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Getting Started with Unity 5

You're reading from Getting Started with Unity 5 Leverage the power of Unity 5 to create amazing 3D games

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2015

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781784398316

Length 184 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Unity

Concepts

2D Game Development

Author (1):

Dr. Edward Lavieri Jr.

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Jiggy with the Unity Interface FREE CHAPTER

2. Creating the Game Environment

3. Working with Assets

4. Animating the Game Characters

5. Scripting the Game

6. Adding a Graphical User Interface

7. Polishing and Optimizing the Game

8. What's Next?

Index

An overview of GUI

A GUI is a collection of visual components such as text, buttons, and images that facilitates a user's interaction with software. GUIs are also used to provide feedback to players. In the case of our game, the GUI allows players to interact with our game. Without a GUI, the user would have no visual indication of how to use the game. Imagine software without any on-screen indicators of how to use the software. The following image shows how early user interfaces were anything but intuitive:

We use GUIs all the time and might not pay too close attention to them, unless they are poorly designed. If you've ever tried to figure out how to use an app on your Smartphone or could not figure out how to perform a specific action with desktop software, you've most likely encountered a poorly designed GUI.

Functions of a GUI

Our goal is to create a GUI for our game that both informs the user and allows interaction between the game and the user. To that end, GUIs have two primary purposes...

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Authors (1)

Dr. Edward Lavieri Jr.

Dr. Edward Lavieri Jr.

Dr. Edward Lavieri Jr. is a seasoned software developer and senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). He has developed software for over 30 years and primarily focused on Java for over 20 years. His experience includes both military information systems and the software design and development industry. Dr. Lavieri currently serves as a university dean for a college of computer science and a school of information technology as well as the chief academic officer of a programming bootcamp organization, all part of a regionally accredited US university. He holds a doctorate degree in computer science and a master's degree in information systems, along with other degrees and certificates.

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