Unity 3.x game development by example [[electronic resource] ] : Beginner's guide ; a seat of your pants manual for building fun, groovy little games quickly with Unity 3.x / / Ryan Henson Creighton

• Autore: Creighton Ryan Henson
• Pubblicazione: Birmingham, UK, : Packt Pub., 2011
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (408 p.)
• Disciplina: 794.816693
• Soggetto topico: Video games - Programming; Video games - Design; Computer graphics; Three-dimensional display systems
• Note generali: Includes index.; "Learn by doing: less theory, more results".
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewer; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1:That's One Fancy Hammer!; Introducing Unity 3D; Unity takes over the world; Browser-based 3D? Welcome to the future; Time for action - Install the Unity Web Player; Welcome to Unity 3D!; What can I build with Unity?; FusionFall; Completely hammered; Should we try to build FusionFall?; Another option; Off-Road Velociraptor Safari; I bent my Wooglie; Big Fun Racing; Diceworks; Walk before you can run (or double jump); There's no such thing as ""finished""; Stop! Hammer time ; Explore Bootcamp The wonders of technology!; The Scene window; The Game window; The Hierarchy; The Project panel; The Inspector; Heads up?; Layers and layout drop downs; Playback controls; Scene controls; Don't stop there-live a little!; Summary; Big ambition, tiny games; Chapter 2:Let's Start with the Sky; That little light bulb; The siren song of 3D; Features versus content; A game with no features; Mechanic versus skin; Trapped in your own skin; That singular piece of joy; One percent inspiration; Motherload; Heads up!; Artillery Live!; Pong; The mechanic that launched a thousand games ; Toy or story Redefining the sky; Summary; Let's begin; Chapter 3:Game 1: Ticker Taker; Kick up a new Unity project; Where did everything go?; 'Tis volley; Keep the dream alive; Slash and burn!; The many faces of keep-up; Creating the ball and the hitter; Time for action - Creating the ball; A ball by any other name; Time for action - Renaming the ball; Origin story; XYZ/RGB; Time for action - Moving the ball Into the ""sky""; Time for action - Shrinking the ball; Time for action - Saving your scene; Time for action - Adding the paddle; What is a mesh?; Poly wanna crack your game performance? ; Keeping yourself in the dark Time for action - Adding a light; Time for action - Moving and rotating the light; Extra credit; Are you a luminary?; Who turned out the lights?; Darkness reigns; Time for action - Camera mania; Time for action - Test your game; Let's get physical; Time for action - Add physics to your game; Understanding the gravity of the situation; More bounce to the ounce; Time for action - Make the ball bouncy; Summary; Following the script; Chapter 4:Code Comfort; What is code?; Time for action - Writing your first Unity script; A leap of faith; Lick it and stick it ; Disappear Me! It's all Greek to me; You'll never go hungry again; With great sandwich comes great responsibility; Examining the code; Time for action - Find the Mesh Renderer component; Time for action - Make the ball re-appear; Ding!; Time for action - Journey to the Unity Script Reference; The Renderer class; What's another word for ""huh""?; It's been fun; Time for action - Unstick the script; Gone, but not forgotten; Why code?; Equip your baby bird; Time for action - Creating a new MouseFollow script; A capital idea; Animating with code; Time for action - Animating the paddle ; Pick a word-(almost) any word
• Sommario/riassunto: A seat-of-your-pants manual for building fun, groovy little games quickly with Unity 3.x
• Titolo autorizzato: Unity 3.x game development by example
• ISBN: 1-283-28388-3; 9786613283887; 1-84969-185-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789713603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II