Getting Started

Importing the Package

After purchasing the package on the Asset Store, you can import it into your project via the Package Manager window. To do so, select Packages: My Assets in the Packages dropdown menu, find Game Tables in the list, and click Import.

Example Scene

The Game Tables package contains an example scene that demonstrates a typical setup. To import this example into your project, find Game Tables in the Package Manager window and click Import on the Samples tab.

This adds the Samples/Game Tables/<version>/Game Tables Example Project folder to your project, containing the scene and all the supporting assets. It is completely optional and can be deleted at any time.

The example’s entry point is the Example scene at the root of that folder. If you open this scene and enter Play mode, you can play a simple top-down shooter with placeholder graphics. The key point of this example is that all the essential gameplay parameters are stored in spreadsheets.

Four Balance_* assets in the example folder reference these spreadsheets:

• Balance_Original_CSV imports from the CSV/Balance_Original.csv file
• Balance_Alternative_CSV imports from the CSV/Balance_Alternative.csv file
• Balance_Original_GoogleSheets imports from the Balance_Original Google Sheets document
• Balance_Alternative_GoogleSheets imports from the Balance_Alternative Google Sheets document

Original and Alternative are the two variations of gameplay parameters, whereas CSV and GoogleSheets are the two data source types. By default, the Original version is applied. You can try the Alternative version by selecting either the CSV or the GoogleSheets asset and clicking Apply Game Table in the Inspector.

If you go with the Google Sheets option, you’ll need to sign in to your Google account first. Click Sign In in the Inspector and follow the instructions in your browser. For more, see Sign In to Google Sheets.

If you want to experiment with this example further, feel free to copy one of the spreadsheets above, edit it, and point one of the existing GameTables at your copy (or create a new GameTable from scratch).

When you’re ready to go beyond the example, the Main Concepts page covers the Game Tables workflow and data formats.

Package Structure

Game Tables is distributed as a UPM package and is installed into the Packages/Game Tables folder. Inside, you’ll find:

• Editor

  Game Tables source code, compiled into the GameTables.Editor assembly.

• ThirdParty

  Third-party assemblies required by Game Tables, plus LICENSES.txt with licensing information for all of them.

• Tests.zip

  The test suite, useful if you intend to modify the source code. It’s packed into a ZIP archive so the tests aren’t processed by Unity or shown in the Test Runner window. Unpack it to make them runnable.