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Mastering Unity 2017 Game Development with C# - Second Edition

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Mastering Unity 2017 Game Development with C# - Second Edition

Overview of this book

Do you want to make the leap from being an everyday Unity developer to being a pro game developer? Then look no further! This book is your one-stop solution to creating mesmerizing games with lifelike features and amazing gameplay. This book focuses in some detail on a practical project with Unity, building a first-person game with many features. You'll delve into the architecture of a Unity game, creating expansive worlds, interesting render effects, and other features to make your games special. You will create individual game components, use efficient animation techniques, and implement collision and physics effectively. Specifically, we'll explore optimal techniques for importing game assets, such as meshes and textures; tips and tricks for effective level design; how to animate and script NPCs; how to configure and deploy to mobile devices; how to prepare for VR development; how to work with version control; and more. By the end of this book, you'll have developed sufficient competency in Unity development to produce fun games with confidence.

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Reader feedback

Customer support

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Preparation and Asset Configuring

Preparation and Asset Configuring

Getting clear on design

Asset preparation

Asset importing for Dead Keys

Level Design and Structure

Level Design and Structure

Setting the scene with a skybox

Level building - Modular construction sets

Level building - Organization and structure

Level design - Tips and tricks

Level lighting - Preparation

Getting started with lightmapping

Baking lightmaps - Resolution and size

Baking lightmaps - Details

Navigation mesh

Occlusion Culling

Creating a player camera

Particle systems

Music and audio

Player Controls - Movement

Player Controls - Movement

Player movement

Creating player waypoints

Animating the camera

Configuring an animator graph

Working with animation - creating the navigator

Player Controls - Typing and Health

Player Controls - Typing and Health

Creating a word list

Using Visual Studio Code

Creating a WordList class

The Typer object

Progressing with the Typer class

Health and damage

Damage and feedback

Enemies and Artificial Intelligence

Enemies and Artificial Intelligence

Configuring the zombie character

Getting started with the zombie Prefab

Planning the zombie Artificial Intelligence

Developing state structure

Developing an NPC Animator Controller

Developing the Idle state

Developing the Chase state

Developing the Attack state and more

Developing the Dead state

Zombies and text input

Zombies and the Typer class

Activating enemies and camera paths

Working with Play mode

Project Management and Version Control

Project Management and Version Control

Project management

Applied project management using Trello

Collaboration with cloud storage

Version control using Git

Getting started with Git and GitKraken

Configuring Unity for version control

Reverting and discarding

Branches and branching

Conflicts and resolving

Git and the web

Pushing and pulling

Persistent Data - Load and Save Game States

Persistent Data - Load and Save Game States

Data serialization

Player preferences - saving data

Player preferences - loading data

Player preferences - INI files

Saving data - XML files

Saving data - JSON files

Saving data - binary files

Saving data for Dead Keys

Performance, Optimization, Mobiles, and More

Performance, Optimization, Mobiles, and More

Stats and performance

Profiler and performance assessment

Optimization tips and tricks

Getting started with mobile development

Moving forward with mobile development

Building for Android

Building for VR (Virtual Reality)

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Configuring the zombie character

To start building the zombie character, all related assets (meshes, textures, and animations) should be imported and configured correctly. Import details for meshes and textures were covered in-depth in Chapter 1, Preparation and Asset Configuring, but it's worth recapping the important assets here:

Zombie mesh: The zombie mesh is a fully rigged, biped zombie, compliant with Unity Mecanim. This file is included in the book companion files and can be imported into the project by simply dragging and dropping it into the Project panel. The mesh should be configured as a Humanoid rig type:

Importing and configuring a zombie mesh

Zombie texture: The zombie mesh comes with an accompanying texture (Zombie.png). This maps to the zombie via UV Channel 2. This texture should be assigned to the Albedo slot for the zombie material:

Importing a zombie...