Unity 4 fundamentals: get started at making games with unity

309 Pages·2014·13.995 MB·English

by  Thorn, Alan

Unity 4 Fundamentals
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Unity 4 Fundamentals
Get Started at Making Games with Unity
Alan Thorn
First published 2014 by Focal Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Thorn, Alan.
Unity 4 fundamentals: making games with Unity / Alan Thorn.—First edition.
pages cm.
1. Computer games—Programming. 2. Video games—Design.
3. Unity (Electronic resource) I. Title.
QA76.76.C672T498 2013
794.8'1526—dc23
2013023842
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Contents
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About the Author ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������xi
Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................1
Chapter 1 Getting Started with Unity ............................................................................................7
Chapter 2 Assets and Asset Management ................................................................................33
Chapter 3 Scenes, Assets and Game Objects ...........................................................................49
Chapter 4 Terrain and Audio ............................................................................................................75
Chapter 5 Lighting and Lightmapping .......................................................................................91
Chapter 6 Particle Systems and Shuriken ..............................................................................117
Chapter 7 Scripting with C# ..........................................................................................................143
Chapter 8 GUIs and Scripting .......................................................................................................169
Chapter 9 Debugging and Post-processing ..........................................................................197
Chapter 10 Navigation and Pathfinding .................................................................................225
Chapter 11 Animation and Mecanim .......................................................................................239
Chapter 12 Tips and Tricks .............................................................................................................273
Afterword ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������285
Index ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������287
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Acknowledgements
This book would not have been possible without the valuable help and skills of many
people. There are too many to list here individually, but I feel specific mention should
go to Sean Connelly for arranging the book in the first place and for his ideas and
suggestions along the way, and to Caitlin Murphy for editing and coordinating my
work. I’d also like to give thanks to the technical reviewers, for spotting my slip-ups
and mistakes, and to the rest of the Focal Press team who contributed in some way
but whom I never got to know. And finally, I’d like to thank you, the reader, for taking
the time and effort to explore the Unity engine through this book. I hope you find it
helpful.
Alan Thorn, London, 2013
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