Unity: Insert Parent Script

A script for grouping a bunch of objects together with a new partent GameObject

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;
using System.Collections;
// HL: Mar11, 2009: I took this from the Unity Wiki. I made some changes so that
// 1. The newly created parent GO's position is set to the position of the first selected GO. this should solve the flicker bug I ran into.
// 2. The new parent GO is renamed to match the first object in the selection. This should make it easier to find in the Hierarchy.
// 3. The new parent GO is set as the active selection. 

public class InsertParent : ScriptableObject
{
    [MenuItem ("GameObject/Insert Parent %g")]
    static void MenuInsertParent()
    {
		Debug.Log("trigger!"); 
		Transform[] transforms = Selection.GetTransforms(SelectionMode.TopLevel |
            SelectionMode.OnlyUserModifiable);

        GameObject newParent = new GameObject("_Parent");
        Transform newParentTransform = newParent.transform;
		
		// HL:  experimental code, positions game object at location of first selected item:
		newParentTransform.position = transforms[0].position;  
		newParentTransform.name = transforms[0].name + " set"; // rename it so it ends up in roughly same location in the list.  
		//--AA-- End HL code. 
        if(transforms.Length == 1)
        {
            Transform originalParent = transforms[0].parent;
            transforms[0].parent = newParentTransform;
            if(originalParent)
                newParentTransform.parent = originalParent;
        }
        else
        {
            foreach(Transform transform in transforms)
                transform.parent = newParentTransform;
        }
    
	Selection.activeObject = newParent; 	 /// HL: sets the new parent GO to be the actively selected item in the UI.
	}
}

A Day In Hanford Lemoore's Life

The most ego-centric game I've ever made.

In 2007 I made a board game as a christmas gift for 20 of my bestest friends. That game? A Day In Hanford Lemoore's Life. 

Click photos to enlarge them.

The Logic Cube

This is a custom die I designed, simply becuase I found blank dice in a game store. Each side was supposed to represent a different aspect of my thinking process. You can read more about it in the manual.

Cards

The game came with close to 100 "action cards" that players would draw when they landed on specially marked squares thoughtout the board. 

The cards were written mostly around what my friend's expected out of me; playing into the stereotypes they had of me (video games, tiki bars, and not having a fixed work schedule). 

Here's a select few. Sorry the photos are so bad; I'm doing this at night and I don't have any good light. Or a good camera.

The Instruction Manual

Here are photos of the manual. As tongue-in-cheek as possible. Most of the humor is in the first two pages, the FAQ page, and in the advertisement on the back. 

Secrets behind the Tiki Crawl 9 website

Graphics from my now-defunct 2D RPG-adventure game

Sketchbook: Building Sketch

LEGO robot and LEGO zombie

From the LEGO Minifigures collection

Photoshop CS3 and money security

I want a pod car daddy!

Give it to me now!

And you thought the LEGO turkey leg was cool

Check-in Fatigue

This is partially why I stopped using Foursquare. continue reading