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2D Game Development with Unity

Name: 2D Game Development with Unity
Author: Franz Lanzinger
ISBN: 9781000259513

by Franz Lanzinger

December 2020

Beginner

444 pages

10h 52m

English

CRC Press

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Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Author
Introduction and Overview
PART I The Basics of Game Development
CHAPTER 1 ▪ First Steps
Visual StudioWhat Is C#NumbersInts, Floats, and DoublesRandom NumbersNumber GameImportant: Notes for Mac UsersInstalling Unity

CHAPTER 2 ▪ Programming C# in Unity
The Default C# Script in UnityNumeric Data TypesMath OperatorsBitwise OperatorsMath FunctionsMore C# Data TypesIf and SwitchLoopsClasses and MethodsC# Programming Style
CHAPTER 3 ▪ 2D Graphics with GIMP and Unity
Introduction to GIMPBouncing Donuts DesignCreating a Wooden Plank in GIMPThree Planks and a Donut in Unity
CHAPTER 4 ▪ 2D Graphics with Blender and Unity
Introduction to BlenderCreating the Donut Box in BlenderExporting from Blender to UnityBouncing Donuts Prototype: First Gameplay!
CHAPTER 5 ▪ The Unity Interface
The Unity EditorThe Scene ViewThe Hierarchy WindowThe Project WindowThe Inspector WindowRendering: Materials and ShadersLightsCollision: Donut vs. SphereCameras
CHAPTER 6 ▪ Bouncing Donuts Prototype 2
Title ScreenScoringGame OverImproved Donut Box CollisionPrefabsRefactoringA Second LevelFive LevelsRelease: Bouncing Donuts Prototype 2
CHAPTER 7 ▪ Sound Effects with Audacity
Introduction to Sound in GamesInstalling AudacityMaking Sound Effects in AudacityRecording Sound EffectsUsing Sound Effects from the InternetSound Effects Programming in Unity
CHAPTER 8 ▪ Music with MuseScore
Introduction to Music in Video GamesInstalling MuseScoreCreating Your Own ScoreUsing Third-Party MusicImporting Music into Unity
CHAPTER 9 ▪ Bouncing Donuts 1.0
Bug FixesShelve or Go On?Release: Bouncing Donuts 1.0Postmortem
PART II 2D Game Development from Concept to Release
CHAPTER 10 ▪ 2D Tools in Unity
Unity 2D SettingsSpritesTiles2D Sprite Sheet Animation2D Skeletal Animation
CHAPTER 11 ▪ Designing a 2D Maze Game
Famous Maze GamesSetting Up the ProjectPlayer Character: Dottima DotMazes and BackgroundsThe StoryEnemies: Robots and Question MarksGame Design Document
CHAPTER 12 ▪ Building the Level 1 Maze
Using GIMP to Make Tiles for Level 1Maze Layout in Unity
CHAPTER 13 ▪ Source Control
Installing Sourcetree, Git, and BitbucketSource control with Sourcetree and GitRepositories on BitbucketUsing Sourcetree with Unity
CHAPTER 14 ▪ Menus
Source Control SetupMain Menu LayoutSettings Menu LayoutMainMenu FunctionalitySettings Menu Functionality
CHAPTER 15 ▪ Animating the Player Character
Simple Player MovementWall CollisionsIdle AnimationMovement AnimationsMaking the Animations Work in the Game
CHAPTER 16 ▪ Enemies: Using Blender to Make Robot Sprites
Box Modeling in BlenderLighting in BlenderThe 3D ViewportBlender Basic Animation TutorialRobot Swinging Arm AnimationRobot Walk Animation
CHAPTER 17 ▪ Making Textured Enemies with Blender
SpikersTextures for BlenderBlockadeQuestion Marks
CHAPTER 18 ▪ Enemy Movement and Collisions
DotRobot Movement and CollisionsSpiker Movement and CollisionsBlockade and QuestionMark Collisions
CHAPTER 19 ▪ Weapons and Projectiles
ArrowsShooting ArrowsBombsThrowing BombsArrows RevisitedParticle Systems in UnityFuse Sparks and Explosions
CHAPTER 20 ▪ Lives, Level Design, and Old School Scoring
The Unity GUILivesLevelsScoringLevel Design
CHAPTER 21 ▪ Sound and Music for DotGame
Recording SpeechMore Free Sound Effects OnlineMore Sound Effects in AudacitySound Effects Coding for DotGameBackground Music in DotGame
CHAPTER 22 ▪ Cutscenes
An Animated Title SceneMore Cutscenes
CHAPTER 23 ▪ Testing
A Brief History of Video Game TestingTesting During DevelopmentTesting before Release
CHAPTER 24 ▪ Release
Releasing a Unity GameLocalizationGames as a ServiceThe End?
Appendix I: Game Development Glossary
Appendix II: Rules for Game Developers
Appendix III: Game Development Checklist
Appendix IV: Legal
Appendix V: The C# Coding Standard for this Book
Index

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Index

“Advanced Development” 75
algorithm 11, 407
alpha 43, 407
ambient light 258
ambient sounds 407
animation 20, 407
App 407
Application.Quit() function 100
arcade maze games 180
array 32
asset 49
Audacity
- Audio Source section 140–141
- boing sound 132, 134
- fifth boing 137
- install 131–132
- internet 136–138
- Mac users 132
- MySoundEffectsLibrary 138
- Pluck sound 133
- prefab 140
- programming in Unity 138–142
- record sound effects 135–136
- sound effects 132–135, 386–387
- Sound Library folder 139
- Unity Inspector 139

background music (BGM) 393–394
Beta 407
BGM see background music
Bitbucket 197–198
- repositories 201–202
Bit 8, 28, 407
Bitmap 407
BitOperatorTest script 28
bitwise operators 27–29
Blender
- animation tutorial 263–266
- bouncing donuts prototype ...

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