Building an FPS Game with Unity: Create a high-quality first person shooter game using the Unity game engine and the popular UFPS and Probuilder frameworks

John P. Doran

jamal seaton

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Paperback Oct 2015 326 pages 1st Edition

John P. Doran

jamal seaton

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Unity, available in free and pro versions, is one of the most popular third-party game engines available. It is a cross-platform game engine, making it easy to write your game once and then port it to PC, consoles, and even the web, making it a great choice for both indie and AAA developers. Building an FPS Game in Unity takes readers on an exploration of how to use Unity to create a 3D first person shooter (FPS) title, leveraging the powerful UFPS framework by VisionPunk and Prototype/ProBuilder 2.0 by ProCore3D. After some setting up, you will start by learning how to create custom weapons, prototype levels, create exterior and interior environments, and breathe life into our levels. We will then add polish to the levels. Finally, we will create a custom GUI and menus for our title to create a complete package.

Who is this book for?

This book is for those who want to create an FPS game in Unity and gain knowledge on how to customize it to be their very own. If you are familiar with the basics of Unity, you will have an easier time, but it should make it possible for someone with no prior experience to learn Unity at an accelerated pace.

What you will learn

Use UFPS to build custom weapons with custom meshes and behaviors
Explore level design as you prototype levels, making use of Prototype to build levels out quickly
Build environments that are realistic as possible while keeping peak performance and repetitiveness down
Review tips and tricks on how to create environments using both terrain for outdoor areas and a modular workflow for interiors
Develop a number of different encounters that your players can fight against, from a simple turret enemy to complex AI characters from Shooter AI
Discover how to create unique objects such as exploding barrels and objects you can interact with
Create a custom GUI to help your game stand out from the crowd
Package your game for release, create an installer, and get your game out into the world

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Publication date : Oct 30, 2015

Length: 326 pages

Edition : 1st

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781782174806

Vendor :

Unity Technologies

Category :

Game Development

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Concepts :

3D Game Development

Tools :

Unity

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Amazon Customer Dec 07, 2015

I bought this book a few weeks ago now and I find it a very helpful and well written guide.I am a self taught programmer and this book has helped me to extend my knowledge of Unity and UFPS. Yes UFPS is not free but if you are looking to gain more knowledge and worthwhile assets then this asset will not go amiss.I have recommended this book to a few friends who like me program in their free time and are looking for good resources.The book is very well written and very easy to understand so even if you are learning (like I am) you should not have a problem following this book and ending up with your own base FPS game to build and expand on.

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DK Aug 25, 2016

This book was a great introduction to building an FPS game and provides a foundation into what is necessary to build one.I am an experienced coder but not developer by job profession and I started on Unity 5 just a few months ago and this book provides the insight into what building an FPS really takes in Unity.I was not familiar with Prototype aka (ProBuilder), RAIN AI, or Shooter AI aka (Tactical AI Shooter) and this book gave me the knowledge and tools to build a prototype FPS shooter.Now some of the information in this book is outdated now [of no fault to the author] Rival Theory appears to have dumped its RAIN AI and is focusing on "Sentio" so you wont find much help there. Shooter AI appears to now be Tactical AI Shooter and the instructions are a bit different than the book. Prototype is now ProBuilder but those instructions are the same.When Rival Theory dumped its RAIN AI all you find is the legacy pages and the book cites a download from Rival Theory that is no longer available. I reached out to John directly on his website and within 6 hours he had responded back that he was asking Rival Theory for the code. Within 24 hours John sent me a link to Mega Upload to download the missing code. I don't believe I am allowed to post links [to the Mega Upload] in an Amazon review as I could see that as a security threat, just email John at his personal website with his resume he will get back to you.I don't know about you but I don't know many authors that A) respond to their readers B) respond so quickly C) resolve the issue in less in 24 hoursSo that's why I give 5 stars to this book, the author stands behinds his book and the book is a great introduction to FPS using Unity.

Harris Gellman Oct 15, 2016

well written

James Dec 03, 2015

This book will help make a FPS game with minimal coding by using assets from Unity's Asset store. Some of these assets will cost you but if your serious about your hobby like me then these are great purchases. The author will walk you through how to set it up with these tools which is great because you can easily spend hours scouring You Tube trying to find something like this which you may eventually find in different places or you will just give up looking. He makes it easy for you with it all in one place. I'm not an expert on Unity or coding but found this book very easy to follow and had my own little game setup with bots very quickly. But do remember some of these assets like UFPS (this is the only one that is required for you to purchase the other one is Shooter AI but you could use Rain AI which is free) will cost you $95 but it is something worth purchasing, just like any hobby you have to spend some money (like buying this book). I think its a very good starting point for you if your interested in FPS games and wish there were more like this.

Rob Thompson Dec 07, 2015

This is a great book. I like the fact that each chapter is laid out with clear goals. The software pre-requisites are also clearly described with additional information for each package from Unity Store. This is important and also, its rather unbiased in terms of what is actually going to be your personal choice over what is being recommended. As you progress through the book, you can see the power of both applications and start to enjoy Unity and UFPS more than you thought you would. My son, who is 14, is enjoying this book as well. He wants to be a level designer so this is a great start for him. I recommend this book if you are new to Unity and UFPS.

Building an FPS Game with Unity: Create a high-quality first person shooter game using the Unity game engine and the popular UFPS and Probuilder frameworks

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