Google SketchUp for Game Design: Beginner's Guide

Create 3D game worlds complete with textures, levels and props

Key Features

• Learn how to create realistic game worlds with Google's easy 3D modeling tool
• Populate your games with realistic terrain, buildings, vehicles and objects
• Import to game engines such as Unity 3D and create a first person 3D game simulation
• Learn the skills you need to sell low polygon 3D objects in game asset stores
• Simple techniques to photo texture your models for ultra realism

Book Description

What you will learn

• Discover the tools required to make game level and asset creation a swift and easy process
• Create "game ready" textures from photos
• Learn techniques for quick modeling by creating assets straight from textures
• Sculpt rough terrains using easy Sandbox tools in SketchUp
• Import the game art you created with SketchUp into a professional game engine: Unity 3D
• Create realistic assets to bring the game alive such as buildings, tools, barrels, and rusty fencing
• Model a 3D automobile with advanced SketchUp tricks and techniques
• How to add lighting and walk around in your game

Who this book is for

This book is designed for anyone who wants to create entire 3D worlds in freely available game engines such as Unity 3D, CryEngine, Ogre, Panda3D, Unreal Engine, and Blender Game Engine. It also targets all those who wish to create new levels and assets to sell in game asset stores or use in visualization or animation.