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Holistic Game Development with Unity
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Holistic Game Development with Unity

by Penny de Byl
November 2012
Intermediate to advanced
504 pages
12h 24m
English
Focal Press
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CHAPTER 8

Mechanics for External Forces

The Force will be with you. Always.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

8.1 Introduction

Designing games is challenging now more than ever. In addition to high-end gaming consoles and high-powered desktop graphics cards, there are also low-powered mobile devices for which to cater. Of course, if you're designing a game for a mobile device it is not likely it will be released on a console. In addition to considering the different ways in which art assets are delivered, the designer also has the challenge of coming up with a really unique gaming experience.

The flood of mobile devices in the pockets of almost every consumer ...

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