Managers

Most video-games require a host of managers to handle things like UI, sounds, and effects. The most common of these are included in the kit. What follows is a cheat-sheet of the most useful methods in the included managers. Consult the manager reference pages linked at the bottom for a more in-depth look at the features and options available.

UIManager
ResourceManager
SceneDirector
AudioManager
EffectsManager
SettingsManager
See Also

UIManager

All of the methods return a UniTask which completes after respective animations have ended and can be await-ed upon.

Method(s)	Description
Show	Instantiate and show a window from a prefab.
Hide	Hide a window with a name.
WindowShow	Show a given window.
WindowHide	Hide a given window.

ResourceManager

All of the ResourceManager methods provide async versions which should be the ones you use to perform I/O operations for a smoother experience.

Method(s)	Description
Load	Load a resource.
Unload	Unload a resource.
ReadText / ReadBytes	Read the contents of a file in text/binary mode.
Save	Save the contents of an object to a file.
SaveText / SaveBytes	Save a string or byte-array to a file.
Delete	Delete a file.
Exists	Check whether a file exists.

SceneDirector

All of the methods return a UniTask which completes after fading is done and can be await-ed as well.

Method(s)	Description
FadeIn	Fade in the screen.
FadeOut	Fade out the screen.
LoadScene	Load a scene with fading.
ReloadScene	Reload the scene with fading.

AudioManager

Method(s)	Description
PlaySound	Play general sounds.
PlayUI	Play UI sounds.
PlayMusic / PauseMusic / StopMusic	Handle background music.
Play(AudioSource)	Spawn an AudioSource in the world and pool it.
Play(AudioClip, Boolean, Boolean)	Play an AudioClip with a dedicated AudioSource.

EffectsManager

Method(s)	Description
Spawn	Spawn and pool a particle effect.
Despawn	Despawn a particle effect.
DespawnAll	Despawn all particle effects.

SettingsManager