You're reading from Learning Design Patterns with Unity Learn the secret of popular design patterns while building fun, efficient games in Unity 2023 and C#

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781805120285

Length 676 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Tools

Unity

Concepts

Design Patterns

Author (1):

Harrison Ferrone

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Priming the System

2. Managing Access with the Singleton Pattern FREE CHAPTER

3. Spawning Enemies with the Prototype Pattern

4. Creating Items with the Factory Method Pattern

5. Building a Crafting System with the Abstract Factory Pattern

6. Assembling Support Characters with the Builder Pattern

7. Managing Performance and Memory with Object Pooling

8. Binding Actions with the Command Pattern

9. Decoupling Systems with the Observer Pattern

10. Controlling Behavior with the State Pattern

11. Adding Features with the Visitor Pattern

12. Swapping Algorithms with the Strategy Pattern

13. Making Monsters with the Type Object Pattern

14. Taking Data Snapshots with the Memento Pattern

15. Dynamic Upgrades with the Decorator Pattern

16. Converting Incompatible Classes with the Adapter Pattern

17. Simplifying Subsystems with the Façade Pattern

18. Generating Terrains with the Flyweight Pattern

19. Global Access with the Service Locator Pattern

20. The Road Ahead

21. Other Books You May Enjoy

22. Index

Summary

It’s always a challenge to end something you’ve put a great deal of time and intention into, so I’ll close with an observation: all the things we’ve learned about software architecture, design patterns, and flexible, reusable, and maintainable code during our time together are about perspective. While there are definite concrete tools and implementations of these concepts (and I’d like to think we learned a fair few here), the real work (and revelations) inherent in software craftsmanship takes place when looking through these special lenses.

I want to thank you again for joining me on this journey, because every word I’ve written, every line of code I’ve compiled, every time I’ve thought about stopping, has all been with you, the reader (and my younger self), in mind. I hope you enjoyed the ride as much as I did.

As always, happy coding!