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Game Development with Unity for .NET Developers

Game Development with Unity for .NET Developers

By : Jiadong Chen
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Game Development with Unity for .NET Developers

Game Development with Unity for .NET Developers

4.9 (9)
By: Jiadong Chen

Overview of this book

Understand what makes Unity the world’s most widely used real-time 3D development platform and explore its powerful features for creating 3D and 2D games, as well as the Unity game engine and the Microsoft Game Dev, including the Microsoft Azure Cloud and Microsoft Azure PlayFab services, to create games. You will start by getting acquainted with the Unity editor and the basic concepts of Unity script programming with C#. You'll then learn how to use C# code to work with Unity's built-in modules, such as UI, animation, physics, video, and audio, and understand how to develop a game with Unity and C#. As you progress through the chapters, you'll cover advanced topics such as the math involved in computer graphics and how to create a custom render pipeline in Unity with the new Scriptable Render Pipeline, all while optimizing performance in Unity. Along the way, you'll be introduced to Microsoft Game Dev, Azure services, and Azure PlayFab, and using the Unity3D PlayFab SDK to access the PlayFab API. By the end of this Unity book, you'll have become familiar with the Unity engine and be ready to develop your own games while also addressing the performance issues that you could encounter in the development process.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
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Part 1: Basic Unity Concepts
Part 1: Basic Unity Concepts
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Chapter 1: Hello Unity
Chapter 1: Hello Unity
Technical requirements
Getting started with the Unity Editor
Working with different features in Unity
.NET/C# and scripting in Unity
Building Unity games with Visual Studio
Summary
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Chapter 2: Scripting Concepts in Unity
Chapter 2: Scripting Concepts in Unity
Technical requirements
Understanding the concepts of scripting in Unity
The life cycle of a script instance
Creating a script and using it as a component
Packages and the Unity Package Manager
Summary
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Part 2: Using C# Scripts to Work with Unity's Built-In Modules
Part 2: Using C# Scripts to Work with Unity's Built-In Modules
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Chapter 3: Developing UI with the Unity UI System
Chapter 3: Developing UI with the Unity UI System
C# scripts and common UI components in Unity
C# scripts and the UI Event System in Unity
The Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern and the UI
Performance tips to increase performance of the UI
Summary
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Chapter 4: Creating Animations with the Unity Animation System
Chapter 4: Creating Animations with the Unity Animation System
Technical requirements
Exploring the Unity animation system's concepts
Implementing 3D animation in Unity
Implementing 2D animation in Unity
Improving the performance of Unity's animation system
Summary
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Chapter 5: Working with the Unity Physics System
Chapter 5: Working with the Unity Physics System
Technical requirements
Concepts in the Unity Physics system
Scripting with the Physics system
Creating a simple game based on the Physics system
Increasing the performance of the Physics system
Summary
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Chapter 6: Integrating Audio and Video in a Unity Project
Chapter 6: Integrating Audio and Video in a Unity Project
Technical requirements
Concepts in Unity's audio system and video system
Scripting with audio and video
Things to note when using Unity to develop web applications
Increasing the performance of the audio system
Summary
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Part 3: Advanced Scripting in Unity
Part 3: Advanced Scripting in Unity
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Chapter 7: Understanding the Mathematics of Computer Graphics in Unity
Chapter 7: Understanding the Mathematics of Computer Graphics in Unity
Getting started with coordinate systems
Working with vectors
Working with the transformation matrix
Working with quaternions
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Chapter 8: The Scriptable Render Pipeline in Unity
Chapter 8: The Scriptable Render Pipeline in Unity
An introduction to the Scriptable Render Pipeline
Working with Unity's Universal Render Pipeline
The Universal Render Pipeline shaders and materials
Increasing performance of the Universal Render Pipeline
Summary
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Chapter 9: The Data-Oriented Technology Stack in Unity
Chapter 9: The Data-Oriented Technology Stack in Unity
Technical requirements
DOTS overview
Multithreading and the C# Job System in Unity
Working with ECS in Unity
Using C# and the Burst compiler
Summary
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Chapter 10: Serialization System and Assets Management in Unity and Azure
Chapter 10: Serialization System and Assets Management in Unity and Azure
Technical requirements
Serialization system in Unity
The assets workflow in Unity
Introducing the special folders in Unity
Azure Blob storage with Unity's Addressable Asset system
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Chapter 11: Working with Microsoft Game Dev, Azure Cloud, PlayFab, and Unity
Chapter 11: Working with Microsoft Game Dev, Azure Cloud, PlayFab, and Unity
Technical requirements
Introducing Microsoft Game Dev, Microsoft Azure Cloud, and Azure PlayFab
Setting up Azure PlayFab for a Unity project
Signing up and logging in players using Azure PlayFab in Unity
Implementing a leaderboard using Azure PlayFab in Unity
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This book assumes that you have some familiarity with .NET and C#. This book covers basic concepts, advanced topics of the Unity game engine, and also other technologies such as the Microsoft Azure cloud and Azure PlayFab.

You'll also need a Long-Term Support (LTS) version of Unity installed on your computer – 2020 or later is recommended. You can find out how to install Unity on your computer in Chapter 1, Hello Unity. All code examples have been tested with Unity 2020.3.24 on a Windows OS. However, they should work with future version releases too.

You'll also need a Microsoft Azure cloud subscription, and you can apply for a free Azure account at the following link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/free/.

If you wish to download sample projects from our GitHub repository, you will need a Git client; we recommend GitHub Desktop as it is the easiest to use. You can download it at the following link: https://desktop.github.com.

If you are using the Windows OS, you can also consider using Git for Windows. It can be downloaded at the following link: https://git-scm.com/download/win.

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book's GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.

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