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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

Summary


Getting the battle right based on the style of your game is very important as it is where the player will spend the majority of their time. Keep the player engaged and try to make each battle different in some way, as receptiveness is a tricky problem to solve and you don't want to bore the player.

Think about different attacks your player can perform that possibly strengthen as the player strengthens.

In this chapter, we covered the following:

  • Setting up the logic of our turn-based battle system

  • Working with state machines in the code

  • Different RPG UI overlays

  • Setting up the HUD of our game so that our player can do more than just run away

In the next chapter, we will continue the battle and set out to teach those adorably vicious dragons a lesson or two.