Geig, M: Unity Game Development in 24 Hours

Preface xi HOUR 1: Introduction to Unity 1 Installing Unity 1 Getting to Know the Unity Editor 5 Navigating the Unity Scene View 18 Summary 20 Q&A 20 Workshop 21 Exercise 21 HOUR 2: Game Objects 23 Dimensions and Coordinate Systems 23 Game Objects 27 Transforms 28 Summary 34 Q&A 34 Workshop 35 Exercise 35 HOUR 3: Models, Materials, and Textures 37 The Basics of Models 37 Textures, Shaders, and Materials 42 Summary 48 Q&A 48 Workshop 49 Exercise 49 HOUR 4: Terrain 51 Terrain Generation 51 Terrain Textures 59 Summary 62 Q&A 62 Workshop 63 Exercise 63 HOUR 5: Environments 65 Generating Trees and Grass 65 Environment Effects 72 Character Controllers 77 Summary 79 Q&A 79 Workshop 79 Exercise 80 HOUR 6: Lights and Cameras 81 Lights 81 Cameras 90 Layers 94 Summary 98 Q&A 98 Workshop 98 Exercise 99 HOUR 7: Game 1: Amazing Racer 101 Design 101 Creating the Game World 104 Gamification 106 Playtesting 113 Summary 114 Q&A 114 Workshop 114 Exercise 115 HOUR 8: Scripting Part 1 117 Scripts 118 Variables 125 Operators 127 Conditionals 130 Iteration 133 Summary 135 Q&A 135 Workshop 136 Exercise 136 HOUR 9: Scripting Part 2 137 Methods 137 Input 142 Accessing Local Components 147 Accessing Other Objects 148 Summary 152 Q&A 152 Workshop 152 Exercise 153 HOUR 10: Collision 155 Rigidbodies 155 Collision 157 Triggers 161 Raycasting 163 Summary 165 Q&A 165 Workshop 165 Exercise 166 HOUR 11: Game 2: Chaos Ball 167 Design 167 The Arena 169 Game Entities 173 The Control Objects 178 Improving the Game 182 Summary 183 Q&A 183 Workshop 183 Exercise 184 HOUR 12: Prefabs 185 Prefab Basics 185 Working with Prefabs 188 Instantiating Prefabs Through Code 194 Summary 194 Q&A 195 Workshop 195 Exercise 195 HOUR 13: Graphical User Interfaces 197 GUI Basics 197 GUI Controls 199 Customization 205 Summary 211 Q&A 211 Workshop 211 Exercise 212 HOUR 14: Character Controllers 213 The Character Controller 213 Scripting for Character Controllers 216 Building

Mike Geig is both an experienced teacher and game developer, with a foot firmly in both camps. He is currently teaches game design and development at Stark State College and the Cleveland Institute of Art. Mike also works as a screencaster for Unity Technologies and is a member of Unity's Learn department. His Pearson video, Game Development Essentials with Unity 4 LiveLessons, is a key title on Unity. Mike was once set on fire and has over a million "likes" on Facebook.