Chapter 1, What is Ouya and Why Does It Matter?, gives a brief history of video games. We'll show where they've come from, where they're going, and how the Ouya technology fits in to that journey.

Chapter 2, Setting Up Unity and the Ouya Plugin, will guide you through installing the development kits needed and show how to set up your Unity project so that you can build to the Ouya platform.

Chapter 3, Setting Up Your Game, explains the differences between three of the languages you can use to program in Unity and builds the foundation for our game.

Chapter 4, Adding a Character and Making Them Move, explains about adding movement to the camera and making it follow a player around the level. It also explains expanding upon your character and adding animations.

Chapter 5, Adding Finesse to Your Game, explains how to texture your prefabs,add sounds and more levels. This chapter will really flesh out the game.

Chapter 6, Show Me the Money!, will add In-App Purchases, which will allow you to monetize your awesome new creations.

Chapter 7, Building Cross-platform Games, explains that one of Unity's strongest features is its write-once, publish-everywhere functionality. Leverage this ability and get your game running on Android phones and tablets.

For this book you will be required to download the free version of Unity available at the following link:

Your computer should also meet the minimum requirements, as stated on the Unity website. For the latest requirements, refer to the following link:

You will also need the Android SDK, NDK, Java, and Ouya Development Kit. The download, installation, and setup of these is covered in Chapter 2, Setting Up Unity and the Ouya Plugin.

This book is for beginner programmers upwards; a basic understanding of Unity is required. All concepts are explained, even if they are simple.

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usingUnityEngine;

public class AdvanceToNextLevel : MonoBehaviour {

  // Use this for initialization
  void Awake () {
    Application.LoadLevel("TitleScreen");
  }
}

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