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Unity 3.x Game Development Essentials

By : Will Goldstone
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Unity 3.x Game Development Essentials

By: Will Goldstone

Overview of this book

Game Engines such as Unity are the power-tools behind the games we know and love. Unity is one of the most widely-used and best loved packages for game development and is used by everyone, from hobbyists to large studios, to create games and interactive experiences for the web, desktop, mobile, and console. With Unity’s intuitive, easy to learn toolset and this book – it’s never been easier to become a game developer. Taking a practical approach, this book will introduce you to the concepts of developing 3D games, before getting to grips with development in Unity itself – prototyping a simple scenario, and then creating a larger game. From creating 3D worlds to scripting and creating game mechanics you will learn everything you’ll need to get started with game development. This book is designed to cover a set of easy-to-follow examples, which culminate in the production of a First Person 3D game, complete with an interactive island environment. All of the concepts taught in this book are applicable to other types of game, however, by introducing common concepts of game and 3D production, you'll explore Unity to make a character interact with the game world, and build puzzles for the player to solve, in order to complete the game. At the end of the book, you will have a fully working 3D game and all the skills required to extend the game further, giving your end-user, the player, the best experience possible. Soon you will be creating your own 3D games with ease!
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Unity 3.x Game Development Essentials
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Testing the game so far


In Unity you can play test at any time, provided there are no errors in your scripts. If there are, Unity will ask you to fix all errors before allowing you to enter the Play Mode.

Once all errors are fixed—this will be signified by an empty or cleared Console bar at the bottom of the Unity interface. The Console bar represents the most recent entry into the Unity console. You can check this by choosing Window | Console (shortcut Ctrl + Shift + C [PC] Command-Shift + C [Mac]) from the top menu. All the errors will be listed in red, and double-clicking on the error will take you to the part of the script that will be causing the issue described. Most errors are often a forgotten character or simple misspelling, so always double check what you have written as you go.

If your game is free of errors, click the Play button at the top of the screen to enter the Play Mode. You will now be able to move the MainCamera object around by using the arrow keys—Up, Down, Left, and...