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Learning C# 7 By Developing Games with Unity 2017 - Third Edition

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Learning C# 7 By Developing Games with Unity 2017 - Third Edition

Overview of this book

Do you want to learn C# programming by creating fun and interactive games using the latest Unity 2017 platform? If so, look no further; this is the right book for you. Get started with programming C# so you can create 2D and 3D games in Unity. We will walk you through the basics to get you started with C# 7 and its latest features. Then, explore the use of C# 7 and its latest functional programming capabilities to create amazing games with Unity 2017. You will create your first C# script for Unity, add objects into it, and learn how to create game elements with it. Work with the latest functional programming features of C# and leverage them for great game scripting. Throughout the book, you will learn to use the new Unity 2017 2D tool set and create an interactive 2D game with it. You will make enemies appear to challenge your player, and discover some optimization techniques for great game performance. At the end, you will learn how to transform a 2D game into 3D, and you will be able to skill up to become a pro C# programmer with Unity 2017!
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Naming your variables properly


As we explored previously, naming a script or variable is a very important step. It won't change the way that the code runs, but it will help us to stay organized and, by using best practices, we are avoiding errors and saving time trying to find the piece of code that isn't working. Always use meaningful names to store your variables. If you don't do that, six months down the line, you will be lost. I'm going to exaggerate here a bit to make a point. Let's say you will name a variable as shown in this code:

public bool areRoadConditionsPerfect = true; 

That's a descriptive name. In other words, you know what it means by just reading the variable. So 10 years from now, when you look at that name, you'll know exactly what I meant in the previous comment. Now suppose that instead of areRoadConditionsPerfect, you had named this variable as shown in the following code:

public bool perfect = true; 

Sure, you know what perfect is, but would you know that it refers to...