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Unity UI Cookbook

Unity UI Cookbook

By : Sapio
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Unity UI Cookbook

Unity UI Cookbook

4.5 (13)
By: Sapio

Overview of this book

With the increasing interest in game development, it's essential to design and implement a UI that reflects the game settings and shows the right information to the player. The Unity system is used to create complex and aesthetically pleasing user interfaces in order to give a professional look and feel to a game. Although the new Unity UI system is powerful and quite easy to use, by integrating it with C# scripts, it's possible to realize the potential of this system and bring an impressive UI to games. This guide is an invaluable collection of recipes if you are planning to use Unity to develop a game. Starting with the basic concepts of the UI components, we’ll take you all the way through to creating complex interfaces by including animations and dynamics elements. Based on real-world problems, these recipes will start by showing you how to make common UI elements such as counters and healthbars. You will then get a walkthrough of how to manage time using timers, and will learn how to format them. You will move on to decorating and animating the UI elements to vivify them and give them a professional touch. Furthermore, you will be guided into the 3D UI world and into HUD scripting. Finally, you will discover how to implement complex minimaps in the interface.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Sections
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
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1. UI Essentials
1. UI Essentials
Introduction
Setting up a 2D texture to be a bordered sprite
Resizing the UI according to the screen size and resolution
Adding and placing an image in the UI
Adding a circular mask to an image
Making an image scrollable
Making text scrollable with a vertical slider
Selecting buttons through the keyboard
Using UI layout components
2
2. Implementing Counters and Health Bars
2. Implementing Counters and Health Bars
Introduction
Implementing a score counter
Implementing a lives counter
Creating a modular coin counter
Creating a symbolic lives counter
Implementing a linear health bar
Implementing a radial health bar
Creating a health bar with armor
Using multiple bars to make a multibar
Developing a kingdom hearts health bar style
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3. Implementing Timers
3. Implementing Timers
Introduction
Implementing a numeric timer
Creating a linear timer
Implementing a radial timer
Creating a mixed timer
Creating a well-formatted timer
Developing a well-formatted countdown that changes
4
4. Creating Panels for Menus
4. Creating Panels for Menus
Introduction
Creating a toggle group
Showing the slider value as a percentage
Adding upper and lower bounds to the slider
Making UI elements affected by different lights
Making a draggable panel
Making a resizable panel
Creating a drag-and-drop element
Developing an MP3 player
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5. Decorating the UI
5. Decorating the UI
Introduction
Creating an extendable element with a final fade effect
Creating an extendable and rotating element with a final fade effect
Creating bars that go up and down
Making a floating UI element
Adding shadows to text
Adding outlines to text
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6. Animating the UI
6. Animating the UI
Introduction
Appearing and disappearing menu
Creating a menu with an entrance transition
Creating a menu with an idle animation
Animating a button when the cursor is over it
Creating a pop-up menu
Animating hearts of the symbolic lives counter
Changing animation of the hearts of the symbolic lives counter through the script
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7. Applying Runtime Customizations
7. Applying Runtime Customizations
Introduction
Making a button that changes color
Creating a slider that changes colors gradually
Creating a slide shower using a discrete slider
Creating a slider that changes a single color channel
Making an input field with personal text validation at runtime
Making an input field for a password with a lower bound limit for characters
Changing the cursor at runtime
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8. Implementing Advance HUDs
8. Implementing Advance HUDs
Introduction
Creating a distance displayer
Creating a directional radar
Developing a subtitle shower
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9. Diving into 3D UIs
9. Diving into 3D UIs
Introduction
Creating a 3D menu
Adding a smooth tilt effect
Creating and placing a 3D UI
Making an animated 3D UI warning
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10. Creating Minimaps
10. Creating Minimaps
Introduction
Creating a minimap
Implementing advanced features for minimaps
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Index
Index

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