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Mastering Unity 2017 Game Development with C# - Second Edition

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Mastering Unity 2017 Game Development with C# - Second Edition

Overview of this book

Do you want to make the leap from being an everyday Unity developer to being a pro game developer? Then look no further! This book is your one-stop solution to creating mesmerizing games with lifelike features and amazing gameplay. This book focuses in some detail on a practical project with Unity, building a first-person game with many features. You'll delve into the architecture of a Unity game, creating expansive worlds, interesting render effects, and other features to make your games special. You will create individual game components, use efficient animation techniques, and implement collision and physics effectively. Specifically, we'll explore optimal techniques for importing game assets, such as meshes and textures; tips and tricks for effective level design; how to animate and script NPCs; how to configure and deploy to mobile devices; how to prepare for VR development; how to work with version control; and more. By the end of this book, you'll have developed sufficient competency in Unity development to produce fun games with confidence.

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Table of Contents (9 chapters)
Preface
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Free Chapter
1
Preparation and Asset Configuring
Preparation and Asset Configuring
Getting clear on design
Asset preparation
Asset importing for Dead Keys
Summary
2
Level Design and Structure
Level Design and Structure
Setting the scene with a skybox
Level building - Modular construction sets
Level building - Organization and structure
Level design - Tips and tricks
Level lighting - Preparation
Getting started with lightmapping
Baking lightmaps - Resolution and size
Baking lightmaps - Details
Light Probes
Lighting FAQ
Navigation mesh
Occlusion Culling
Creating a player camera
Particle systems
Music and audio
Summary
3
Player Controls - Movement
Player Controls - Movement
Player movement
Zombie combat
Creating player waypoints
Animating the camera
Configuring an animator graph
Working with animation - creating the navigator
Navigator GUI
Summary
4
Player Controls - Typing and Health
Player Controls - Typing and Health
Word combat
Creating a word list
Using Visual Studio Code
Creating a WordList class
Matching words
The Typer object
Progressing with the Typer class
Health and damage
Damage and feedback
Player score
Bonus items
Summary
5
Enemies and Artificial Intelligence
Enemies and Artificial Intelligence
Configuring the zombie character
Getting started with the zombie Prefab
Planning the zombie Artificial Intelligence
Developing state structure
Developing an NPC Animator Controller
Developing the Idle state
Developing the Chase state
Developing the Attack state and more
Developing the Dead state
Zombies and text input
Zombies and the Typer class
Activating enemies and camera paths
Working with Play mode
Summary
6
Project Management and Version Control
Project Management and Version Control
Project management
Applied project management using Trello
Collaboration with cloud storage
Version control using Git
Getting started with Git and GitKraken
Configuring Unity for version control
Reverting and discarding
Branches and branching
Conflicts and resolving
Git and the web
Pushing and pulling
Cloning
Summary
7
Persistent Data - Load and Save Game States
Persistent Data - Load and Save Game States
Data serialization
Player preferences - saving data
Player preferences - loading data
Player preferences - INI files
Saving data - XML files
Saving data - JSON files
Saving data - binary files
Saving data for Dead Keys
Summary
8
Performance, Optimization, Mobiles, and More
Performance, Optimization, Mobiles, and More
Stats and performance
Profiler and performance assessment
Optimization tips and tricks
Getting started with mobile development
Moving forward with mobile development
Building for Android
Building for VR (Virtual Reality)
Summary

Player preferences - loading data

Having previously saved data with PlayerPrefs through Set functions, you can easily load that data back through the accompanying Get functions (GetInt, GetFloat, and GetString). With these, you simply specify a unique key name, and Unity returns the respective value. Consider the following code:

int HighScore = PlayerPrefs.GetInt ("HighScore", 0); 
float RemainingTime = PlayerPrefs.GetFloat ("RemainingTime", 0f); 
string Name = PlayerPrefs.GetString ("PlayerName", "Jon Doe");

Each Get function requires only one essential parameter, namely, the key to retrieve. This is the first parameter, but what happens if you specify a key that doesn't exist? Which value should be returned, by default, in that case? To handle this, each Get function supports a second, optional parameter, which is always returned...

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