Building an RPG with Unity 2018 : leverage the power of Unity 2018 to build elements of an RPG / Vahe Karamian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karamian, Vahé, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Unity (Electronic resource).

Video games--Programming.

Video games.

Video games--Design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Building an role-playing game with Unity 2018

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Build a high-end, multiplayer role-playing game (RPG) from scratch with C# and Unity 2018 Key Features Get insights into Unity's user interface (UI) system and build UIs for your RPG Implement artificial intelligence (AI) to build intelligent entities that take your game to the next level Develop multiplayer features for an RPG using Unity 2018 Book Description In a role-playing game (RPG), users control a character, usually in the game's imaginary universe. Unity has become a top choice for developers looking to create these kinds of immersive RPGs. Building an RPG with Unity 2018, based on building some of the most common RPG features, teaches you tips, tricks, and techniques that can be applied to your own game. To start with, the book guides you through the fundamentals of role-playing games. You will learn the necessary aspects of building an RPG, such as structuring the game environment, customizing characters, controlling the camera, and designing other attributes such as inventory and weapons. You will also explore designing game levels by adding more features. Once you have understood the bigger picture, you will understand how to tackle the obstacles of networking in Unity and implement multiplayer mode for your RPG games. By the end of the book, you will be able to build upon the core RPG framework elements to create your own immersive games. What you will learn Construct a framework for inventory, equipment, characters, enemies, quests, and game events Understand how to load and unload scenes and assets Create multiplayer game settings for your RPG Design a UI for user input and feedback Implement AI for non-character players Customize your character at runtime Who this book is for Building an RPG with Unity 2018 is for you if you are a programmer interested in developing and further enhancing your skills when developing RPGs in Unity 2018. This book does not cover the basics of Unity, and so is for intermediate or more advanced users.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

Dedication

Packt Upsell

Contributors

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: What is an RPG?

A brief history of the genre

Characteristics of an RPG

Story and setting

A glimpse of a cRPG story

Exploration and quests

A glimpse at our exploration and quests

Inventory system

Character attributes and actions

Experience and leveling

Combat system

User interaction and graphics

Existing or upcoming RPG games

MU Legend

Titan Siege

Citadel: Forged with Fire

Cyberpunk 2077

Patterns in RPG

Terminology

Contest tree

Last Man Standing

Negotiated Contest

Summary

Chapter 2: Planning the Game

Building our RPG

The story of the Zazar dynasty

Backstory

Awakening

The village

Broken forest - the horizon

The kingdom

Asset inventory

Environment assets

Medieval Environment Pack

Terrain Toolkit 2017

Nature Starter Kit 2

Character assets

Barbarians

Orcs

Villagers

Free Assets

Level design

Setting the stage

Terrain toolkit in a nutshell

The Awakening

Using the terrain model

Using a custom toolkit

Skybox

Testing the level

Creating the main menu

Creating the GameMaster script

Chapter 3: RPG Character Design

Character definitions

Base character class attributes

Character states

Character model

Default character models

Barbarian

Villager

Orc

Let's get started

Rigging your model

Character motion

Animator Controller

Animation states

Character controller

Modification to animations

Inverse Kinematics

Setting the animation curve

Chapter 4: The Game Mechanics

Customizing the player character

Customizable parts

User interface.

The code for character customization

Preserving our character state

Recap

Non-player characters

Non-player character basics

Setting up the non-player character

NPC Animator Controller

NPC Attack

NPC AI

PC and NPC interaction

Chapter 5: GameMaster and Game Mechanics

GameMaster

Managing game settings and audio

Managing scenes

Improving GameMaster

Level controller

Audio controller

Player data management

PC class enhancements

Character customization class update

Changes to the game level controller

Testing

Chapter 6: Inventory System

Designing an inventory system

Weighted inventory

Determining item types

Creating an inventory item

Creating the prefab

Adding an inventory item agent

Inventory items defined as prefabs

Designing an inventory interface

Creating the inventory UI framework

Designing a dynamic item viewer

Adding a scroll view

Adding elements to PanelItem and Scroll View

Adding txtItemElement dynamically

Building the final inventory item UI

Integrating the UI with the actual inventory system

Hooking the category buttons and displaying the data

Testing the inventory system

Inventory items and the player character

Applying inventory items

How it looks

Chapter 7: User Interface and System Feedback

Designing a heads-up display

HUD basics

Our design

HUD framework

Completing our HUD design

Character info panel

Active inventory items panel

Special items panel

Integrating the code

Enemy stats in the HUD

NPC stats user interface

Creating the NPC canvas

NPC taking a hit

Enhancing the code

Chapter 8: Multiplayer Setup

Challenges of a multiplayer game

Initial multiplayer game

Fundamental networking components.

My tank networking project

Adding a player character

Variable synchronization

Network callbacks

Sending commands

Client RPC calls

Creating the cannonball for the tank

Creating the tank prefab and configuring the network lobby manager

Adding the enemy tank

Building and testing

Network-enabling RPG characters

Creating a scene for our RPG

Networked player character

Networked non-player character

Synchronizing player customization and items

Spawning NPCs and other items

Testing our network-enabled PC and NPC

What's next?

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Index.

Notes:

Previous edition published: 2016.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

1080999999