You're reading from Learning C# by Developing Games with Unity 3D Beginner's Guide The beauty of this book is that it assumes absolutely no knowledge of coding at all. Starting from very first principles it will end up giving you an excellent grounding in the writing of C# code and scripts.

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2013

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781849696586

Length 292 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Tools

Unity

Concepts

3D Game Development

Author (1):

Terry Norton

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Discovering Your Hidden Scripting Skills FREE CHAPTER

2. Introducing the Building Blocks for Unity Scripts

3. Getting into the Details of Variables

4. Getting into the Details of Methods

5. Making Decisions in Code

6. Using Dot Syntax for Object Communication

7. Creating the Gameplay is Just a Part of the Game

8. Developing the State Machine

9. Start Building a Game and Get the Basic Structure Running

10. Moving Around, Collisions, and Keeping Score

11. Summarizing Your New Coding Skills

A. Initial State Machine files

B. Completed code files for Chapters 9 and 10

C. Pop Quiz Answers

Index

Using Dot Syntax is like addressing a letter

Ever seen something like this?

www.unity3d.com

That's right, a web address. Gee, I wonder why it's called a web address?

Simplifying the dots in Dot Syntax

Here is a fictitious mailing address:

Terry Norton

22 myStreet

Essex, VT

You've understood how to read an address like this since you were a kid. Let's take a look at it again using a different format:

Looking at that, Dot Syntax isn't so confusing. It's just an address in a different format, in a way to locate things. Here's an example: imagine we met in Europe somewhere, and I ask you to get my sunglasses using only this information:

USA.Vermont.Essex.22 myStreet.2ndFloor.office.desk.center drawer.sunglasses

Would you have any problem locating them?

Using access modifiers for variables and methods

I could foresee one big issue trying to retrieve my sunglasses. My house isn't open to the public; it's a private residence, so the door is locked. This means...