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Augmented Reality Game Development

Augmented Reality Game Development

By : Micheal Lanham
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Augmented Reality Game Development

Augmented Reality Game Development

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By: Micheal Lanham

Overview of this book

The heyday of location-based augmented reality games is upon us. They have been around for a few years, but the release of Pokémon Go was a gamechanger that catalyzed the market and led to a massive surge in demand. Now is the time for novice and experienced developers alike to turn their good ideas into augmented reality (AR) mobile games and meet this demand! If you are keen to develop virtual reality games with the latest Unity 5 toolkit, then this is the book for you. The genre of location-based AR games introduces a new platform and technical challenges, but this book will help simplify those challenges and show how to maximize your game audience. This book will take you on a journey through building a location-based AR game that addresses the core technical concepts: GIS fundamentals, mobile device GPS, mapping, map textures in Unity, mobile device camera, camera textures in Unity, accessing location-based services, and other useful Unity tips. The technical material also discusses what is necessary for further development to create a multiplayer version of the game. At the end, you will be presented with troubleshooting techniques in case you get into trouble and need a little help.
Table of Contents (11 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
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
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1. Getting Started
1. Getting Started
Real-world adventure games
Getting into mobile development with Unity
Getting started with Unity
Summary
2
2. Mapping the Player's Location
2. Mapping the Player's Location
GIS fundamentals
GPS fundamentals
Summary
3
3. Making the Avatar
3. Making the Avatar
Importing standard Unity assets
Summary
4
4. Spawning the Catch
4. Spawning the Catch
Creating a new monster service
Checking for monsters
Summary
5
5. Catching the Prey in AR
5. Catching the Prey in AR
Scene management
Introducing the Game Manager
Loading a scene
Updating touch input
Colliders and rigidbody physics
Building the AR Catch scene
Using the camera as our scene backdrop
Adding the catching ball
Throwing the ball
Checking for collisions
Particle effects for feedback
Catching the monster
Summary
6
6. Storing the Catch
6. Storing the Catch
Inventory system
Saving the game state
Setting up services
Reviewing code
Monster CRUD operations
Updating the Catch scene
Creating the Inventory scene
Adding the menu buttons
Bringing the game together
Mobile development woes
Summary
7
7. Creating the AR World
7. Creating the AR World
Getting back to the map
The Singleton
Introducing the Google Places API
Using JSON
Setting up the Google Places API service
Creating the markers
Summary
8
8. Interacting with an AR World
8. Interacting with an AR World
The Places scene
Google Street View as a backdrop
Slideshow with the Google Places API photos
Adding UI interaction for selling
The game mechanics of selling
Updating the database
Connecting the pieces
Summary
9
9. Finishing the Game
9. Finishing the Game
Outstanding development tasks
Missing development skills
Cleaning up assets
Releasing the game
Problems with location-based games
Location-based multiplayer game
Firebase as a multiplayer platform
Other location-based game ideas
The future of the genre
Summary
10
10. Troubleshooting
10. Troubleshooting
Console window
Compiler errors and warnings
Debugging
Remote debugging
Advanced debugging
Logging
CUDLR
Unity Analytics
Issues and solutions by chapter
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Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "The next lines of code read the link and assign it to the to the BeautifulSoup function."

A block of code is set as follows:

#import packages into the project 
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup 
from urllib.request import urlopen 
import pandas as pd

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

<head> 
<script src="d3.js" charset="utf-8"></script>  
  <meta charset="utf-8"> 
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width"> 
  <title>JS Bin</title> 
</head>

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

C:\Python34\Scripts> pip install -upgrade pip
C:\Python34\Scripts> pip install pandas

New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: "In order to download new modules, we will go to Files | Settings | Project Name | Project Interpreter."

Note

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