Index

A

• abstraction
  • URL / Advanced coding
• access
  • obtaining, to Unity / Getting access to Unity
• active elements
  • adding / Backgrounds and active elements
• ad-supported option
  • about / Ad supported
  / Ad supported
• AdRotator
  • about / Ad supported
  • URL / Ad supported
• AdRotator Unity plugin
  • URL / Processing the build
• ad types / Ad supported
• advanced coding / Advanced coding
• Advanced Serialization
  • URL / Advanced coding
• adventurer's overlay, RPG UI / The adventurer's overlay
• AI
  • about / Basic Artificial Intelligence
  • path-finding / Basic Artificial Intelligence
  • flocking / Basic Artificial Intelligence
  • state machines / Basic Artificial Intelligence
  • rule-based expert systems / Basic Artificial Intelligence
  • neural networks / Basic Artificial Intelligence
  • algorithms / Basic Artificial Intelligence
• AI character
  • URL / Even more AI
• AI elements
  • building / Even more AI
• AI Gamedev
  • URL / Even more AI
  • about / Even more AI
• animation
  • particles, adding to / Adding particles to the animation
• animation clip, Animator Dope Sheet
  • selecting / (2) Selecting the animation clip
• animation clips
  • about / Animation clips
  • setting up / Setting up animation clips
  • manual creation / Manual animation clip creation
  • automatic creation / Automatic animation clip creation
  • idle animation clip, adding / Adding your first animation clip (idle)
  • run animation clip, adding / Adding another animation clip (run)
• animation components, sprite
  • about / Animation components
  • animation controllers / Animation controllers
  • animation clips / Animation clips
  • Animator component / The Animator component
• animation controllers
  • about / Animation controllers
  • setting up / Setting up animation controllers, Setting up the animation controller
  • accessing, from script / Accessing controllers from a script
• animation curves
  • configuring / Getting curvy
• animation Dope Sheet / The new animation Dope Sheet
• animation properties, Animator Dope Sheet
  • about / (4) Animation properties
• animation states
  • connecting / Connecting animation states
  • CharacterIdle state / Connecting animation states
  • CharacterRun state / Connecting animation states
• Animator component
  • about / The Animator component
• Animator Dope Sheet
  • about / Animator Dope Sheet
  • time/recording controls / (1) The time/recording controls
  • animation clip, selecting / (2) Selecting the animation clip
  • sample rate (frames per second) / (3) The sample rate (frames per second)
  • animation properties / (4) Animation properties
  • timeline window / (5) Timeline
  • dope/curve view / (6) Dope/curve view
• area
  • focussing, in battle scene / Proving ground
• Art
  • URL / Getting assets
• art sources
  • about / Sources of art and SFX
• assets
  • obtaining / Getting assets
  • sites, used for / Collection of sites
  • URL / Collection of sites
  • processing / Processing assets
  • building / Building your assets
• asset store
  • URL / Extending the editor
  • about / Useful assets
• attack
  • performing / Attack! Attack!
• Attack object
  • about / Behaviors for the common game object
• audio
  • URL / Getting assets
• Awake function / Accessing controllers from a script
  • about / A better FollowCamera script, Managing your inventory
• Azure
  • URL / Backing up to the Web

B

• BackgroundParallax script
  • about / Parallaxing
• BackgroundPropSpawner.cs script
  • examining / Foreground objects
• backgrounds
  • adding / Backgrounds and active elements
  • parallaxing / Parallaxing
  • foreground objects, adding / Foreground objects
• balancing, battle scene / Balancing
• battle
  • starting / Starting the battle
  • flair, adding / Adding a little flair
  • expanding / Going further
• BattleManager script
  • preparing / Preparing the BattleManager script
• battle scene
  • command bar, adding to / Adding the command bar to the scene
  • weapon, selecting / Selecting the weapon
  • command button, selecting / Selecting a command button
  • weapon selection, managing from command bar / Managing the selections from the command bar
  • BattleManager state, updating with selections / Updating the BattleManager state with selections
  • BattleManager state, updating with weapon / Updating the BattleManager state with a weapon
  • area, focussing / Proving ground
  • leveling up / Leveling up
  • balancing / Balancing
  • project, running / The final run-through
• Battle scene
  • about / Building the new scene
• battle state machine
  • about / Putting it together
• battle state manager
  • about / The battle state manager
  • accessing, from code / Getting to the state manager in the code
• behaviors
  • planning / Planning behaviors
• behaviors, common game object
  • defining / Behaviors for the common game object
• behaviors, player's character
  • defining / Behaviors for the player's character
• binary serialization / Serializing your data
• bounds
  • about / Transitioning and bounds
• Box2D
  • about / The Box2D physics system
  • physics collision options / The Box2D physics system
• Box2D physics system
  • about / The Box2D physics system
  / The Box2D physics system
• build
  • processing / Processing the build
• build, processing
  • attributes / Processing the build
  • BuildTarget attribute / Processing the build
  • Path attribute / Processing the build
  • URL / Processing the build
• build note / Build note
• build settings
  • updating, to include new scenes / Updating build settings to include new scenes
• BuildTarget attribute / Processing the build
• built-in property drawers / Built-in property drawers

C

• C# article
  • URL / Getting back home
• C# script
  • creating / Journeying onwards
• C# switch statement
  • using / Simple singular choice
• camera
  • working with / Working with the camera
  • Update method and FixedUpdate method, comparing / Comparing Update, FixedUpdate, and LateUpdate
  • Update method and LateUpdate method, comparing / Comparing Update, FixedUpdate, and LateUpdate
  • FixedUpdate method and LateUpdate method, comparing / Comparing Update, FixedUpdate, and LateUpdate
  • resolution / The perils of resolution
  • FollowCamera script / A better FollowCamera script
• CanNavigate
  • about / Planning for the larger picture
• Cartographers' Guild
  • URL / Fixed maps
• Catlike Coding
  • URL / Extending the editor
• CatLike Codings blog
  • URL / Gizmos
• Character controller components / Controlling the hero
• CharacterIdle state / Connecting animation states
• CharacterMovement.cs script
  • updating / Accessing controllers from a script
  • animation controllers, accessing from / Accessing controllers from a script
• CharacterRun state / Connecting animation states
• classes
  • about / Classes
  • object orientated design / The object-orientated design
  • game structure / The game structure, The common game object, The player object, More later
• click, on screen
  • moving by / Traveling by click or touch
• Click through rate (CTR) / Ad supported
• code
  • enemy profile, setting up / Setting up the enemy profile in the code
  • pushing, from Unity3D / Pushing code from Unity3D
• collision detection script
  • activating / Journeying onwards
• collision function
  • about / Planning for the larger picture
• command bar
  • defining / The command bar
  • adding, to battle scene / Adding the command bar to the scene
• command button
  • defining / The command button
• common game object
  • about / The common game object
  • player object / The player object
  • TakeDamage / Behaviors for the common game object
  • Attack / Behaviors for the common game object
• common game object behaviour
  • defining / Behaviors for the common game object
• compiler predirectives
  • about / The perils of resolution
  • URL / The perils of resolution
• components
  • about / Understanding components
  • accessing, shortcut used / Accessing components using a shortcut
  • used, via referencing / A better way to use components – referencing
  • used, by supplying type / An even better way
• consumables, in-app purchase option / In-app purchase
• context-sensitive overlay, RPG UI / A context-sensitive overlay
• contextual menus
  • adding, to MenuItem attribute / Adding contextual MenuItems
  • CONTEXT / Adding contextual MenuItems
  • object / Adding contextual MenuItems
  • name / Adding contextual MenuItems
• controller, enemy
  • creating / The enemy profile/controller
• Controller property
  • about / The Animator component, Setting up the animation controller
• Conversation Engine
  • about / Useful assets
  • URL / Useful assets
• coroutine
  • about / Transitions
• creative commons license
  • URL / Sources of art and SFX
• Cubiquity
  • URL / Useful assets
• curves
  • about / (6) Dope/curve view
• Curves features
  • used, to improve running of sprite animation / Getting curvy
• curve view, Animator Dope Sheet
  • about / (6) Dope/curve view
• custom editors
  • about / Custom editors
  • URL / Custom editors
• custom property drawers / Custom property drawers
• custom serialization / Serializing your data

D

• 2D
  • and 3D, mixing / 2D doesn't mean you have to use only 2D
  • and 3D, mixing up / Mixing up 2D and 3D
• 2D button behaviors
  • adding / Adding 2D button behaviors
• 2D colliders
  • adding / Building the shop scene
• 2D elements
  • drawing, shaders used / Shaders and 2D
• 2D game template / Creating the project
• 2D mode
  • about / Welcome to 2D
  • using / The new 2D mode
  • sprites / Sprites
  • Unity 4.3 / Other Unity 4.3 improvements
• 2D physics joint options
  • about / The Box2D physics system
• 2D physics system
  • and 3D physics system, comparison between / The Box2D physics system
• 2D project
  • about / Getting your project started – the right way
  • structure / Structure
  • object naming / Object naming
  • creating / Creating the project
• 2D scene
  • particle effects, using / Particle effects and 2D
• 2D sprite system
  • implementing / Getting your project started – the right way
  • about / Introducing the Unity sprite system
  • sprites, importing / Importing sprites, Sprite Mode – single/multiple, The Sprite Editor button
  • Sprite Editor / Sprite Editor, Automatic, Grid (manual), View controls, Sprite region manipulation
• 3D
  • and 2D, mixing / 2D doesn't mean you have to use only 2D
  • and 2D, mixing up / Mixing up 2D and 3D
• 3D Mecanim system
  • URL / The Animator component
• 3D physics system
  • and 2D physics system, comparison between / The Box2D physics system
• data
  • serializing / Serializing your data
  • saving, to disk / Saving data to disk
• death animation / The death animation
• deathly sprites
  • adding / Adding the deathly sprites
• Default shader
  • about / Shaders and 2D
• DentedPixels website
  • URL / Useful assets
• Dialoguer
  • about / Useful assets
  • URL / Useful assets
• Diamond-square algorithm / Going procedural
• Diffuse shader
  • about / Shaders and 2D
• disk
  • data, saving to / Saving data to disk
• dope view, Animator Dope Sheet
  • about / (6) Dope/curve view
• dots
  • connecting / Connecting the dots
• durable/nonconsumable, in-app purchase option / In-app purchase

E

• eCPM / Ad supported
• editor
  • extending / Extending the editor, Extending the editor
• editor, extending
  • property drawers / The property drawers
  • custom editors / Custom editors
  • editor window / The editor window
  • Gizmos / Gizmos
  • editor menus, building / Building your editor menus
  • scripts, running in Editor folder / Running scripts in the Editor folder
• EditorApplication callbacks / The EditorApplication callbacks
• Editor folder
  • scripts, running in / Running scripts in the Editor folder
• EditorGUI controls
  • URL / The property drawers
• EditorGUILayout
  • URL / The editor window
• editor menus
  • building / Building your editor menus
  • MenuItem attribute, adding / Adding a MenuItem attribute
  • MenuItem attribute, enabling / Enabling/disabling a MenuItem attribute
  • MenuItem attribute, disabling / Enabling/disabling a MenuItem attribute
  • shortcut keys, adding to MenuItem attribute / Adding shortcut keys to a MenuItem attribute
  • contextual menus, adding to MenuItem attribute / Adding contextual MenuItems
• editor plugin (.NET only) / The editor plugin (.NET only)
• editor updates / Editor updates
• editor window
  • about / The editor window
• editor windows
  • URL / The editor window
• empty game objects
  • creating / Building the shop scene
• encumbrance system, inventory pattern / Encumbrance system
• enemy
  • beefing up / Beefing up the enemy
  • profile, creating / The enemy profile/controller
  • controller, creating / The enemy profile/controller
  • Goblin prefab, updating / Updating the Goblin prefab
  • profile, setting up in code / Setting up the enemy profile in the code
• Enemy class / The object-orientated design
• EnemyController class
  • selection logic, adding to / Adding selection logic to the EnemyController class
• enemy profile
  • setting up, in code / Setting up the enemy profile in the code
• Entity class / The player object
• Entity object
  • about / The common game object
  • implementing / The common game object
• event systems
  • planning / Event systems
  • fixed systems / Event systems
  • random generation / Event systems
• Exit Time parameter / Connecting animation states
• expansion tips, sprite animation
  • about / Going further
• Expression design
  • URL / The flow
• extension methods
  • URL / Traveling by click or touch
• extra scenery / The extra scenery

F

• fading process
  • used, by level loading update / Updating level loading to use fading
• FBX model post processor
  • URL / Processing assets
• fill rate / Ad supported
• first enemy
  • adding / Adding the first enemy
• fixed maps
  • about / Types of maps, Fixed maps
  • URL / Fixed maps
• fixed systems / Event systems
• FixedUpdate method
  • and LateUpdate method, comparing / Comparing Update, FixedUpdate, and LateUpdate
  • and Update method, comparing / Comparing Update, FixedUpdate, and LateUpdate
  • about / Comparing Update, FixedUpdate, and LateUpdate, The missing random piece
• float parameter
  • updating / Accessing controllers from a script
• flocking, AI / Basic Artificial Intelligence
• FollowCamera script / A better FollowCamera script
• foreground objects
  • adding / Foreground objects
• Free Achievement Framework
  • URL / Other scripting resources
• Freemind
  • URL / The flow
• free resource, maps
  • URL / Sources of art and SFX

G

• game
  • marketing / Marketing your game
• GameDev Market
  • URL / Sources of art and SFX
• game object
  • tagging / Journeying onwards
• GameState class
  • about / Getting back home
• game structure
  • common game object / The common game object
• general techniques, procedural generation
  • iterated function systems / Going procedural
  • L-systems / Going procedural
  • Diamond-square algorithm / Going procedural
  • midpoint displacement algorithm / Going procedural
  • perlin noise system / Going procedural
  • simplex noise system / Going procedural
• generated maps / Types of maps
  • about / Generated maps
  • in-game generated maps / In-game generated maps
• generators
  • URL / Privacy policy
• generics
  • URL / Serializing your data
• GetComponent function / An even better way
• GetRouteInfo
  • about / Planning for the larger picture
• GetWindowWithRect function / The editor window
• Gimzo-driven design tutorial
  • URL / Gizmos
• GitHub
  • URL / MonoDevelop 4.01
• Gizmos
  • about / Gizmos
  • URL / Gizmos
• GL library
  • URL / Transitions
• Goblin, with 3D particles
  • about / The pesky Goblin reacts with 3D particles
  • 2D and 3D, mixing up / Mixing up 2D and 3D
  • particle effects, used in 2D scene / Particle effects and 2D
  • deathly sprites, adding / Adding the deathly sprites
  • material, creating for particle effect / Creating the material for the particle effect
  • Goblin prefab, restructuring / Restructuring the Goblin prefab
  • particles, adding / Adding the particles
  • death animation / The death animation
  • particles, adding to animation / Adding particles to the animation
  • dots, connecting / Connecting the dots
  • GoblinEnemy game object, creating / Making the new GoblinEnemy game object a prefab and adding it to the battle
  • problems / Houston, we have a problem!
• GoblinEnemy game object
  • creating / Making the new GoblinEnemy game object a prefab and adding it to the battle
• Goblin prefab
  • updating / Updating the Goblin prefab
  • restructuring / Restructuring the Goblin prefab
• Google AdMob publisher / Ad supported
• gotchas
  • packaging / Packaging gotchas
• GUI.DrawTexture function / Splash screens
• GUI.DrawTextureWithTexCoords function
  • about / Managing your inventory
• GUI system, Unity
  • about / Bring on the GUI
  • command bar / The command bar
  • command button / The command button
  • command bar, adding to battle scene / Adding the command bar to the scene

H

• handles
  • URL / Custom editors
• hero character
  • importing / The hero
  • controlling / Controlling the hero
• hierarchyWindowChanged event / The EditorApplication callbacks
• hierarchyWindowItemOnGUI event / The EditorApplication callbacks
• home town
  • setting up / Backgrounds and layers
  • assets, creating / To slice or not to slice
  • town background, adding / The town background
  • town buildings / The town buildings
  • extra scenery / The extra scenery

I

• Icons to Characters RTP / Gathering the shop assets
• idle animation clip
  • adding / Adding your first animation clip (idle)
• import settings, sprites
  • Texture type / Texture type – sprite
  • Sprite Mode / Sprite Mode – single/multiple
  • Packing tag / Packing tag
  • Pixels to units option / Pixels to units
  • Sprite Editor button / The Sprite Editor button
• impressions / Ad supported
• in-app purchase option
  • about / In-app purchase
  • durable/nonconsumable / In-app purchase
  • consumables / In-app purchase
  / In-app purchase
• in-game currency option / In-game currency
• in-game generated maps / In-game generated maps
• in-game menu structures
  • building / Building in-game menu structures
• in-game menu structures, building
  • screens / The screens
  • flow / The flow
• indie resources
  • URL / Highlights from the Web
• Inneractive publisher / Ad supported
• input
  • managing / Managing input
• input order
  • managing / Managing input order
• input priorities
  • managing / Managing input priorities
• insult sword fighting scene
  • URL / Proving ground
• interfaces
  • URL / Advanced coding
• inventory
  • laying out / Laying out your inventory
  • managing / Managing your inventory
• inventory items
  • creating / Creating inventory items
• inventory pattern
  • Rule of '99 / Rule of '99
  • encumbrance system / Encumbrance system
  • slot-based system / Slot-based system
  • mini game / A mini game
  • real world, implementing / Real world
• items
  • about / The power of an item
  • properties / The power of an item
• iterated function systems / Going procedural

J

• JSON serialization / Serializing your data

L

• L-systems / Going procedural
• Lamdas
  • URL / Managing input priorities
• Language Manager Asset
  • URL / Useful assets
• large map
  • building / The larger view
• LateUpdate method
  • and Update method, comparing / Comparing Update, FixedUpdate, and LateUpdate
  • and FixedUpdate method, comparing / Comparing Update, FixedUpdate, and LateUpdate
  • about / Comparing Update, FixedUpdate, and LateUpdate
• LeenTween
  • about / Useful assets
  • URL / Useful assets
• Lerp function / Managing input
• leveling up, battle scene / Leveling up
• level loading
  • updating, to use fading / Updating level loading to use fading
• load function
  • implementing / Making your game save and load functions
  • testing / Testing your Save and Load functions
• LookLike function / Editor updates
• Lotaris
  • URL / In-app purchase
• low-level graphics library
  • URL / Transitions

M

• Main
  • about / Updating the NavigationManager script
• MainCamera script
  • about / Adding the map
• main character
  • importing / Importing our main character
• main menu, screens / The main menu
• Mana Break
  • URL / Extending the editor
• map
  • adding / Adding the map
• MapPoint prefabs
  • creating, for reuse / Creating the MapPoint prefabs for reuse
• map types
  • fixed maps / Types of maps
  • generated maps / Types of maps
• material
  • creating, for particle effect / Creating the material for the particle effect
• Material property / Transitions
• Mathf.Clamp01 function / Transitions
• Mecanim AI considerations / Mecanim AI considerations
• Mecanim system
  • about / The new animation Dope Sheet
• Mecanim tool / Improved Mecanim performance
• MenuItem attribute
  • adding / Adding a MenuItem attribute
  • enabling / Enabling/disabling a MenuItem attribute
  • disabling / Enabling/disabling a MenuItem attribute
  • shortcut keys, adding to / Adding shortcut keys to a MenuItem attribute
  • contextual menus, adding to / Adding contextual MenuItems
• MenuItem class
  • URL / Adding contextual MenuItems
• Microsoft PubCenter publisher / Ad supported
• midpoint displacement algorithm / Going procedural
• Mindmap tool
  • screen flow / The flow
• mini game, inventory pattern / A mini game
• missing random piece
  • about / The missing random piece
• modern floating UI approach, RPG UI / Modern floating UI approach
• modifierKeysChanged event / The EditorApplication callbacks
• MonoBehaviour class / Accessing components using a shortcut
• Mono compiler
  • URL / MonoDevelop 4.01
• MonoDevelop 4.01 / MonoDevelop 4.01
• MonoDevelop editor
  • URL / MonoDevelop 4.01
• movie textures / Movie textures
• multiple cases
  • planning for / Planning for multiple cases

N

• native plugins (Pro only)
  • about / Native plugins (Pro only)
  • advantage / Native plugins (Pro only)
  • URL / Native plugins (Pro only)
• NavigateTo
  • about / Planning for the larger picture
• NavigateTo method / Leaving the shop
• navigation GUI
  • displaying / Traveling by click or touch
  • input, managing / Managing input
  • input priorities, managing / Managing input priorities
  • input order, managing / Managing input order
  • animation curves, configuring / Getting curvy
  • start location, fixing / Fixing the start location
• NavigationManager script
  • about / Putting it together
  • updating / Updating the NavigationManager script
• NavigationPrompt script
  • updating / Updating the NavigationPrompt script
  • about / Managing input priorities
• Nav Mesh / Dynamic Nav Mesh (Pro version only)
• NavMesh
  • URL / Even more AI
• neural networks, AI / Basic Artificial Intelligence
• new scene
  • building / Building the new scene

O

• object naming, 2D project
  • about / Object naming
• Object Orientated (OO) system / The object-orientated design
• object orientated design
  • about / The object-orientated design
• OnDestroy method
  • about / Getting back home
• OnGUI method / Journeying onwards
• OpenGameArt site
  • URL / Sources of art and SFX

P

• paid
  • with trial / Paid with trial
• paid-only pattern / Paid
• parallaxing / Parallaxing
• particle effect
  • material, creating for / Creating the material for the particle effect
• particle effects
  • about / Mixing up 2D and 3D
  • used, in 2D scene / Particle effects and 2D
• particles
  • adding / Adding the particles
  • adding, to animation / Adding particles to the animation
• path-finding, AI / Basic Artificial Intelligence
• Path attribute / Processing the build
• payment pattern
  • about / Getting paid
  • paid-only pattern / Paid
  • paid, with trial / Paid with trial
  • ad-supported option / Ad supported
  • in-app purchase option / In-app purchase
  • in-game currency option / In-game currency
• perlin noise system / Going procedural
• Pixel snap
  • about / Shaders and 2D
• places of interest
  • adding / Adding places of interest
• platform
  • accessing / Access to the platform
• platform, accessing
  • static events / Static events in your Unity project
  • platform DLLs, embedding / Embedding platform DLLs
• platform differences
  • handling / Handling platform differences
  • preprocessor directives / Preprocessor directives
  • Unity access, obtaining / Getting access to Unity
  • platform, accessing / Access to the platform
  • native plugins (Pro only) / Native plugins (Pro only)
• platform DLLs
  • embedding / Embedding platform DLLs
• platform DLLs, embedding
  • editor plugin (.NET only) / The editor plugin (.NET only)
  • platform plugin / The platform plugin
  • plugin, accessing / Accessing the plugin
• platform plugin / The platform plugin
• player character's behaviour
  • defining / Behaviors for the player's character
• Player inventory behavior
  • adding / Adding the Player inventory behavior
• player inventory definition
  • updating / Updating the player inventory definition
• player object
  • about / The player object
• PlayerPrefs
  • using / Using PlayerPrefs
  • URL / Using PlayerPrefs
• PlayerSprite object
  • about / Extra credit
• playmodeStateChanged event / The EditorApplication callbacks
• plugin
  • accessing / Accessing the plugin
• Power Of Two (POT) / Shaders and 2D
• precompiler directives, Unity
  • URL / Adding the command bar to the scene
• Prefab option / Creating the MapPoint prefabs for reuse
• preprocessor directives
  • about / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_EDITOR / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_EDITOR_WIN / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_EDITOR_OSX / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_STANDALONE / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_STANDALONE_OSX / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_DASHBOARD_WIDGET / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_STANDALONE_WIN / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_STANDALONE_LINUX / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_WEBPLAYER / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_WII / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_IPHONE / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_ANDROID / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_PS3 / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_XBOX360 / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_FLASH / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_BLACKBERRY / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_WP8 / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_WP_8_1 / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_METRO / NETFX_CORE / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_METRO_8_0 / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_METRO_8_1 / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_WINRT / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_WINRT_8_0 / Preprocessor directives
  • UNITY_WINRT_8_1 / Preprocessor directives
  • save system, updating for another platform / Updating the save system for another platform
  • build note / Build note
• primitives
  • about / Transitions
• privacy policy, screens / Privacy policy
• problems
  • Mecanim AI considerations / Mecanim AI considerations
  • animation system / Animation, states, and looping
  • states / Animation, states, and looping
  • looping / Animation, states, and looping
• Procedural Content Generation Wiki
  • URL / Going procedural, Procedural generation
• procedural generation
  • about / Going procedural
  / Procedural generation
• procedural generation reddit
  • URL / Going procedural
• procedural worlds generation
  • URL / Procedural generation
• profile, enemy
  • creating / The enemy profile/controller
• project
  • running, in battle scene / The final run-through
• projectWindowChanged event / The EditorApplication callbacks
• projectWindowItemOnGUI event / The EditorApplication callbacks
• Proof of Concept (POC) projects / Getting your project started – the right way
• properties
  • configuring / Creating inventory items
• property drawers
  • about / The property drawers
  • URL / The property drawers
  • examples / Property drawers examples
  • built-in property drawers / Built-in property drawers
  • custom property drawers / Custom property drawers
• pseudo-random
  • about / Exploring randomness
• publishers, ad-supported option
  • Microsoft PubCenter / Ad supported
  • Smaato / Ad supported
  • Inneractive / Ad supported
  • Google AdMob / Ad supported
• Purchasing function / Adding 2D button behaviors

R

• random code/generation
  • adding / Planning for random code/generation
• random generation / Event systems
• randomness
  • about / Exploring randomness
  • drawback / Exploring randomness
  • URL / Exploring randomness
  • random code/generation, adding / Planning for random code/generation
  • True Random Number Generators (TRNGs) / True randomness
• Rect variable / Custom property drawers
• Reddit.com
  • about / Going procedural
• referencing
  • about / A better way to use components – referencing
• resolution, camera
  • about / The perils of resolution
• RidgidBody object / A better way to use components – referencing
• RigidBody2D properties video
  • URL / Controlling the hero
• RigidBody2D settings / Controlling the hero
• RouteInformation
  • about / Planning for the larger picture
• RPG UI overlays
  • about / Efficient RPG UI overlays
  • adventurer's overlay / The adventurer's overlay
  • context-sensitive overlay / A context-sensitive overlay
  • modern floating UI approach / Modern floating UI approach
  • need, balancing of players / Balancing the need
• rule-based expert systems, AI / Basic Artificial Intelligence
• Rule of '99, inventory pattern / Rule of '99
• run animation clip
  • adding / Adding another animation clip (run)

S

• sample rate, Animator Dope Sheet
  • about / (3) The sample rate (frames per second)
• saved data
  • modeling / Modeling your saved data
• save function
  • implementing / Making your game save and load functions
  • testing / Testing your Save and Load functions
• save system
  • updating, for another platform / Updating the save system for another platform
• scene
  • building / Building the scene
  • town background, adding / Adding the town background
  • sorting layers / Sprite sorting layers
  • sprite, sorting / Sprite sorting order
  • sorting layers, updating / Updating the scene Sorting Layers
• screens
  • about / The screens, About the screen
  • splashscreens / Splash screens
  • loading / Loading screens
  • main menu / The main menu
  • slots/level selections, saving / Save slots/level selections
  • settings pages / Settings pages
  • privacy policy / Privacy policy
  • pausing / Pause screens
  • additionals / Additionals (purchasing, achievements, leaderboards, and so on)
  • social integration / Social
• screen space
  • about / Screen space and world space
• ScriptableObject class / The common game object
• scripting resources
  • about / Scripting resources, Other scripting resources
  • editor, extending / Extending the editor
  • AI elements, building / Even more AI
  • procedural generation / Procedural generation
  • advanced coding / Advanced coding
• scripts
  • running, in Editor folder / Running scripts in the Editor folder
• scripts, Editor folder
  • alternative approaches / Alternative approaches
  • [InitialiseOnLoad] attribute / The [InitialiseOnLoad] attribute
  • EditorApplication callbacks / The EditorApplication callbacks
  • approaches, mixing / Mixing it up
• scripts wiki
  • URL / Other scripting resources
• searchChanged event / The EditorApplication callbacks
• selection circle prefab
  • creating / The selection circle prefab
• selection logic
  • adding, to EnemyController class / Adding selection logic to the EnemyController class
• sensors
  • about / Sensors
• serialization
  • URL / Serializing your data
• serializers
  • binary serialization / Serializing your data
  • XML serialization / Serializing your data
  • JSON serialization / Serializing your data
  • custom serialization / Serializing your data
• SetPosition function / The command bar
• settings
  • working with / Working with settings
• settings, games
  • PlayerPrefs, using / Using PlayerPrefs
  • data, serializing / Serializing your data
  • data, saving to disk / Saving data to disk
  • saved data, modeling / Modeling your saved data
  • save function, implementing / Making your game save and load functions
  • load function, implementing / Making your game save and load functions
  • load function, testing / Testing your Save and Load functions
  • save function, testing / Testing your Save and Load functions
  • web backend, implementing / Backing up to the Web
• settings pages, screens / Settings pages
• several paths
  • defining / Planning for the larger picture
• SFX sources
  • about / Sources of art and SFX
• shaders
  • used, for drawing 2D elements / Shaders and 2D
  • URL / Shaders and 2D
• shop
  • building / Building your shop
  • managing / Managing the shop
  • stocking / Stocking the shop
  • exiting / Leaving the shop
  • entering / Entering the shop
• shop assets
  • gathering / Gathering the shop assets
• shop layouts
  • examples / Building your shop
• shopping
  • need for / Why do we shop?
• shop scene
  • building / Building the shop scene
• shortcut keys
  • adding, to MenuItem attribute / Adding shortcut keys to a MenuItem attribute
• simplex noise system / Going procedural
• sites
  • used, for assets / Collection of sites
• sites, assets
  • Art / Getting assets
  • Audio / Getting assets
• Skyrim
  • about / Encumbrance system
• slot-based system, inventory pattern / Slot-based system
• slots/level selections
  • saving / Save slots/level selections
• Smaato publisher / Ad supported
• SortingLayer properties
  • URL / Adding the particles
• sorting layers
  • about / Sprite sorting layers
  • updating / Updating the scene Sorting Layers
• spawning points
  • setting up / Spawning the horde, Getting back home
• speed parameter / Connecting animation states
• splashscreens / Splash screens
• sprite
  • sorting / Sprite sorting order
• sprite animation
  • about / Sprite animation
  • running, prerequisites / Putting it together
  • animation controller, setting up / Setting up the animation controller
  • idle animation clip, adding / Adding your first animation clip (idle)
  • run animation clip, adding / Adding another animation clip (run)
  • animation states, connecting / Connecting animation states
  • controllers, accessing from script / Accessing controllers from a script
  • extending / Extra credit
  • run, improving with Curves feature / Getting curvy
  • expansion tips / Going further
• Sprite Editor / Sprite Editor
  • about / Sprite Editor
  • region manipulation / Sprite region manipulation
• Sprite Editor button
  • about / The Sprite Editor button
• Sprite Editor functions
  • sprite splitter (slicer) / Sprite splitter (slicer), Automatic, Grid (manual)
  • view controls / View controls
• sprite meshes / Sprite meshes
• sprite region manipulation
  • about / Sprite region manipulation
• Sprite Renderer / Sprite Renderer
• sprites
  • about / Sprites
  • characteristics / Sprites
  • Sprite Renderer / Sprite Renderer
  • Sprite Editor / Sprite Editor
  • heets / Spritesheets
  • texture atlases / Texture atlases
  • sprite meshes / Sprite meshes
  • Box2D physics system / The Box2D physics system
  • animation Dope Sheet / The new animation Dope Sheet
  • importing / Importing sprites
• Sprites-Default
  • about / Shaders and 2D
• spritesheets / Spritesheets
• sprite splitter advanced options
  • Minimum size / Automatic
  • Pivot / Automatic
  • Method / Automatic
• sprite splitter modes
  • automatic / Automatic
  • grid (manual) / Grid (manual)
• Sprite Texture option
  • about / Shaders and 2D
• Star Command game
  • URL / Adding a little flair
• Start function
  • about / Managing input priorities
• start location
  • fixing / Fixing the start location
• state machines
  • about / State machines
  • using / State machines
  • states, defining / Defining states
  • C# switch statement, using / Simple singular choice
  • multiple cases / Planning for multiple cases
  • state managers / State managers
• state machines, AI / Basic Artificial Intelligence
• state managers / State managers
• states
  • defining / Defining states
  • Idle / Adding the first enemy
  • Run Away / Adding the first enemy
  • Attack / Adding the first enemy
  • Defend / Adding the first enemy
  • transitions / Adding the first enemy
• static classes / The static classes
• static events
  • using / Static events in your Unity project
• static properties
  • about / Getting back home
• StopAllCoroutines function / Transitions
• structure, 2D project
  • about / Structure
  • objects, grouping by type / Structure
• system
  • designing, questions / Why do we shop?

T

• TakeDamage object
  • about / Behaviors for the common game object
• target
  • selecting / Selecting a target
  • selection circle prefab, creating / The selection circle prefab
  • selection logic, adding to EnemyController class / Adding selection logic to the EnemyController class
• terms, ad-supported option
  • fill rate / Ad supported
  • impressions / Ad supported
  • Click through rate (CTR) / Ad supported
  • eCPM / Ad supported
  • ad types / Ad supported
• texture atlases / Texture atlases
• Texture Atlas packing feature
  • URL / Packing tag
• this keyword
  • about / Traveling by click or touch
• thumb rule
  • about / To slice or not to slice
• Tiled
  • URL / In-game generated maps
• time controls, Animator Dope Sheet
  • about / (1) The time/recording controls
• timeline, Animator Dope Sheet
  • about / (5) Timeline
  • keyboard shortcuts / (5) Timeline
• Tint option
  • about / Shaders and 2D
• touch, on screen
  • moving by / Traveling by click or touch
• town background
  • adding / The town background, Adding the town background
• town buildings / The town buildings
• towns
  • with borders / Towns with borders
• transitioning
  • about / Transitioning and bounds
• transitions
  • about / Transitions
  • level load updating, to use fading / Updating level loading to use fading
• True Random Number Generators (TRNGs) / True randomness
• tweening solutions
  • URL / Useful assets

U

• Unity
  • access, obtaining to / Getting access to Unity
• Unity's Unite conferences
  • URL / Introducing the Unity sprite system
• Unity, Google Services
  • URL / Backing up to the Web
• Unity3D
  • code, pushing from / Pushing code from Unity3D
  • assets, processing / Processing assets
  • build, processing / Processing the build
• Unity3D learn site
  • URL / Highlights from the Web
• Unity 4.3
  • Mecanim tool / Improved Mecanim performance
  • Windows Phone API, improvements / The Windows Phone API improvements and Windows 8.1 support
  • Windows 8.1 support / The Windows Phone API improvements and Windows 8.1 support
  • advantages / The Windows Phone API improvements and Windows 8.1 support
  • Nav Mesh / Dynamic Nav Mesh (Pro version only)
  • editor updates / Editor updates
  • MonoDevelop 4.01 / MonoDevelop 4.01
  • movie textures / Movie textures
• Unity 5 / An even better way
• Unity access, obtaining
  • UnityEngine namespace, accessing / Accessing the UnityEngine namespace
  • static classes / The static classes
• UnityEngine namespace
  • accessing / Accessing the UnityEngine namespace
• Unity GUI (uGUI) / Managing your inventory
• Unity New Project wizard / Creating the project
• Unity Patterns
  • URL / Working with the camera
• Unity sample projects
  • URL / Working with the camera
• UnityToolbag
  • URL / Adding the particles, Other scripting resources
  • about / Other scripting resources
• Unity wiki scripts
  • URL / Working with the camera
• Update event / The EditorApplication callbacks
• Update function / Accessing controllers from a script, Fixing the start location
• Update method
  • and FixedUpdate method, comparing / Comparing Update, FixedUpdate, and LateUpdate
  • and LateUpdate method, comparing / Comparing Update, FixedUpdate, and LateUpdate
  • about / Comparing Update, FixedUpdate, and LateUpdate
  / Managing input order
• uTiled
  • URL / In-game generated maps

V

• Vector3 property / Extra credit
• VG resource
  • URL / Sources of art and SFX
• view controls
  • Revert / View controls
  • Apply / View controls
  • Alpha/Color / View controls
  • Zoom slider / View controls
• Vserv.mobi
  • URL / Ad supported

W

• WaitForEndOfFrame function
  • about / Spawning the horde
• web backend
  • implementing / Backing up to the Web
  • benefits / Backing up to the Web
• Web highlights
  • about / Highlights from the Web
• while loop
  • about / Spawning the horde
• world space
  • about / Screen space and world space
• WWW class
  • URL / Backing up to the Web

X

• XML serialization / Serializing your data