Unity 2017 mobile game development : build, deploy, and monetize games for Android and IOS with unity / John P. Doran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doran, John P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video games--Programming.

Video games.

Unity (Electronic resource).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Build, deploy, and monetize games for Android and iOS with Unity

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Learn to create, publish and monetize your mobile games with the latest Unity 2017 tool-set easily for Android and iOS About This Book One-stop solution to becoming proficient in mobile game development using Unity 2017 Port your Unity games to popular platforms such as iOS and Android Unleash the power of C# scripting to create realistic gameplay and animations in Unity 2017. Who This Book Is For If you are a game developer and want to build mobile games for iOS and Android, then this is the book for you. Previous knowledge of C# and Unity is helpful, but not required. What You Will Learn Use Unity to build an endless runner game Set up and deploy a project to a mobile device Create interesting gameplay elements using inputs from your mobile device Monetize your game projects with Unity ads and in-app purchases Design UI elements that can be used well in Landscape and Portrait mode at different resolutions, supporting phones, tablets, and PCs. How to submit your game to the iOS and Android app stores In Detail Unity has established itself as an overpowering force for developing mobile games. If you love mobile games and want to learn how to make them but have no idea where to begin, then this book is just what you need. This book takes a clear, step-by-step approach to building an endless runner game using Unity with plenty of examples on how to create a game that is uniquely your own. Starting from scratch, you will build, set up, and deploy a simple game to a mobile device. You will learn to add touch gestures and design UI elements that can be used in both landscape and portrait mode at different resolutions. You will explore the best ways to monetize your game projects using Unity Ads and in-app purchases before you share your game information on social networks. Next, using Unity's analytics tools you will be able to make your game better by gaining insights into how players like and use your game. Finally, you'll learn how to publish your game on the iOS and Android App Stores for the world to see and play along. Style and approach This book takes a clear, step-by-step approach for Unity game developers to explore everything needed to develop mobile games with Unity.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewer

www.PacktPub.com

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Building Your Game

Chapter overview

Your objectives

Setting up the project

Creating the player

Improving our scripts with attributes and XML comments

Using attributes

The Tooltip attribute

The Range attribute

The RequireComponent attribute

XML comments

Putting it all together

Having the camera following our player

Creating a basic tile

Making it endless

Creating obstacles

Summary

Chapter 2: Setup for Android and iOS Development

Our objectives

Introduction to build settings

Building a project for PC

Installing the Java Development Kit (JDK)

Installing the Android SDK

Exporting a project for Android

Putting the project on your Android device

Unity for iOS setup and Xcode installation

Building a project for iOS

Chapter 3: Mobile Input/Touch Controls

Using mouse input

Moving via touch

Implementing a gesture

Using the accelerometer

Detecting touch on game objects

Chapter 4: Resolution Independent UI

The chapter overview

Creating a title screen

The Rect Transform component

Anchors

Pivots

Selecting different aspect ratios

Working with buttons

Adding a pause menu

Pausing the game

Chapter 5: Advertising Using Unity Ads

Unity Ads setup

Displaying a simple Ad

Utilizing ad callback options

Opt-in advertisements with rewards

Adding in a cooldown

Chapter 6: Implementing In-App Purchases

Setting up Unity IAP

Creating our first purchase.

Adding button to restore purchases

Configuring purchases for the stores of your choice

Chapter 7: Getting Social

Adding a score system

Sharing high scores via Twitter

Downloading and installing Facebook's SDK

Logging in to our game via Facebook

Displaying Facebook name and profile pic

Chapter 8: Using Unity Analytics

Setting up analytics

Tracking custom events

Using the AnalyticsTracker component

Customizing events through code

Working with the funnel analyzer

Tweaking properties with remote settings

Chapter 9: Making Your Title Juicy

Animation using iTween

iTween setup

Creating a Simple Tween

Adding Tweens to the pause menu

Working with materials

Using post-processing effects

Adding particle effects

Chapter 10: Game Build and Submission

Building a release copy of our game

Putting your game on the Google Play Store

Setting up the Google Play Console

Publishing an app on Google Play

Putting your game on the Apple iOS App Store

Apple Developer setup and the creation of a provisioning profile

Adding an app onto iTunes Connect

Index.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed January 3, 2018).

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781787286771

1787286770

OCLC:

1019685189