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Mastering Android Game Development with Unity

By : Siddharth Shekar

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Mastering Android Game Development with Unity

By: Siddharth Shekar

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Overview of this book

Game engines such as Unity are the power-tools behind the games we know and love. Unity is one of the most widely-used and best loved packages for game development and is used by everyone, from hobbyists to large studios, to create games and interactive experiences for the Web, desktop, mobile, and console. With Unity's intuitive, easy-to-learn toolset and this book, it's never been easier to become a game developer. You will begin with the basic concepts of Android game development, a brief history of Android games, the building blocks of Android games in Unity 5, and the basic flow of games. You will configure an empty project for the Jetpack Joyride Clone Game, add an environment and characters, and control them. Next you will walk through topics such as particle systems, camera management, prefabs, animations, triggers, colliders, and basic GUI systems. You will then cover the basic setup for 3D action fighting games, importing models, textures and controlling them with a virtual on-screen joystick. Later you will set up Scene for 3D Configuration, create basic gameplays, and manage input controls. Next you will learn to create the interface for the main menu, gameplay, game over, achievements, and high score screens. Finally you will polish your game with stats, sounds, and Social Networking, followed by testing the game on Android devices and then publishing it on Google Play, Amazon, and OUYA Stores.

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Free Chapter

Introduction to Android Game Development with Unity3D

Introduction to Android

Unity3D and game engines

Features of Unity3D

Basics of Unity game development

Configuration of empty game projects

Perky Penguin game

Adding the penguin

Summary

Finishing the Perky Penguin 2D Game

Adding Particle Systems

Camera management

Prefabs and level management

Summary

Adding Player Character for an Action Fighting Game

Configuring Project for 3D Games in Unity

Importing 3D models

Applying textures and materials

Generic and humanoid rigs

Humanoid animation using Unity

Creating layer character for the fighting game

Summary

Enemy Characters with AI

Importing the player model

Player Animation Controller

Scripting player controls

Adding an enemy character

Enemy behavior and AI

Finalizing the fight

Summary

Gameplay, UI, and Effects

Finishing up gameplay

Understanding Unity uGUI

Adding GUI for health and gameover

Introduction to Particle Effects

Creating confetti Particle Effect

Summary

GameScene and SceneFlow

Adding buttons to the startScene

Organizing the folder structure

Adding a game restart button in the startScene

Adding a pause button to the startScene

Adding a main menu button to the startScene

Creating MainMenu scene

Summary

Gamestats, Social, IAP, and Ad Integration

Running the app on the device/ emulator

Android Developer Console

Adding achievements in the game

Saving game stats

Ad integration

In-App purchasing

Adding social media integration

Summary

Sound, Finishing Touches, and Publishing

Adding sound

Handling multiple resolutions

Optimizing the APK

Preparing the build for publishing

Publishing the game

Summary

Introduction to Android Game Development with Unity3D

In today's era of smartphones, which once was the era of computers, almost everyone on the planet is holding a smartphone in their hands. About 1 billion Android phones have been sold in 2014, which is a huge audience for developers who work on Android. These developers put their effort into creating high utility apps, which solves the problems of their users or addicting and fun games and allows players to pass the time having fun and enjoying good interactive experiences. This book is mainly focused on covering the latter part, creating addictive fun games, by using a very famous game engine called Unity3D.

This chapter includes the following topics.