Unity 2018 by example : learn about game and virtual reality development by creating five engaging projects / Alan Thorn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thorn, Alan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Unity (Electronic resource).

Video games--Design.

Video games.

Video games--Programming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (485 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham ; Mumbai : Packt, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Build exciting 2D/3D games and virtual reality applications with the help of hands-on examples Key Features Create five different types of games from scratch with Unity 2018 Import custom content into Unity from third-party tools such as Maya and Blender Learn to build NPCs with artificial intelligent behavior. Book Description Unity is the most exciting and popular engine used for developing games. With its 2018 release, Unity has become the primary source of both game development and virtual reality content. In Unity 2018 By Example, you'll learn how to use Unity in order to make amazing games from popular genres - from action shooters to mind-bending puzzle games to adventure and Virtual Reality (VR) games. Even if you have no previous experience of using Unity, this book will help you understand the toolsets it provides in depth. In addition to this, you'll understand how to create time-critical collection games, twin-stick space shooters, platformers, and action-fest games with intelligent enemies. Finally, you'll get to grips with creating VR games with the new toolsets introduced by Unity to help you develop amazing VR experiences. To make things easier, you will be provided with step-by-step tutorials for making five great games in Unity 2018, along with a detailed explanation of all the fundamental concepts. By the end of this book, you'll have established a strong foundation in making games with Unity 2018. What you will learn Understand core Unity concepts, such as game objects, components, and scenes Study level-design techniques for building immersive and interesting worlds Make functional games with C# scripting Use the toolset creatively to build games with different themes and styles Handle player controls and input functionality Work with terrains and world-creation tools Get to grips with making both 2D and 3D games Who this book is for You don't need to have any previous experience with Unity to enjoy Unity 2018 By Example, although you need to have basic knowledge of C#. Downloading the example code for this book You can download the example code files for all Packt books you have purchased from your account at http://www.PacktPub.com. If you purchased this book elsewhere, you can visit http://www.PacktPub.com/support and register to have the files e-mailed directly to you.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Contributors

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Unity Fundamentals

Game design

Getting started - Unity and projects

Projects and project folders

Importing assets

Starting a level

Transformations and navigation

Scene building

Lighting and sky

Play testing and the Game tab

Adding a water plane

Adding a coin to collect

Summary

Test your knowledge

Further Reading

Chapter 2: Creating a Collection Game

Creating a coin material

C# scripting in Unity

Counting coins

Code Sample 2.3

Collecting coins

Code Sample 2.5

Coins and prefabs

Timers and countdowns

Code Sample 2.6

Celebrations and fireworks!

Code Sample 2.7

Play testing

Building

Further reading

Chapter 3: Creating a Space Shooter

Looking ahead - the completed project

Getting started with a space shooter

Creating a player object

Player input

Code Sample 3.1

Configuring the game camera

Bounds locking

Code Sample 3.2

Health

Code Sample 3.3

Death and particles

Code Sample 3.4

Enemies

Code Sample 3.6

Code Sample 3.7

Code Sample 3.8

Enemy spawning

Code Sample 3.9

Chapter 4: Continuing the Space Shooter

Guns and gun turrets

Ammo prefabs

Code Sample 4-1

Ammo spawning

Code Sample 4.2

Code Sample 4.3

User controls

Scores and scoring - UI and text objects

Working with scores - scripting with text

Code Sample 4.4

Polishing

Testing and diagnosis

Chapter 5: Creating a 2D Adventure Game

A 2D Adventure - getting started

Creating an environment - getting started

Environment Physics

Creating a player.

Scripting the player movement

Code Sample 5.1

Optimization

Chapter 6: Continuing the 2D Adventure

Moving platforms

Code Sample 6.1

Creating other scenes - levels 2 and 3

Kill zones

Code Sample 6.2

The UI health bar

Code Sample 6.3

Ammo and hazards

Gun turrets and ammo

NPCs and quests

Code Sample 6.8

Chapter 7: Creating Artificial Intelligence

An overview of the project

Getting started

Terrain construction

Navigation and navigation meshes

Building an NPC

Code Sample 7.1

Creating patrolling NPCs

Chapter 8: Continuing with Intelligent Enemies

Enemy AI - range of sight

Code Sample 8.1

An overview of Finite State Machines

Code Sample 8.2

The Patrol state

Code Sample 8.3

The Chase state

Code Sample 8.4

The Attack state

Code Sample 8.5

Chapter 9: Entering Virtual Reality

Project Overview - Getting Started

Setting Scene Lighting

Post-Processing Stack 2

Preparing for VR

Chapter 10: Completing the VR Game

Object Pool and Spawning

Code Sample 10.1

Code Sample 10.2

Creating Intelligent Enemies - Navigation

Creating Intelligent Enemies - FSMs

Code Sample 10.3

Code Sample 10.4

Attack and Damage

Code Sample 10.5

Appendix: Test Your Knowledge Answers

Chapter 1- Unity Fundamentals

Chapter 2- Creating a Collection Game

Chapter 3- Creating a Space Shooter

Chapter 4- Continuing the Space Shooter

Chapter 5- Creating a 2D Adventure

Chapter 6- Continuing the 2D Adventure

Chapter 7- Creating Artificial Intelligence.

Chapter 8- Continuing with Intelligent Enemies

Chapter 9- Entering Virtual Reality

Chapter 10- Completing the VR Game

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Index.

Notes:

Previous edition published: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781788479325

1788479327

OCLC:

1048795124