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Learning Unity 2D Game Development by Example

By : Venita Pereira
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Learning Unity 2D Game Development by Example

By: Venita Pereira

Overview of this book

<p>If you are looking for a guide to create 2D games using Unity, look no further. With this book, you will learn all the essentials of 2D game development by creating five real-world games in a step-by-step manner throughout the course of this book.</p> <p>Starting with a blank scene, you will learn all about the new Unity 2D toolset, which will enable you to bring your scene to life. You will create characters, make them move, create some enemies, and then write code to destroy them. After figuring out all the necessities of creating a game, this book will then assist you in making several different games: games with collision, parallax scrolling, Box2D, and more.</p> <p>By the end of this book, you will not only have created several small games, but you will also have the opportunity to put all your new-found knowledge into creating and deploying a larger, full game.</p>
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Learning Unity 2D Game Development by Example
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Overview


In this chapter, we will learn all about the various input types and states. We will then go on to learn how to create buttons and the game controls by using code snippets for input detection.

The list of topics that will be covered in the chapter is as follows:

  • Input versus output

  • Input types

  • Output types

  • Input Manager

  • Input detection

  • Buttons

  • Game controls