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Unity 5.x By Example
by 作者: Alan Thorn
ISBN-10 书号: 1785888382
ISBN-13 书号: 9781785888380
Publication Date 出版日期: 2016-03-23
Pages 页数: 402
Book Description
Key Features
The most updated resource on Unity 5.x with comprehensive discussion on all the new features of Unity 5.x
Understand the core concepts surrounding Unity5 game development with this power-packed hands-on guide
Brush up your existing game development skills and create games that have a brilliant gameplay using the excellent examples from this book
Book Description
Unity is an exciting and popular engine in the game industry. Throughout this book,you’ll learn how to use Unity by making four fun game projects,from shooters and platformers to exploration and adventure games.
Unity 5 By Example is an easy-to-follow guide for quickly learning how to use Unity in practical context,step by step,by making real-world game projects. Even if you have no previous experience of Unity,this book will help you understand the toolset in depth. You’ll learn how to create a time-critical collection game,a twin-stick space shooter,a platformer,and an action-fest game with intelligent enemies. In clear and accessible prose,this book will present you with step-by-step tutorials for making four interesting games in Unity 5 and explain all the fundamental concepts along the way. Starting from the ground up and moving toward an intermediate level,this book will help you establish a strong foundation in making games with Unity 5.
What you will learn
Understand core Unity concepts,such as game objects,components,and scenes
Learn level design techniques for building immersive and interesting worlds
Learn to make functional games with C# scripting
Use the toolset creatively to build games of different themes and styles
Learn to handle player controls and input functionality
Dive into the process of working with terrains and world-creation tools
Import custom content into Unity from third-party tools,such as Maya and Blender
Get to grips with making both 2D and 3D games
About the Author
Alan Thorn is an award-winning author,mathematician,and independent video game developer based in London,UK. He is the founder of the game development studio,Wax Lyrical Games,and the creator of the critically acclaimed PC adventure game,Baron Wittard: Nemesis of Ragnarok. Alan works freelance for some of the world’s largest entertainment corporations. He has lectured on game development at some of the most prestigious institutions in Europe and written nine books on games programming,including the highly popular Teach Yourself Games Programming,Game Engine Design and Implementation,and UDK Game Development. Some of Alan’s other interests include computing,mathematics,graphics,and philosophy. More information about his company,Wax Lyrical Games,can be found at http://www.waxlyricalgames.com/.
Contents
Chapter 1: The Coin Collection Game – Part 1
Chapter 2: Project A – the Collection Game Continued
Chapter 3: Project B – the Space Shooter
Chapter 4: Continuing the Space Shooter
Chapter 5: Project C – a 2D Adventure
Chapter 6: Continuing the 2D Adventure
Chapter 7: Project D – Intelligent Enemies
Chapter 8: Continuing with Intelligent Enemies
