Beginning 3D Game Development with Unity 4: All-in-one, multi-platform game development

1266 Pages·2013·38.62 MB·English

by  Sue Blackman

Beginning 3D Game Development
with Unity 4:
All-in-One, Multi-Platform Game
Development
Sue Blackman
Beginning 3D Game Development with Unity 4: All-in-One, Multi-Platform Game Development
Copyright © 2013 by Sue Blackman
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For Phillip, who kept reminding me about how long I had been
talking about writing this book.
Contents at a Glance
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction to Game Development
Chapter 2: Unity UI Basics.Getting Started
Chapter 3: Scripting: Getting Your Feet Wet
Chapter 4: Terrain Generation: Creating a Test Environment
Chapter 5: Navigation and Functionality
Chapter 6: Cursor Control
Chapter 7: Imported Assets
Chapter 8: Action Objects
Chapter 9: Managing State
Chapter 10: Exploring Transitions
Chapter 11: Physics and Special Effects
Chapter 12: Message Text
Chapter 13: Inventory Logic
Chapter 14: Managing the Inventory
Chapter 15: Dialogue Trees
Chapter 16: Mecanim and Characters
Chapter 17: Game Environment
Chapter 18: Setting Up the Game
Chapter 19: Menus and Levels
Index
Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction to Game Development
The Adventure Genre
Text Adventure Games
Graphical Adventure
Fast Forward to Real Time
Designing Your Game
Defining a Style
Compartmentalizing Environments
First-Person or Third?
Animation
Content
Managing Your Project
Multiple Roles
Choosing the Game Engine
The Requirements
Tips for Completing Your First Game
New to Real Time vs. Pre-render
Terms and Concepts
Summary
Chapter 2: Unity UI Basics—Getting Started
Installing Unity and Starting Up
Loading or Creating a New Project or Scene
The Layout
Scene View
Game Window
Hierarchy View
Project View
Inspector
Toolbar
Menus
File
Edit
Assets
GameObject
Component
Window
Help
Creating Simple Objects
Selecting and Focusing
Transforming Objects
Snaps
Vertex Snaps
Scene Gizmo
Non-Snap Alignment
Lights
3D Objects
Meshes
Sub-Objects of a Mesh
Mapping
Materials
Summary
Chapter 3: Scripting: Getting Your Feet Wet
What Is a Script?
Components of a Script
Functions
Variables
Picking an Object in the Game
Conditionals and State
Deconstructing the Conditional
Order of Evaluation
Summary
Chapter 4: Terrain Generation: Creating a Test Environment
Creating Environments
Creating a Terrain Object
Flythrough Scene Navigation
The Terrain Engine
Topology
Painting Textures
Trees
Terrain Extras
Creating Your Own Terrain Assets
Terrain Settings
Shadows
Fog
Summary
Chapter 5: Navigation and Functionality
Navigation
Arrow Navigation and Input
Fun with Platforms
Collision Walls
Your First Build
Summary
Chapter 6: Cursor Control
Cursor Visibility
Custom Cursors
GUI Texture Cursor
Texture Importer
Color Cues
Cursor Position
Hardware Cursor
UnityGUI Cursor
Object-to-Object Communication
Mouseover Cursor Changes
Distance Check
Quick Publish
Object Reaction to Mouseover
Summary
Chapter 7: Imported Assets
3D Art Assets
Importing the Art Assets
Import Settings
Import Settings: Model
Import Settings: Rig
Parenting
Import Settings: Animations
Setting Up Materials
The Keys
The Chest
The Flower
Shadows
Static Objects and Shadows