Unity 2018 Game Development in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself

685 Pages·2018·16.73 MB·English

by  Mike Geig

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Mike Geig
SamsTeachYourself
®
Unity 2018
Game Development
800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 USA
Contents at a Glance
Hour 1 Introduction to Unity
2 Game Objects
3 Models, Materials, and Textures
4 Terrain and Environments
5 Lights and Cameras
6 Game 1: Amazing Racer
7 Scripting, Part 1
8 Scripting, Part 2
9 Collision
10 Game 2: Chaos Ball
11 Prefabs
12 2D Game Tools
13 2D Tilemap
14 User Interfaces
15 Game 3: Captain Blaster
16 Particle Systems
17 Animations
18 Animators
19 Timeline
20 Game 4: Gauntlet Runner
21 Audio
22 Mobile Development
23 Polish and Deploy
24 Wrap-up
Index
Table of Contents
HOUR 1: Introduction to Unity
Installing Unity
Getting to Know the Unity Editor
Navigating the Unity Scene View
Summary
QA
Workshop
Exercise
HOUR 2: Game Objects
Dimensions and Coordinate Systems
Game Objects
Transforms
Summary
QA
Workshop
Exercise
HOUR 3: Models, Materials, and Textures
The Basics of Models
Textures, Shaders, and Materials
Summary
QA
Workshop
Exercise
HOUR 4: Terrain and Environments
Terrain Generation
Terrain Textures
Generating Trees and Grass
Character Controllers
Summary
QA
Workshop
Exercise
HOUR 5: Lights and Cameras
Lights
Cameras
Layers
Summary
QA
Workshop
Exercise
HOUR 6: Game 1: Amazing Racer
Design
Creating the Game World
Gamification
Playtesting
Summary
QA
Workshop
Exercise
HOUR 7: Scripting, Part 1
Scripts
Variables
Operators
Conditionals
Iteration
Summary
QA
Workshop
Exercise
HOUR 8: Scripting, Part 2
Methods
Input
Accessing Local Components
Accessing Other Objects
Summary
QA
Workshop
Exercise
HOUR 9: Collision
Rigidbodies
Enabling Collision
Triggers
Raycasting
Summary
QA
Workshop
Exercise
HOUR 10: Game 2: Chaos Ball
Design
The Arena
Game Entities
The Control Objects
Improving the Game
Summary
QA
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 Tilemap
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