Building and Deploying the Game

We’ve been creating a game this entire time but the question remains: how do we share it with other people? Fortunately for us, Unity has an excellent system for compiling all of the code and assets into an executable format (building) so that they can be published to a server or other delivery mechanism (deploying). The list of platforms supported by Unity is incredibly diverse. It has your standard PC/Mac/Linux options, but it also includes a selection of major consoles and mobile operating systems as potential deployment platforms.

Open the Build Settings window now so that we can take a closer look at what it offers. There should be a small Unity logo next to one of the platforms in the Platform list. This ...

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