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Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2016

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786463456

Length 506 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Tools

Unity

Concepts

2D Game Development

Authors (2):

Simon Jackson

Dr. Ashley Godbold

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface

What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support

1. Overview FREE CHAPTER

Getting assets
Unity's 2D features
Changes to Unity 5
Summary

2. Building Your Project and Character

Project overview and structure
Creating the project
Creating a scene
Sprite system
GameObjects and components
Classes
Planning behaviors
Coding with components
Going further
Summary

3. Getting Animated

Fundamentals of sprite animation
Animating the main character
Going further
Summary

4. The Town View

Backgrounds and layers
Building the scene
Working with the camera
Transitioning and bounds
Going further
Summary

5. Working with Unitys UI System

UI Canvas
UI Text and Images
UI Layout and Rect Transform
UI Buttons
Going further
Summary

6. NPCs and Interactions

Considering an RPG
Advanced programming techniques
Communicating between GameObjects
Background tasks and coroutines
Serialization and scripting
Adding NPCs and a conversation system to our game
Going further
Summary

7. The World Map

The larger view
Creating our game's map
Leaving town
Returning to town
Going further
Summary

8. Encountering Enemies and Running Away

Event systems
Exploring randomness
Basic Artificial Intelligence
State machines
Sensors
Setting up your battle scene
Going further
Summary

9. Getting Ready to Fight

Setting up our battle state manager
Efficient RPG UI overlays
Bring on the GUI
Going further
Summary

10. The Battle Begins

Designing an interesting battle system
Preparing to attack a single enemy
Beefing up the enemy AI
Selecting an attack
Selecting a target
Attack! Attack!
Using particle effects to represent an attack
Finishing up the battle
Going further
Summary

11. Shopping for Items

Why do we shop?
The power of an item
Building your shop
Laying out your inventory
Creating a shop and inventory
Going further
Summary

12. Sound and Music

Choosing the appropriate sound and music
Where to get sound and music for your game
Audio listeners and audio sources
Adding background music
Adding sound effects
Muting/unmuting audio
Going further
Summary

13. Putting a Bow on It

Building in-game menu structures
Finishing our splash screen
Building our start screen
Extending the editor
Working with settings
Going further
Summary

14. Deployment and Beyond

Handling platform differences
Pushing code from Unity
Building your assets
Packaging gotchas
Distributing to mobile
Social network integration
Monetization
Going further
Summary

Going further

If you are the adventurous sort, try expanding your project to add the following features:

Make your dream a reality and ship a game
Market your game through social media, a blog, and other venues
Implement social media in your title

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