Unity Game Development in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself

Mike Geig works on the production team at Unity Technologies, where he helps democratize game development by developing and delivering high-impact learning resources. Mike has experience as an indie game developer, a university educator, and an author. A gamer at heart, Mike works to make the development of interactive entertainment fun and accessible for all skill sets. Hi, Mom!

• Preface xi Hour 1: Introduction to Unity Installing Unity Getting to Know the Unity Editor Navigating the Unity Scene View Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 2: Game Objects Dimensions and Coordinate Systems Game Objects Transforms Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 3: Models, Materials, and Textures The Basics of Models Textures, Shaders, and Materials Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 4: Terrain and Environments Terrain Generation Terrain Textures Generating Trees and Grass Character Controllers Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 5: Lights and Cameras Lights Cameras Layers Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 6: Game 1: Amazing Racer Design Creating the Game World Gamification Playtesting Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 7: Scripting, Part 1 Scripts Variables Operators Conditionals Iteration Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 8: Scripting, Part 2 Methods Input Accessing Local Components Accessing Other Objects Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 9: Collision Rigidbodies Enabling Collision Triggers Raycasting Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 10: Game 2: Chaos Ball Design The Arena Game Entities The Control Objects Improving the Game Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 11: Prefabs Prefab Basics Working with Prefabs Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 12: 2D Game Tools The Basics of 2D Games Orthographic Cameras Adding Sprites Draw Order 2D Physics Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 13: 2D Tilemaps The Basics of Tilemaps Palettes Tiles Tilemaps and Physics Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 14: User Interfaces Basic UI Principles The Canvas UI Elements Canvas Render Modes Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 15: Game 3: Captain Blaster Design The World Controls Improvements Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 16: Particle Systems Particle Systems Particle System Modules The Curves Editor Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 17: Animations Animation Basics Animation Types Animation Tools Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 18: Animators Animator Basics Configuring Your Assets Creating an Animator Scripting Animators Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 19: Timeline Timeline Basics Working with Timelines Going Beyond Simple Control Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 20: Game 4: Gauntlet Runner Design The World The Entities The Controls Room for Improvement Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 21: Audio Audio Basics Audio Sources Audio Scripting Audio Mixers Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 22: Mobile Development Preparing for Mobile Accelerometers Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 23: Polish and Deploy Managing Scenes Persisting Data and Objects Unity Player Settings Building Your Game Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise Hour 24: Wrap-up Accomplishments Where to Go from Here Resources Available to You Summary Q&A Workshop Exercise 9780137445080    TOC    9/14/2021