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Learning C# by Developing Games with Unity 5.x - Second Edition

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Learning C# by Developing Games with Unity 5.x - Second Edition

Overview of this book

Unity is a cross-platform game engine that is used to develop 2D and 3D video games. Unity 5 is the latest version, released in March 2015, and adds a real-time global illumination to the games, and its powerful new features help to improve a game’s efficiency. This book will get you started with programming behaviors in C# so you can create 2D games in Unity. You will begin by installing Unity and learning about its features, followed by creating a C# script. We will then deal with topics such as unity scripting for you to understand how codes work so you can create and use C# variables and methods. Moving forward, you will find out how to create, store, and retrieve data from collection of objects. You will also develop an understanding of loops and their use, and you’ll perform object-oriented programming. This will help you to turn your idea into a ready-to-code project and set up a Unity project for production. Finally, you will discover how to create the GameManager class to manage the game play loop, generate game levels, and develop a simple UI for the game. By the end of this book, you will have mastered the art of applying C# in Unity.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Learning C# by Developing Games with Unity 5.x Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Generating levels versus designed levels


The next big chunk of development in our game is the level. A level is simply the environment that a player is placed in virtually. You are probably a gamer yourself, so I don't really need to explain this much. However, I want to talk about one thing—we need to make a decision on how we want the level to look and behave to keep the player engaged all the time.

A level can be either randomly generated during the game (for example, in Run), or have static, designed by level designer layout (for example, Super Mario Bros.).

There are pros and cons to both level types. A designed level can be customized very easily and is easier to develop in general. However, the player might not like the repetitiveness of the level at all.

If we choose the generating-during-gameplay approach, we have slightly more work to do. However, the level can be endless and random every time the player sees it. The player will always be challenged by different level layouts. Let...