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Unity 2018 By Example - Second Edition

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Unity 2018 By Example - Second Edition

Overview of this book

Unity is the most exciting and popular engine used for developing games. With its 2018 release, Unity has become the primary source of both game development and virtual reality content. In Unity 2018 By Example, you’ll learn how to use Unity in order to make amazing games from popular genres - from action shooters to mind-bending puzzle games to adventure and Virtual Reality (VR) games. Even if you have no previous experience of using Unity, this book will help you understand the toolsets it provides in depth. In addition to this, you'll understand how to create time-critical collection games, twin-stick space shooters, platformers, and action-fest games with intelligent enemies. Finally, you'll get to grips with creating VR games with the new toolsets introduced by Unity to help you develop amazing VR experiences. To make things easier, you will be provided with step-by-step tutorials for making five great games in Unity 2018, along with a detailed explanation of all the fundamental concepts. By the end of this book, you’ll have established a strong foundation in making games with Unity 2018.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Unity 2018 By Example - Second Edition
Contributors
Preface
Other Books You May Enjoy
Index

Scripting the player movement


The game so far features an environment with collision data and a multipart player object that interacts and responds to this environment. The player, however, cannot yet be controlled, and this section explores controller functionality further. The user will have two main input mechanics, namely, movement (walking left and right) and jumping. This input can be read seamlessly and easily using CrossPlatformInputManager, which is a native Unity asset package. This package was imported at the project creation phase, but it can be imported now via the application menu with Assets | Import Package | CrossPlatformInput. Once imported, open the Standard Assets | CrossPlatformInput | Prefabs folder and drag and drop the MobileTiltControlRig prefab to the scene. This prefab lets you read input data across a range of devices, mapping directly to the horizontal and vertical axes that we've already seen in previous chapters. See Figure 5.44:

Figure 5.44: Cross-platform...