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Unity 2017 2D Game Development Projects

By : Francesco Sapio, Lauren S. Ferro
Book Image

Unity 2017 2D Game Development Projects

By: Francesco Sapio, Lauren S. Ferro

Overview of this book

<p>2D games are everywhere! Timeless and popular, 2D games represent a substantial segment of the games market. The Unity engine has revolutionized the gaming industry, by making it easier for game developers to create quality games on a budget. If you are looking for a guide to create 2D games using Unity 2017, look no further. With this book, you will learn all the essentials of 2D game development by creating three epic games in a step-by-step manner throughout the course of this book. </p><p> </p><p>The first game will have you collecting as many cakes as possible. The second will transport you to outer space to traverse as far as possible while avoiding enemy spaceships. The last game will have you running and jumping across platforms to collect coins and other exotic items. </p><p> </p><p>Throughout all these three games, you will create characters, make them move, and create some enemies. And then, of course, write code to destroy them!. After showing you the necessities of creating a game, this book will then help you to porting the game to a mobile platform, and provide a path to publish it on the stores. </p><p> </p><p>By the end of this book, you will not only have created three complete great games, but be able to apply your knowledge to create and deploy your own games.</p>
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Integrating background music in our game

Once you choose which music better suits the kind of feel you want to create for your game, import both the sound and the music inside the project. If you want, you can create two folders for them, SoundFX and Music, respectively.

Now, in our scene, we need to do the following:

  1. Create an empty game object (by clicking GameObject | Create empty), rename it Background Music.
  2. Attach an Audio Source component (in the Inspector, click Add Component | Audio | Audio Source).
  3. Next, we need to drag and drop the music we decided on/downloaded into the AudioClip variable and check the Loop option, so the background music will never stop. Also, check that Play on Awake is checked as well, even if it should be by default, so the music will start playing as soon as the game starts.
  4. Hit Play to start the game.
  5. Lastly, adjust the volume, depending...