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Published in Jan 2024

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ISBN-13 9781835085714

Length 742 pages

Edition 4th Edition

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Unity

Concepts

Game Scripting

Authors (2):

Nicolas Alejandro Borromeo

Juan Gabriel Gomila Salas

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Table of Contents (28) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Getting Started with Unity FREE CHAPTER

2. Embark on Your Unity Journey

3. Crafting Scenes and Game Elements

4. From Blueprint to Reality: Building with Terrain and ProBuilder

5. Seamless Integration: Importing and Integrating Assets

6. Section 2: Mastering Programming and Gameplay Mechanics

7. Unleashing the Power of C# and Visual Scripting

8. Dynamic Motion: Implementing Movement and Spawning

9. Collisions and Health: Detecting Collisions Accurately

10. Victory or Defeat: Win and Lose Conditions

11. Starting Your AI Journey: Building Intelligent Enemies for Your Game

12. Section 3: Elevating Visuals, Effects, and Audio

13. Material Alchemy: Using URP and Shader Graph for Stunning Visuals

14. Captivating Visual Effects: Harnessing Particle Systems and Visual Effect Graph

15. Enlightening Worlds: Illuminating Scenes with the Universal Render Pipeline

16. Immersive Realism: Achieving Fullscreen Effects with Post-Processing

17. Harmonious Soundscapes: Integrating Audio and Music

18. Section 4: Designing User Interfaces, Animations and Advanced Concepts

19. Interface Brilliance: Designing User-Friendly UI

20. Next-Gen UI: Creating Dynamic Interfaces with UI Toolkit

21. Animated Realities: Creating Animations with Animator, Cinemachine, and Timeline

22. Performance Wizardry: Optimizing Your Game with Profiler Tools

23. From Prototype to Executable: Generating and Debugging Your Game

24. AR/VR

25. Massive Worlds: Introduction to DOTS

26. Other Books You May Enjoy

27. Index

Scripting the UI

We previously created a UI layout with elements such as bars, text, and buttons, but so far, they are static. We need to make them adapt to the game’s actual state. In this section, we are going to discuss the following UI scripting concepts:

Showing information in the UI
Programming the Pause menu

We will start by seeing how to display and update dynamic information in our UI, using scripts that modify the text and images that are displayed with Canvas elements. After that, we will create the pause functionality, which will be used throughout the UI. Developing the pause functionality is more than just adding a feature; it’s about enhancing user control and game interaction, a key aspect of the UX.

Armed with this understanding, you’re set to bring your game’s UI to an interactive level. It’s time to make your UI not just a visual element but also an integral part of your game’s storytelling...

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