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Mastering Unity 2017 Game Development with C#

Create professional games with solid gameplay features and professional-grade workflow

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited
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|Jan 2025
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Description

Master realistic animations and graphics, particle systems, game AI and physics, sprites and VR development with Unity 2017

Key Features

  • Create professional grade games with realistic animation and graphics, particle systems and game physics with Unity 2017
  • Unleash the power of C# scripting to create intelligent game AI and professional grade game workflows.
  • Create immersive VR games using the latest Unity 2017 VR SDK.

Book Description

Do you want to make the leap from being an everyday Unity developer to being a pro game developer? Then look no further! This book is your one-stop solution to creating mesmerizing games with lifelike features and amazing gameplay.
This book focuses in some detail on a practical project with Unity, building a first-person game with many features. You'll delve into the architecture of a Unity game, creating expansive worlds, interesting render effects, and other features to make your games special. You will create individual game components, use efficient animation techniques, and implement collision and physics effectively. Specifically, we'll explore optimal techniques for importing game assets, such as meshes and textures; tips and tricks for effective level design; how to animate and script NPCs; how to configure and deploy to mobile devices; how to prepare for VR development; how to work with version control; and more.
By the end of this book, you'll have developed sufficient competency in Unity development to produce fun games with confidence.

What you will learn

  • Explore hands-on tasks and real-world scenarios to make a Unity horror adventure game
  • Create enemy characters that act intelligently and make reasoned decisions
  • Use data files to save and restore game data in a way that is platform-agnostic
  • Get started with VR development
  • Use navigation meshes, occlusion culling, and Profiler tools
  • Work confidently with GameObjects, rotations, and transformations
  • Understand specific gameplay features such as AI enemies, inventory systems, and level design

Who this book is for

If you are a Unity developer who now wants to develop and deploy interesting games by leveraging the new features of Unity 2017, then this is the book for you. Basic knowledge of C# programming is assumed.

Table of Contents

  1. Building and Configuring Assets
  2. Level Design and Structure
  3. PLAYER CONTROLS - MOVEMENT
  4. PLAYER CONTROLS - TYPING AND HEALTH
  5. ENEMIES AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
  6. PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND VERSION CONTROL
  7. PERSISTENT DATA - LOAD AND SAVE GAME STATES
  8. PERFORMANCE, OPTIMIZATION, MOBILES, AND MORE
PDF ISBN: 978-1-78839-839-8
Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
Copyright owner: © 2017 Packt Publishing Limited
Publication date: 2025
Language: English
Pages: 568
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Computer sciences, other
BISAC subjects:
COM012040,
COM051310,
COM060080
Thema subjects:
UMK,
UMPN,
UBW

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