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Unity 2022 Mobile Game Development - Third Edition

By : John P. Doran
Book Image

Unity 2022 Mobile Game Development - Third Edition

By: John P. Doran

Overview of this book

Unity is a well-established player in the mobile game development sphere, and its new release, Unity 2022, is packed with new, exciting features. In Unity 2022 Mobile Game Development, Third Edition, you'll get to grips with the Unity game engine by building a mobile game and publishing it on the most popular mobile app stores as well as exploring the all-new features. This book provides a comprehensive and practical approach to mobile game development, helping you build an endless runner game. Starting with setting up a simple Unity project for mobile development, you’ll delve into various essential aspects needed to successfully create and publish your game. You’ll acquire a range of skills, such as incorporating touch gestures, monetizing your game with Unity Ads and in-app purchases, designing an intuitive UI, and seamlessly integrating social media functionalities. Additionally, you’ll gain valuable insights into player preferences and behavior using Unity's analytics tools. You’ll also explore features of augmented reality in Unity 2022, enhancing your game's appeal. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to reap the power of Unity 2022 to build, optimize, and publish robust cross-platform mobile games with C#, as well as widening your skill set and enhancing your credentials as a game developer.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Part 1: Gameplay/Development Setup
4
Part 2: Mobile-Specific Features
11
Part 3: Game Feel/Polish

Basic setup

Since the player can be anywhere when the game starts, we can’t use a camera in the traditional sense, so we will start by removing the original one. Follow the steps given here:

  1. From the Hierarchy panel, select the Main Camera object and delete it by right-clicking and selecting Delete or pressing the Delete key.

There are two key objects that we will need to create before we can start implementing our own features: AR Session and AR Session Origin.

  1. Right-click in the Hierarchy panel and select XR | AR Session:
Figure 15.6 – Creating an AR session

Figure 15.6 – Creating an AR session

AR Session is what controls the life cycle of any AR experience, which allows us to enable or disable AR features depending on the platform we are working on.

Note

AR Session is also responsible for telling you whether your device supports AR. For information on handling this, check out https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/[email protected]...