Learning C# 7 By Developing Games with Unity 2017 - Third Edition

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Learning C# 7 By Developing Games with Unity 2017 - Third Edition

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Learning C# 7 By Developing Games with Unity 2017 - Third Edition

Overview of this book

Do you want to learn C# programming by creating fun and interactive games using the latest Unity 2017 platform? If so, look no further; this is the right book for you. Get started with programming C# so you can create 2D and 3D games in Unity. We will walk you through the basics to get you started with C# 7 and its latest features. Then, explore the use of C# 7 and its latest functional programming capabilities to create amazing games with Unity 2017. You will create your first C# script for Unity, add objects into it, and learn how to create game elements with it. Work with the latest functional programming features of C# and leverage them for great game scripting. Throughout the book, you will learn to use the new Unity 2017 2D tool set and create an interactive 2D game with it. You will make enemies appear to challenge your player, and discover some optimization techniques for great game performance. At the end, you will learn how to transform a 2D game into 3D, and you will be able to skill up to become a pro C# programmer with Unity 2017!

Title Page

Credits

About the Authors

About the Authors

About the Authors

About the Authors

About the Reviewer

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Preface

Free Chapter

Discovering Your Hidden Scripting Skills and Getting Your Environment Ready

Discovering Your Hidden Scripting Skills and Getting Your Environment Ready

Prerequisite knowledge to use this book

Dealing with scriptphobia

Downloading Unity

Teaching behavior to GameObjects

C# documentation – where to find it and do I need it at all?

Working with C# script files

Creating a C# script file

Introducing the MonoDevelop code editor

Instance? What is this?

Introducing the Building Blocks for Unity Scripts

Introducing the Building Blocks for Unity Scripts

Understanding what a variable is and what it does

What is a method?

Introducing the class

The Start(), Update(), and Awake() methods, and the execution order

Components that communicate using dot syntax

Making decisions in code

Pencil and paper are powerful tools

Getting into the Details of Variables

Getting into the Details of Variables

Writing C# statements properly

Understanding component properties in Unity's Inspector

Changing a property's value in the Inspector panel

Private variables

Naming your variables properly

Beginning variable names with lowercase

Using multiword variable names

Declaring a variable and its type

Assigning values while declaring a variable

Where you declare a variable is important

Variable scope - determining where a variable can be used

Getting into the Details of Methods

Getting into the Details of Methods

Using methods in a script

Naming methods properly

Defining a method the right way

Understanding parentheses - why are they there?

Specifying a method's parameters

Returning a value from a method

Lists, Arrays, and Dictionaries

Lists, Arrays, and Dictionaries

What is an array?

Storing items in the List

List <T> versus arrays

Retrieving the data from the Array or List<T>

Loops

Introduction to loops

The foreach loop

while versus for loops

Loops in statements

Searching for data inside an array

Breaking the loop

Object, a Container with Variables and Methods

Object, a Container with Variables and Methods

Working with objects is a class act

Instantiating an object

Using methods with objects

Custom constructors

Let's Make a Game! – from Idea to Development

Let's Make a Game! – from Idea to Development

Your first game – avoiding the trap of the never–ending concept

What do I need to learn before I start creating my own game?

Game mechanics and core components

Breaking the concept into smaller parts

Testing the mechanics

Target platform and resolution

Target screen resolution

Starting Your First Game

Starting Your First Game

Setting up a new Unity project for our game

Preparing the player prefab

PlayerController

Writing GameManager

Writing GameManager

Singleton class

Starting the game

Setting up input keys

Restarting the game

Setting up the player starting position

Code in this chapter

The Game Level

Designed levels versus generated levels

Creating a designed level

Creating a generated level

Creating a copy of the level piece

Testing LevelGenerator

Extending the level

The code used in this chapter

The User Interface

The User Interface

Introducting the Unity UI

Hiding and showing the Canvas

Reference exceptions

The code in this chapter

Collectables

The coin prefab

High score and persisting data

Health Points and Health bar

Magic Points and Magic bar

The code in this chapter

Enemies

What makes an enemy?

The code in this chapter

Audio, 3D Games, and Export

Audio, 3D Games, and Export

How to add sound effects and music

How to create a 3D game

How to export and make it playable

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Chapter 12. The User Interface

Now that we know how to design a level and make it playable, it is time to introduce a User Interface (UI) into our game. We will construct and implement a simple, dynamic UI using Unity's built-in UI system.

But what is a UI? As the name suggests, a user interface is the text, images, or animations that we can see on top of our game; it is a bridge between a human and a computer program, practically all the graphical elements that the user can interact with to control the game or to get information from it. For example, virtual buttons that we can see displayed on mobile games are part of the UI, and the text that shows us the number of coins that we have collected is also part of the UI.

For our game, we need a few UI elements to make it more interesting and to give it a purpose, because without any graphics we don't know how many coins we have collected, how much time we have left, or whether we have broken our previous record.

So in this chapter, we will cover...