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Mastering Unity 2D Game Development - Second Edition

By : Ashley Godbold, Simon Jackson
Book Image

Mastering Unity 2D Game Development - Second Edition

By: Ashley Godbold, Simon Jackson

Overview of this book

The Unity engine has revolutionized the gaming industry, by making it easier than ever for indie game developers to create quality games on a budget. Hobbyists and students can use this powerful engine to build 2D and 3D games, to play, distribute, and even sell for free! This book will help you master the 2D features available in Unity 5, by walking you through the development of a 2D RPG framework. With fully explained and detailed C# scripts, this book will show you how to create and program animations, a NPC conversation system, an inventory system, random RPG map battles, and full game menus. After your core game is complete, you'll learn how to add finishing touches like sound and music, monetization strategies, and splash screens. You’ll then be guided through the process of publishing and sharing your game on multiple platforms. After completing this book, you will have the necessary knowledge to develop, build, and deploy 2D games of any genre!
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Mastering Unity 2D Game Development - Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Chapter 7. The World Map

As we start considering the wider bounds of our RPG world, we need to look at alternate views for the game. It's important to keep players engaged and make them feel that they are entering a vast arena with lots of places to explore, especially when you initially release your game and you only have a few towns to visit.

Another thing to consider is whether you want fixed maps in your game or you want to venture down the rabbit hole of procedural generation. Both are valid routes and there's nothing to say that you only have to use one. In this chapter, we'll cover all the options and then implement a nice and simple system to walk through the basics.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • Resources to build a map

  • Structuring and adding points of interest

  • Working with prefabs

  • Transitioning between scenes