Unity 5.x Cookbook

Displaying a digital clock

Whether it is the real-world time, or perhaps an in-game countdown clock, many games are enhanced by some form of clock or timer display. The most straightforward type of clock to display is a string composed of the integers for hours, minutes, and seconds, which is what we'll create in this recipe.

The following screenshot shows the kind of clock we will be creating in this recipe:

Getting ready

For this recipe, we have prepared the font that you need in a folder named Fonts in the 1362_01_01 folder.

How to do it...

To create a digital clock, follow these steps:

1. Create a new Unity 2D project.
2. Import the provided Fonts folder. ...