Prerequisites

·         2-3 semesters of post-secondary Unity classwork or equivalent independent study

·         Portfolio containing a diverse range of completed Unity projects 

·         Capable of installing and configuring Unity software

·         Understand digital art and fine art theory

·         Understand 3D modeling and associated file types

Exam details

The exam is based on Unity 2019 LTS 

What’s on the exam?

You can expect to see questions covering these tasks:

Asset Management

• Import and adjust Import Settings on assets including but not limited to assets such as rigged objects, tangents, associated textures, and target/blend shapes
• Modify assets using the Inspector including but not limited to scripted Components, animation, and materials 
• Import and configure assets from the Unity Asset Store and/or custom packages
• Utilize the Sprite Editor, Tilemaps, Unity UI, and UI Elements, 
• Utilize Animator functions including states, parameters, transitions, and blend trees
• Utilize Level of Detail (LOD)
• Given a scenario, optimize scene art assets for different build targets including standalone, mobile and web

Lighting, Cameras, Materials and Effects

• Create and edit materials including but not limited to different shaders such as different components of the Shader Graph
• Identify advanced lighting including but not limited to soft shadow width, bias, flares, halos, occlusion layers, and light shapes
• Given a scenario, determine the appropriate lighting techniques including global illumination, light mapping, baking, reflection probe, and light probe
• Create, modify, and optimize particles and post-processing effects
• Utilize multiple cameras including but not limited to split-screen gaming, maps, map overlays, etc.
• Given a scenario, determine the appropriate scriptable rendering pipeline that should be used including but not limited to URP and HDRP

Scene Content Design

• Create and implement assets using built-in 2D and 3D game objects as well as ProBuilder
• Create finished-level art using terrain function, finished models, and colliders