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Mastering Unity 2D Game  Development

Mastering Unity 2D Game Development - Second Edition

By : Dr. Ashley Godbold, Jackson
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Mastering Unity 2D Game  Development

Mastering Unity 2D Game Development

3.9 (12)
By: Dr. Ashley Godbold, 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!
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Efficient RPG UI overlays


Researching various designs that have been implemented in RPG games, conveying important information such as health, stats, and other important details, is crucial to any gameplay. If the information is too obscure, the player won't understand when they are close to death (and should run far away) or will struggle to understand why their favorite magic trick just isn't going as well as it should. Similarly, if you make the UI too obtrusive, draw players' attention away too much, and obscure the real estate on the screen too much, then the result will be the same.

This balance is hard to maintain in any game, especially in RPG games, because we want to give as many capabilities as possible to our budding adventurer. It gets even harder once you start adding companions and hundreds of available skills and instant use items.

The adventurer's overlay

Games such as Baldur's Gate (developed by Black Isle Studios) and games from the 1980s took the style of surrounding the...

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