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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

List <T> versus arrays


Now you are probably thinking, "Okay, which one should I use?" There isn't a general rule for this. Arrays and List<T> can serve the same purpose. You can find a lot of additional information online to convince you to use one or the other.

Arrays are generally faster. For what we are doing at this stage, we don't need to worry about processing speeds. Some time from now, however, you might need a bit more speed if your game slows down, so this is good to remember.

List<T> offers great flexibility. You don't need to know the size of the list during declaration. There is a massive list of out-of-the-box operations that you can use with List, so it is my recommendation. Array is faster, List<T> is more flexible.