Hands-On Unity Game Development: Unlock the power of Unity 2023 and build your dream game , Fourth Edition

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Learn the fundamentals of Unity 2023 and create your dream game

Explore the world of augmented reality (AR) to create captivating mobile games

Propel game performance and player experience to new heights with Data-Oriented Technology Stack (DOTS) insights

Description

Take your game development skills to the next level. Dive into the world of game creation confidently by elevating your game development skills. This book is your definitive and practical guide to unlocking the full potential of Unity 2023. Every chapter is designed to empower you to customize your own game, not just replicate what's in the book. This new edition includes immersive Augmented Reality (AR) experiences and performance optimization with Data-Oriented Technology Stack (DOTS). From Scene Creation to seamless Assert Integration, dive into C# programming and Visual Scripting with step-by-step guidance for beginners. Implement dynamic gameplay elements, including movement, spawning, physics, and health systems. Delve deeper into the magic of Game AI through sensor-driven decision-making with Finite State Machines (FSMs). Elevate your visuals with materials, shaders, textures, and particle systems. Optimize performance with Profiler insights and debug your game for a polished final product. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned pro, this book will equip you with the skills needed to bring your game ideas to life.

What you will learn

Build a game that includes gameplay, player and non-player characters, assets, animations, and more

Learn C# and Visual Scripting to customize player movements, the UI, and game physics

Implement Game AI to build a fully functional enemy capable of detecting and attacking

Use Universal Render Pipeline (URP) to create high-quality visuals with Unity

Create win-lose conditions using design patterns such as Singleton and Event Listeners

Implement realistic and dynamic physics simulations with the new Physics System

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Tone Feb 05, 2024

"Hands-On Unity Game Development" offers an immersive and hands-on exploration of game development using Unity. The book expertly balances theory and practice, guiding readers from the basics of installation to the creation of a fully-fledged game. Noteworthy is the inclusion of both C# scripting and Visual Scripting, providing a comprehensive understanding of game programming. The chapters seamlessly progress through essential concepts such as dynamic motion, collisions, AI, rendering systems, and even Augmented Reality. The author's commitment to staying current with Unity's latest features, like the Universal Render Pipeline and UI Toolkit, ensures readers are equipped with up-to-date knowledge. Overall, this book serves as an invaluable mentor, making it highly recommended for aspiring game developers seeking a holistic understanding of Unity.

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Bryan Feb 04, 2024

With over 20+ chapters in this book covering Unity as a whole, you'll be making games in no time! From installing Unity to creating your very first project, this book has it all. I was taken aback at how detailed the examples were while reading along. It felt like I had someone right there with me, showing me how it's done. This book covers the C# language in Unity and I will say, I felt right at home.While reading over chapter 10, you'll discover how to use textures, materials, UVs and create vertex effects. Creating those ripple effects on the water texture is one of the great tools Unity has to offer and this book covers so well.The book as a whole is very fulfilling to read, but I will say, learning about building intelligent AI for my project was most exciting. The pathfinding in Unity is pretty neat to play around with, especially with how you can change the interpolation through quaternions to have smoother transitions.If you're looking at giving Unity and chance and want a better experience learning how to, then give this book a chance, It'll be well worth it in the end!

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Sean C. Duggan Jun 02, 2024

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher, but I believe that it would be worth paying for it. This was an excellent exploration of the foundations of Unity development, going through all of the fundamentals as seen in Unity 2023. In particular, the explanation of how the various combinations of Colliders, Rigidbodies, and Triggers interact made me finally understand the subject, after having worked with Unity for a few years now. I also particularly like the little asides the author provides about their experiences in programming Unity. And while I have no interest in visual scripting, it was nice that the author provided both regular and visual scripting solutions to each problem.If I had a minor quibble, it's the overuse of public variables, and using inefficient functions like Invoke, as I think it's particularly important to teach beginners proper coding practices so that they start out doing it right, but I do understand that doing it like this is much more expedient.

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M. Song Jun 13, 2024

This book is both comprehensive as it is expansive. It progressively covers all topics needed to successfully design, develop, build, and deploy games using Unity. The authors have done a stellar job in explaining the often times difficult concepts and know-how with such ease and their mastery in the Unity game engine really shows through this book. All the hands-on portions of the book (pretty much the entire book!) have been methodically thought-out, designed, and streamlined from beginning to end with impeccable flow and exceptional clarity. Most importantly, with the right level and amount of challenges, it keeps the readers engaged throughout. The authors have also taken the time to explain and/or provide additional resources for related concepts crucial to understanding game development (i.e., 3D core concepts, OOP, computer hardware etc.) to the readers where necessary, providing a strong foundation for anyone starting out in this industry.I have thoroughly enjoyed this book and I highly recommend it to teachers/instructors as well as students who are looking for the ONE Unity book they can start teaching and/or learning Unity from. This book isn't just for beginners, even if you are a seasoned Unity developer, I guarantee you will learn many new techniques. This is one book you will keep reaching back for time and again.

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J. Francia May 20, 2024

I'm a senior Unity engineer with 8 years experience. My take: Hands-On Unity Game Development is an great resource for beginners and intermediate Unity developers, covering a wide range of topics in detailed yet digestible language. Starting with basic concepts and working its way up step-by-step to more advanced subjects such as AI, augmented reality, and performance optimization, this book does a great job of outlining not only the fundamentals, but also the finer points of building a professional-quality video game in Unity. I'd highly recommend it not only to students and hobbyists looking to make their start in the world's most popular game engine, but also current Unity professionals looking to broaden their knowledge.

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Hands-On Unity Game Development: Unlock the power of Unity 2023 and build your dream game , Fourth Edition

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