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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

Submitting your game


We're almost ready to submit our game but we just need to do one final thing: replace the icon. The default Ouya icon is at (your game project folder)\Assets\Plugins\Android\res\drawable-xhdpi\ouya_icon.png and it's a 732 x 412 pixels PNG file. Replace it with the icon of your choice and then go to the build settings by navigating to File | Build Settings… and click on Build and type a name for the file in the text field, and then click on Save.

Now that's saved we need to go back to the My Games page on the Ouya website and click on Edit. Add some screenshots; they need to be 1280 pixels wide by 720 pixels high and you need a minimum of three; can submit up to nine. Scroll down to the bottom and click on Upload APK, then follow the on-screen instructions, once the upload is complete click on Save. This will take you back to the My Games page where you'll most likely see that Ouya are still verifying your APK. Give it a few minutes and then refresh the page, the warnings...