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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.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)

Player score

In many games, the player has a score to express their achievement and progress; Dead Keys will be no different, and we'll use a traditional scoring system. Specifically, the player will earn points for each zombie killed; we'll create the potential for assigning different scores (points) to different zombies, depending on difficulty and strength. To implement this, we'll work with UI elements and script, as we did earlier:

Creating a score display

The score feature will essentially be a text object displaying a numerical score, representing the kill count for zombies. Most games complement a score with some animation and effects. Our score will feature two behaviors: firstly, it'll expand and contract in scale as the score changes, and secondly, the score will catch up and Linearly Interpolate (Lerp). This means that the numbers in the score...