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Ouya Unity Game Development

By : Gary Riches
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Ouya Unity Game Development

By: Gary Riches

Overview of this book

Ouya is a microconsole running its own version of the Android operating system. The console features an exclusive Ouya store for applications and games designed specifically for the Ouya platform. It runs a modified version of Android 4.1 Jellybean, and is open to rooting without voiding the warranty. All systems can be used as development kits which allow any Ouya owner to be a developer without any licensing fee. Ouya Unity Game Development offers detailed, easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions which will help you learn the ins and outs of Ouya development in Unity.From connecting your device with Android Debug Bridge to publishing it on the Ouya Developer Portal, this book will explain the processes involved in creating a game from scratch. As you progress through the book, you will learn about scenes, prefabs, sounds, models, and animations. By the end of the seventh chapter, you will have a 3D game with multiple levels, the possibility of in-app purchases, and controller support that runs on both the Ouya and an Android phone. Starting with an introduction to Ouya, you will learn how to set up an environment and render game levels on Ouya. You will learn how to change levels and how to save the current level. You will then dive into Ouya controller integration and character animation. This book will also teach you the workings of audio source components, and will show you how to add textures to prefabs. Finally, you will learn how you can monetize the game. By the end of this book, you will have the game running on Ouya and geared up to create games on your own.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Ouya Unity Game Development
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgment
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Creating the level


Start by opening the GameScreen scene you created earlier by double-clicking on it. There should just be a Main Camera and nothing else. Make the background color of the Main Camera black, just like you did earlier, and set the position to X: 3, Y: 6, Z: -10.

Prefabs

A prefab is a type of asset, a reusable GameObject that is accessible from the Project panel. Prefabs can be added into any scene, multiple times per scene. When you add a prefab to a scene, an instance is created of it. All prefab instances are linked to the original prefab. No matter how many instances exist in your project, when you make a change to the prefab, you will see the change applied to all instances of it.

Creating a Prefab

In order to create a prefab, drag a GameObject that you've created in the scene into the Project panel, we're using the Prefabs folder to store ours. The GameObject's name will turn blue to show that it is a prefab.

We're going to need five prefabs in our game; a wall, a floor,...