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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

Returning a value from a method


Now it's time to discover the power feature of using a method. This usually means sending data to the method, which you just learned to do. Then we have the method return a value. Previously, we used a void type method. I have mentioned before that this is a keyword for nothing, which means that the function isn't returning anything.

Let's learn about return type functions now. For this example, we won't use void anymore. Instead of that, we will write the type of data that we want our method to return. What is a return method? A return method is the result of all the code that we have written inside that method, it gives us an answer to the question that we choose to make. When should we use a return method? We can use this type of methods for multiple purposes, but almost all of them will have the same core functionality, solving a problem or answering a question. The return method will be there, ready to give us the answer at any time that we need; to do...