[@newbquesttv]

Cool thanks!

[@StigDesign]

@@newbquesttv :D allready watched it 1 time :) but so tired, so i need to re-watch it laiter when i have sleept so that i can remember and learn from it :D

[@moklarry8766]

Hello matt in my game the level spawn in a stack and not behind each other do you know why?

[@moklarry8766]

Bei mir spawnen unendlich viele Level auf 1 stelle obwohl sie ja eigentlich hintereinander spannen sollten weißt du warum?

[@KJ7JHN]

Please make a video on adding track pieces/tiles to perlin noise generated tiles. Or possibly adding a bezeir curve to perlin noise generated tiles, then build track meshes based on the bezeir curve. Another direction, procedurally generated trees from perlin noise map. Thanks.

[@alpha3836]

How do I make it so that a certain prefab spawns only after another certain prefab spawns?

[@Patricebrouh]

Hi Matt! Please can you explain me why you choose ScriptableObject for piece of Bloc. Is it more efficient ?

[@newbquesttv]

Nope, just preference

[@Patricebrouh]

@@newbquesttv Thanks

[@hanyabdoun]

i just love you man

[@newbquesttv]

[@OmeedNOuhadi]

Awesome!

[@firewatch123]

but how to do it like in the game race the sun? so that it also generates sideways

[@charleswaltson7110]

Thank you very very much.

[@user-kb1jg2qy7c]

Awesome videos, but why public fields? Private + serializefield is much cleaner. Also we can serialize property using field:serializefield. It makes life a lot easier

I would like to see some gameplay next

[@dcsflightdeck]

Is there a way to make this spawn chunks in a straight line only for like a subway surfers game

[@fillowskyy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnrWdqSBhdR9jq8 Look at that video.

[@johnkabiu4418]

Good stuff... sub'd

[@markgianturco5677]

Has anyone found a way to make this work vertically as well?

[@freedom667]

can we instantiate only squares? So, without tracks?

[@newbquesttv]

yes you can instantiate any prefab using this approach

[@freedom667]

@@newbquesttv well, how can I put the finish line?

[@freedom667]

@@newbquesttv Don't you know it? How can I finish line object to the last

[@thelordz33]

Wow, i've only been game developing for 3 days and I'm already learning about switches when YanDev has been coding for years and still doesn't know what they are

[@pratyushpanshikar4774]

This is very good! When can we expect Parts 2 and 3?

[@newbquesttv]

Thank you! Part 2 just came out. Part 3 next weekend.

[@Aluminum_Lizard-um7mz]

github link you absolute weapon. cheers mate

[@newbquesttv]

"Absolute weapon" is a new one to me, I chuckled. Cheers dude, glad I could help.

[@kwsmani1677]

Can u do a coin generation algorithm for this kind of game pls ???

[@newbquesttv]

What do you mean by a coin generation algorithm? Like place collectible objects?

[@kwsmani1677]

@@newbquesttv yes

[@negimas123]

did you know ur project is used as a reqruitment test at unity

[@newbquesttv]

I know they did something similar years ago when I got hired there, surprised they are still? Did you do it or someone you know?

[@mosaabmatar4117]

The Name of the assets ?

[@RenukaYadav-dn8pm]

Hlo brother can you tell me the track name PLZZ I want to download yhat

[@newbquesttv]

The music you mean? Sorry it's a piece of music that I made myself, it's not publicly available.

[@RenukaYadav-dn8pm]

@@newbquesttv I asked for track name to download it from asset store

[@icaroamorim3123]

In the first 30 seconds he already show how peaple who understand things do.

[@bogasier]

Why dislike?

[@joepleavin3554]

Berlin

[@tomazravljen8984]

clickbait - I don't think this counts as procedural generation, it's just random level generation :D

[@newbquesttv]

ok

[@benchappell8213]

@@newbquesttv lmao