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Mastering Android Game Development with Unity

By : Siddharth Shekar
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Mastering Android Game Development with Unity

By: Siddharth Shekar

Overview of this book

Game engines such as Unity are the power-tools behind the games we know and love. Unity is one of the most widely-used and best loved packages for game development and is used by everyone, from hobbyists to large studios, to create games and interactive experiences for the Web, desktop, mobile, and console. With Unity's intuitive, easy-to-learn toolset and this book, it's never been easier to become a game developer. You will begin with the basic concepts of Android game development, a brief history of Android games, the building blocks of Android games in Unity 5, and the basic flow of games. You will configure an empty project for the Jetpack Joyride Clone Game, add an environment and characters, and control them. Next you will walk through topics such as particle systems, camera management, prefabs, animations, triggers, colliders, and basic GUI systems. You will then cover the basic setup for 3D action fighting games, importing models, textures and controlling them with a virtual on-screen joystick. Later you will set up Scene for 3D Configuration, create basic gameplays, and manage input controls. Next you will learn to create the interface for the main menu, gameplay, game over, achievements, and high score screens. Finally you will polish your game with stats, sounds, and Social Networking, followed by testing the game on Android devices and then publishing it on Google Play, Amazon, and OUYA Stores.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Android Developer Console


Now, to test/publish your game or to add achievements, you will need to upload your app to the Android's Developer Console. It has a one-time fee of 25 USD. Once paid, you can publish and test as many games/apps as you want.

If you have your Gmail ID ready, head on to https://play.google.com/apps/publish/signup/#; to sign up as an Android developer. The following window will be displayed:

Click on the Continue to payment button and have your credit card ready. Once payment is made, you will have access to the Developer Console. Congratulations! You are an Android developer now.

You will be greeted with the following screen. I already have some games and apps on the android store, so your existing apps will show up here:

While we are here, let us create a new app. Click on the + Create application button on the top-right corner:

In the dialog box, specify the language and title of the game here. Next specify the details in the Title and Short description fields and then...