Learning 2D Game Development with Unity
A Hands-On Guide to Game Creation
1st Edition
Published on 12. December 2014
384 pages
978-0-13-352340-9 (ISBN)
Description
Unity is now the world's #1 game engine, thanks to its affordability, continuous improvements, and amazing global community. With Unity, you can design, code, and author your game once, and then deploy it to multiple platforms, reaching huge audiences and earning maximum returns. Learning 2D Game Development with Unity (R) will help you master Unity and build powerful skills for success in today's game industry. It also includes a bonus rundown of the new GUI tools introduced in Unity's version 4.6 beta. With this indispensable guide, you'll gain a solid, practical understanding of the Unity engine as you build a complete, 2D platform-style game, hands-on. The step-by-step project will get you started fast, whether you're moving to Unity from other engines or are new to game development.
This tutorial covers the entire development process, from initial concept, plans, and designs to the final steps of building and deploying your game. It illuminates Unity's newly integrated 2D toolset, covering sprites, 2D physics, game scripts, audio, and animations. Throughout, it focuses on the simplest and lowest-cost approaches to game development, relying on free software and assets. Everything you'll need is provided.
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This tutorial covers the entire development process, from initial concept, plans, and designs to the final steps of building and deploying your game. It illuminates Unity's newly integrated 2D toolset, covering sprites, 2D physics, game scripts, audio, and animations. Throughout, it focuses on the simplest and lowest-cost approaches to game development, relying on free software and assets. Everything you'll need is provided.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-13-352340-9 (9780133523409)
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Matthew Johnson | James Henley
Learning 2D Game Development with Unity
A Hands-On Guide to Game Creation
Book
12/2014
Addison Wesley
€41.46
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Persons
Matthew Johnson is a principal 3D artist at Firebrand Games in Merritt Island, Florida. He graduated with a BFA from the International Academy of Design, where he trained in computer animation before going on to study animation at Animation Mentor.
Matthew has been in game development for the past seven years working on more than a dozen AAA racing games, such as NASCAR, Hot Wheels, and the Need for Speed series. He has helped publish titles on almost every platform, including PC, Wii U, iOS, Android, and Steam.
James A. Henley is an experienced game developer who has worked on several major titles and franchises, including Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Star Wars, and Skylanders, over the past decade. He originally entered the industry via the Neverwinter Nights modding community, where he was able to indulge his desires to craft content, tell stories, and write code all at the same time. He turned that love into a job opportunity at BioWare, where he spent three years with the Edmonton studio and five more with the Austin studio in a variety of design roles before briefly working for Activision.
Matthew has been in game development for the past seven years working on more than a dozen AAA racing games, such as NASCAR, Hot Wheels, and the Need for Speed series. He has helped publish titles on almost every platform, including PC, Wii U, iOS, Android, and Steam.
James A. Henley is an experienced game developer who has worked on several major titles and franchises, including Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Star Wars, and Skylanders, over the past decade. He originally entered the industry via the Neverwinter Nights modding community, where he was able to indulge his desires to craft content, tell stories, and write code all at the same time. He turned that love into a job opportunity at BioWare, where he spent three years with the Edmonton studio and five more with the Austin studio in a variety of design roles before briefly working for Activision.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: Setting Up the Unity Development Environment
Chapter 2: Understanding Asset Creation
Chapter 3: Creating 2D Sprites
Chapter 4: Building the Game World
Chapter 5: The Basics of Movement and Player Control
Chapter 6: Adding Animations to Our Scene
Chapter 7: Setting Up Player Physics and Colliders
Chapter 8: Creating and Applying Gameplay Systems
Chapter 9: Creating Hazards and Crafting Difficulty
Chapter 10: Creating the Menus and Interface Elements
Chapter 11: Applying Effects to the Game Objects
Chapter 12: Organization and Optimization
Chapter 13: Bringing It All Together
Chapter 14: UGUI
Appendix: JavaScript Code Samples
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: Setting Up the Unity Development Environment
Chapter 2: Understanding Asset Creation
Chapter 3: Creating 2D Sprites
Chapter 4: Building the Game World
Chapter 5: The Basics of Movement and Player Control
Chapter 6: Adding Animations to Our Scene
Chapter 7: Setting Up Player Physics and Colliders
Chapter 8: Creating and Applying Gameplay Systems
Chapter 9: Creating Hazards and Crafting Difficulty
Chapter 10: Creating the Menus and Interface Elements
Chapter 11: Applying Effects to the Game Objects
Chapter 12: Organization and Optimization
Chapter 13: Bringing It All Together
Chapter 14: UGUI
Appendix: JavaScript Code Samples
Index
