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Unity 5 for Android Essentials

You're reading from Unity 5 for Android Essentials A fast-paced guide to building impressive games and applications for Android devices with Unity 5

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2015

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781784399191

Length 200 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Unity

Concepts

Mobile Game Development

Author (1):

Valera Cogut

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Table of Contents (9) Chapters

Preface

1. Setting Up and Configuring an Android Platform

2. Accessing Android Functionality FREE CHAPTER

3. High-end Graphics for Android Devices

4. Animation, Audio, Physics, and Particle Systems in Unity 5

5. Asset Bundles in Unity 5 Pro

6. Optimization and Transformation Techniques

7. Troubleshooting and Best Practices

Index

Summary

In this chapter, we researched our choices for optimization in Unity. We first discovered different Unity performance areas. We explored the in-built Unity profiler and it's log information structure. In this chapter, we particularly discussed the Unity's profiler tool and its window parts. We discovered how to attach the profiler to different platforms and devices. At the end of this chapter, we talked about best practices that are used by many professionals. We also discovered the Unity profiler programming area and created our own very simple profiler tool.

In the bonus chapter, which is available online, I will show you how easy it is to develop the most popular game on Android Play Store (Glow Hockey has about 100,000,000–500,000,000 downloads at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.natenai.glowhockey&hl=en) in Unity 5 from scratch. You will see how to create a camera for any screen resolutions and any screen sizes. Also, there you will see, in practice, how...

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Authors (1)

Cogut

Cogut

Valera Cogut is an independent professional software and video game developer who has worked in the game industry since 2008 and has more than 12 years of programming experience. He is a passionate software and game developer with different areas of expertise. Before diving into the game industry 6 years ago, Valera created websites and applications with PHP, the Yii framework, the Zend framework, Relational Database Management Systems, Apache and Nginx, C#, C++, C, Objective-C, Java, Python, UML, and many other technologies. Having a mathematical background (analytical geometry, linear algebra, logic, statistics and probability, differential equations, graph theory, and mathematical analysis), he finally realized that game development was his mission. Reusable designs, optimized algorithms, clean code, and elaborated workflowsthese things make him happy. Valera has had the opportunity to produce titles for multiple platforms, including Windows Phone, Android, iOS, PC, and Mac. Today, he continues to produce fun and original games, participate in game jams, and author books. He was a technical reviewer for Unity Android Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide, Packt Publishing. Currently, Valera has a contract as a Unity3D C# developer for Kaufcom GmbH, a well-known games and apps producer from Switzerland http://www.kauf.com (Android games: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=kaufcom).

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