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Mastering Unity 2D Game  Development

You're reading from   Mastering Unity 2D Game Development Using Unity 5 to develop a retro RPG

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786463456
Length 506 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Simon Jackson Simon Jackson
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Dr. Ashley Godbold Dr. Ashley Godbold
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Overview FREE CHAPTER 2. Building Your Project and Character 3. Getting Animated 4. The Town View 5. Working with Unitys UI System 6. NPCs and Interactions 7. The World Map 8. Encountering Enemies and Running Away 9. Getting Ready to Fight 10. The Battle Begins 11. Shopping for Items 12. Sound and Music 13. Putting a Bow on It 14. Deployment and Beyond

Chapter 2.  Building Your Project and Character

It's time to start putting the building blocks that will make up your game into Unity. We will start with setting up the project and then move on to building the main character. Setting up the main character is an important first step, as most of your game's core logic and framework generally centers on the main protagonist and highlights exactly how the player will interact with the game.

We will be creating two main locations for the character to explore: a 2.5D town in which she can interact with Non-Playable Characters (NPCs) and a world map in which she will encounter and battle enemies. To allow our character to interact with and explore these locations, we must first get our character into our project and give her the ability to move around the scenes. We must also get our project started the right way by setting up the project appropriately.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • Designing a good project...
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