Assignment 1 is the first Foundation Assignment, graded out of 10 (part of the 60% Foundation Assignments block).

Fork and Clone via: https://gitlab.utwente.nl/getxr2026/a1-getxr-assignment

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What to Build

Build a Unity scene with a single player-controlled object — the template project (via fork and clone URL) gives you a capsule to move with a custom C# script (Assets/Scripts/Mover.cs):

Read keyboard input every frame via Unity's Input System, using direct polling with Keyboard.current (e.g. Keyboard.current.dKey.isPressed) — not the legacy Input.GetAxis input system that you might see in older tutorials.
Move the object along independent world-space axes — a strafe: A/D → left/right, W/S → forward/back, direct movement, no rotation. This is different from S1's PlayerController.cs workshop script, which turns like a tank (rotate, then drive forward) — that script won't satisfy this requirement!
Use Time.deltaTime so that the speed doesn't depend on frame rate.
Normalize your combined movement vector so moving diagonally (e.g. W + D) moves at the same speed as moving along a single axis; don't allow a diagonal speed boost.
Expose your speed value field in the Inspector; not hardcoded inside the script.
Holding Left Shift should activate sprinting; a separate higher speed movement value that’s also exposed in the Inspector.
No asset-store or built-in movement solution (e.g. no imported First Person Controller)
Make the Main Camera follow the player object as it moves through parenting.
Save your Player object as a Prefab (Assets/Prefabs/Player.prefab)
Commit your completed Unity project on GitLab@UTwente. Required for a grade.

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Need a starting point?

Unity Learn's Add a Movement Script tutorial is decent background on attaching a script to a GameObject, but its actual movement code uses a Rigidbody and rotates to turn, like a car — a different, heavier pattern than the strafe movement A1 asks for. Don't copy it directly. Unity's Keyboard class reference is more useful here.
For the Prefab and camera-parenting requirements, Unity Learn's Make a tower of prefab blocks tutorial covers both directly — steps 5–8 turn a GameObject into a Prefab, step 9 covers parenting GameObjects in the Hierarchy. You can ignore its Rigidbody/physics context — that part is not relevant to A1. </aside>

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Quick check: Open Edit ▸ Project Settings ▸ Player ▸ Other Settings ▸ Active Input Handling and confirm it reads Input System Package (New) — that's Unity's default, so it should already be correct. If it isn't, set it and accept the restart prompt.

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Unity Version / Patch Notice: We use Unity 6.3 LTS (6000.3.23f). If your installed a later release that differs slightly from the template (e.g. 6000.3.25f1), Unity Hub will show a prompt asking to open with your installed version. Click Open / Continue. This is safe. Minor patch differences within the 6.3 LTS line do not break projects, re-import assets, or cause compatibility issues.

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Git Submission & Version Control

This is the first assignment for which you need to ensure your project is committed and pushed to GitLab@UTwente. To complete this assignment you must go to **gitlab.utwente.nl/getxr2026** and click Request Access! Otherwise you will not be able to share your project with the evaluation group (TAs and me).