The CPT's Game Development Workshop

Let's get Visual Studio Code set up!

1. Download Visual Studio Code.

2. In VSCode, navigate to the extensions page on the sidebar and download the following extensions:

   • C# Dev Kit (by Microsoft)
     • You may also need to download the .NET SDK as well. Installing this extension without the SDK causes some annoying pop-ups.
     • Follow the appropriate tutorial provided by Microsoft using this link to do so.
   • Unity (by Microsoft)

3. Next, open your Unity Project and do the following:

   • For Mac
     • Go to Unity and then click Settings
     • In the left sidebar, find and click External Tools
     • In the External Script Editor sidebar, find Visual Studio Code.
       • If not there, click Browse...
       • Go to Applications and find Visual Studio Code then click Choose
     • Close out of Settings
   • For Windows
     • Go to Edit (up top), click it, and then find and click Preferences
     • On the left sidebar, find and click External Tools.
     • In the External Script Editor, find Visual Studio Code.
       • If not there, click Browse...
       • In File Explorer, on the top right, search for the Visual Studio code .exe file (the actual application itself)
       • Double click it.

4. Upon returning to the Unity Editor, inside the dropdown bar, you should see something like this: