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Unity Game Development Blueprints

Unity Game Development Blueprints

By : John P. Doran
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Unity Game Development Blueprints

Unity Game Development Blueprints

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By: John P. Doran

Overview of this book

If you want to build enticing projects with Unity, this book is for you. Readers who are familiar with the basics of how to create simple projects in Unity will have an easier time.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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Preface
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Free Chapter
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1. 2D Twin-stick Shooter
1. 2D Twin-stick Shooter
Project overview
Setting up the project
Creating our scene
Implementing player movement
Shooting behavior
Creating enemies
Adding GameController to spawn enemy waves
Particle systems for enemy explosion
Adding in sound effects/music
Adding in points, score, and wave numbers
Publishing the game
Summary
Challenges
2
2. Creating GUIs
2. Creating GUIs
Project overview
Project setup
Customizing the GUI
Pausing the game
Restarting the game
Creating an Options menu
Summary
Challenges
3
3. Side-scrolling Platformer
3. Side-scrolling Platformer
Project overview
Setting up the project
Tile-based level creation
Creating our player
Creating collectibles
Keeping score
Winning the game
Summary
Challenges
4
4. First Person Shooter Part 1 – Creating Exterior Environments
4. First Person Shooter Part 1 – Creating Exterior Environments
Project overview
The project setup
Exterior environment – terrain
Beautifying the environment – adding water, trees, and grass
Creating our player
Building the atmosphere
Creating a flashlight
Walking / flashlight bobbing animation
Summary
Challenges
5
5. First Person Shooter Part 2 – Creating Interior Environments
5. First Person Shooter Part 2 – Creating Interior Environments
Project overview
Project setup
Importing assets
Creating tiles
Placing tiles with grid snapping
Creating and placing props
Lightmapping quickstart
Summary
Challenges
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6. First Person Shooter Part 3 – Implementing Gameplay and AI
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6. First Person Shooter Part 3 – Implementing Gameplay and AI
Project overview
Setting up the project
Creating the shooting behavior
Creating an enemy
Enemy movement
Damaging and killing enemies
Using controller input
Moving to other levels
Summary
Challenges
7
7. Creating Save Files in Unity
7. Creating Save Files in Unity
Project overview
Saving a high score
Level editor – introduction
Level editor – adding/removing walls at runtime
Level editor – toggling editor, GUI, and selecting additional tiles
Level editor – saving/loading levels to file
Summary
Challenges
8
8. Finishing Touches
8. Finishing Touches
Project overview
Setting up the build settings
Customizing your exported project via the player settings
Building an installer for Windows
Summary
Challenges
9
9. Creating GUIs Part 2 – Unity's New GUI System
9. Creating GUIs Part 2 – Unity's New GUI System
Project overview
Project setup
Creating health bars
Adding in text
Working with buttons and anchors
Summary
Additional resources
Challenges
10
Index
Index

Summary

And with that, we now have a great looking interior level for our game! In addition, we covered a lot of features that exist in Unity for you to be able to use in your own future projects. With that in mind, in the next chapter, we will actually implement the mechanics we need to create a fully featured project!

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