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Unity 5.x By Example
An example-based practical guide to get you up and running with Unity 5.x.
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
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
402 pages, Paperback
Published March 23, 2016
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March 21, 2018
Covered just what I needed to learn in Unity. Also very through with explaining how to use a toolset in Unity, why it's being used, and where to find more information. I recommend this to beginners who are looking to get their hands dirty and start making actual games in Unity.
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