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Game Development Essentials with Unity 4 LiveLessons (Video Training), Downloadable Version

By Mike Geig
Published Jan 15, 2013 by Addison-Wesley Professional. Part of the LiveLessons series.

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Edition: 1st

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ISBN-10: 0-321-91074-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-321-91074-5

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5+ Hours of Video Instruction

Game Development Essentials with Unity 4 LiveLessons is a complete video training course on the basics of Game Development with the hugely popular Unity game engine, covering the latest version 4.

Game Development Essentials with Unity 4 LiveLessons demonstrates the power and versatility of the Unity 4 engine and helps you leverage this engine in your own game development endeavors. Each lesson in this series focuses on a particular aspect of the Unity game engine, and by the end of the course, you should be able to begin making your own games. Geig covers the Unity interface, concepts of 2D and 3D game development, building terrain for your games, as well as developing game objects that interact through collision. You will also learn to work with scripts and manipulate objects through code. And for those of you who want to develop for mobile devices, you will find coverage here as well. Finally, the course ends with a lesson on how to construct your own game with the Unity 4 game engine.

About the Author:

Mike Geig is both an experienced teacher, and game developer, with a foot firmly in both camps. He is presently teaching Computer Science and Video Game Development at Stark State College in OH. Prior to that, he worked as a developer for Totem Arts, and released Renegade-X: Black Dawn in January, 2012.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Lesson 1: Introduction to Unity 4
Lesson 2: Building Terrain in Unity
Lesson 3: Learning to Use Game Objects
Lesson 4: Detecting Collisions
Lesson 5: Introduction to Unity Scripting
Lesson 6: Mobile Development with Unity 4
Lesson 7: Building Our First Game
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	Lesson 1 Lesson 1: Introduction to Unity 4, Downloadable Version In this lesson we look at the different versions of the Unity engine and become familiar with the concepts of 3D game development. We also open Unity and look at project settings and the Unity interface. Finally we look at navigating and moving items around a scene. Duration: 00:39:05 File Size: 63MB	View example $19.99

	Lesson 2 Lesson 2: Building Terrain in Unity, Downloadable Version In this lesson we learn all about terrain in Unity 4. We learn to sculpt terrain with the terrain tools as well as a heightmap. We then texture our terrain and add trees, water, fog, and a skybox. We finish with learning to navigate terrain with controllers. Duration: 00:58:34 File Size: 252MB	View example $24.99

	Lesson 3 Lesson 3: Learning to Use Game Objects, Downloadable Version In this lesson we learn all about game objects and the various game object types in Unity 4. We examine how to work with specific game objects like meshes, cameras, and lights. Along the way we learn about texturing, layering, and applying prefabs to our objects. By the end of this lesson you should have a strong understanding of the game objects you will use in your games. Duration: 00:34:06 File Size: 214MB	View example $24.99

	Lesson 4 Lesson 4: Detecting Collisions, Downloadable Version In lesson 4 we begin diving into the powerful physics capabilities of the Unity game engine by exploring two basic forms of physics: gravity and collision. We work with rigidbodies and learn how to use them to generate physical effects. Duration: 00:12:31 File Size: 47MB	View example $9.99

	Lesson 5 Lesson 5: Introduction to Unity Scripting, Downloadable Version In this lesson we examine scripting in Unity 4. The lesson provides a brief overview of the concepts of scripting in C#. Some of the topics we cover are variables, operators, conditionals, loops, and functions. Once we have a firm understanding of the various scripting components, we begin adding interactivity to our game objects. We learn how to read user input, access game object components, and generate prefabs. We wrap up this lesson with a look at trigger colliders and graphical user interfaces. Duration: 01:34:16 File Size: 176MB	View example $24.99

	Lesson 6 Lesson 6: Mobile Development with Unity 4, Downloadable Version In this lesson we look at building our projects with mobile devices in mind. We briefly cover the ways to get up and running with both Android and iOS. We then install the Android SDK and get the Unity Remote application up and running. Once we are able to interface with Unity, we begin controlling our games with the built-in accelerometer available in most mobile devices. Finally, we look at how Unity handles multi-touch screen input and work to implement it in our project. Duration: 00:28:19 File Size: 53MB	View example $19.99

	Lesson 7 Lesson 7: Building Our First Game, Downloadable Version Lesson 7 pulls together what we have learned so far and guides us through making our own game. We build the game world, the player, powerups, spawning points, and the game control. Once those components are in place, we implement the HUD, or Heads Up Display, and the Main Menu and Game Over screens. We wrap up by learning how to build and run our game outside of the Unity editor. Duration: 01:01:40 File Size: 201MB	View example $24.99

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