This chapter continues from the previous one in creating a twin-stick space shooter game. At this stage, we have a working game. At least, the gamer can control a spaceship using two axes: movement and rotation. WASD keys on the keyboard control movement (up, down, left, and right) and the mouse cursor controls rotation—the spaceship always rotates to face the cursor. In addition to player controls, the level features enemy characters that spawn at regular intervals, fly around the level, and move toward the player with hostile intent. Finally, both the player and enemies support a Health component, which means both are susceptible to damage and can be destroyed. Right now, however, the player lacks two important features: it cannot fire a weapon and it cannot increase the score. This chapter tackles these issues and more. Firing weapons, as we'll see, represents a particularly interesting problem. Overall, this chapter covers the following topics...
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Overview of this book
Unity is an exciting and popular engine in the game industry. Throughout this book, you’ll learn how to use Unity by making four fun game projects, from shooters and platformers to exploration and adventure games.
Unity 5 By Example is an easy-to-follow guide for quickly learning how to use Unity in practical context, step by step, by making real-world game projects. Even if you have no previous experience of Unity, this book will help you understand the toolset in depth. You'll learn how to create a time-critical collection game, a twin-stick space shooter, a platformer, and an action-fest game with intelligent enemies. In clear and accessible prose, this book will present you with step-by-step tutorials for making four interesting games in Unity 5 and explain all the fundamental concepts along the way. Starting from the ground up and moving toward an intermediate level, this book will help you establish a strong foundation in making games with Unity 5.
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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Unity 5.x By Example
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
The Coin Collection Game – Part 1
Project A – the Collection Game Continued
Project B – the Space Shooter
Continuing the Space Shooter
Project C – a 2D Adventure
Continuing the 2D Adventure
Project D – Intelligent Enemies
Continuing with Intelligent Enemies
Index
Customer Reviews