Unity 3D Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: That's One Fancy Hammer!
Chapter 2: Let's Start with the Sky
Chapter 3: Game #1: Ticker Taker
Chapter 4: Code Comfort
Chapter 5: Game #2: Robot Repair
Chapter 6: Game #2: Robot Repair Part 2
Chapter 7: Don't Be a Clock Blocker
Chapter 8: Ticker Taker
Chapter 9: Game #3: The Break-Up
Chapter 10: Game #3: The Break-Up Part 2
Chapter 11: Game #4: Shoot the Moon
Chapter 12: Action!
Appendix: References
Index

• 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
      • Fewer features, more promise
      • Maybe we should build 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 Demo island
  • The wonders of technology!
  • The Scene window
    • The Game window
    • The Hierarchy
    • The Project panel
    • The Inspector
    • Invade Island Demo as a paratrooper
    • Layers and layout dropdowns
    • 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 lightbulb
  • 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 – create the ball
  • A ball by any other name
  • Time for action – rename the ball
  • Origin story
    • XYZ/RGB
  • Time for action – move the ball into the "sky"
  • Time for action – shrink the ball
  • Time for action – save your Scene
  • Time for action – add the Paddle
    • What's a Mesh?
    • Poly wanna crack your game performance?
  • Keeping yourself in the dark
  • Time for action – add a light
  • Time for action – move and rotate the light
    • Extra credit
  • Are you a luminary?
    • Who turned out the lights?
    • Darkness reigns
  • 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 – write 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 reappear
  • 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 – create a new MouseFollow Script
  • A capital idea
  • Animating with code
  • Time for action – animate the Paddle
  • Pick a word—(almost) any word
  • Screen Coordinates versus World Coordinates
  • Move the Paddle
  • Worst. Game. Ever.
  • See the matrix
  • Time for action – animate the Paddle
  • A tiny bit o' math
  • Tracking the numbers
  • Futzing with the numbers
  • Time for action – log the new number
  • She's A-Work!
  • Somebody get me a bucket
  • Time for action – declare a variable to store the screen midpoint
  • Using all three dees
  • Time for action – follow the Y position of the mouse
  • A keep-up game for robots
  • Once more into the breach
  • Time for action – revisit the Unity Language Reference
  • Our work here is done
  • Time for action – add the sample code to your Script
  • One final tweak
    • What's a quaternion?
    • Wait, what's a quaternion?
    • WHAT THE HECK IS A QUATERNION??
  • Educated guesses
    • More on Slerp
  • Right on target
  • Keep it up
    • Beyond the game mechanic

• Chapter 5: Game #2: Robot Repair
  • You'll totally flip
    • A blank slate
    • You're making a scene
  • Time for action – set up two Scenes
    • No right answer
  • Time for action – prepare the GUI
    • The beat of your own drum
  • Time for action – create and link a custom GUI skin
  • Time for action – create a button UI control
    • Want font?
    • Cover your assets
  • Time for action – nix the mipmapping
    • Front and center
  • Time for action – center the button
    • To the game!
  • Time for action – add both scenes to the build list
    • Set the stage for robots
  • Time for action – prepare the game Scene
    • The game plan
    • Have some class!
  • Time for action – store the essentials
    • Start me up
    • Going loopy
    • The anatomy of a loop
    • To nest is best
    • Seeing is believing
  • Time for action – create an area to store the grid
    • Build that grid
    • Now you're playing with power!

• Chapter 6: Game #2: Robot Repair Part 2
  • From zero to game in one chapter
    • Finding your center
  • Time for action – center the game grid vertically
  • Time for action – center the game grid horizontally
  • Down to the nitty griddy
    • Do the random card shuffle
  • Time for action – prepare to build the deck
    • Let's break some robots
  • Time for action – build the deck
  • Time for action – modify the img argument
    • What exactly is "this"?
    • Random reigns supreme
    • Second dragon down
    • Time to totally flip
  • Time for action – make the cards two-sided
  • Time for action – build the card-flipping function
  • Time for action – build the card-flipping function
    • Pumpkin eater
    • Stabby McDragonpoker rides again
    • Game and match
  • Time for action – ID the cards
  • Time for action – compare the IDs
    • On to the final boss
    • Endgame
  • Time for action – check for victory
    • Endgame
    • Bring. It. On.

• Chapter 7: Don't Be a Clock Blocker
  • Apply pressure
  • Time for action – prepare the clock script
  • Time for more action – prepare the clock text
  • Still time for action – change the clock text color
  • Time for action rides again – create a font texture and material
  • Time for action – what's with the tiny font?
  • Time for action – prepare the clock code
  • Time for action – create the countdown logic
  • Time for action – display the time on-screen
    • Picture it
  • Time for action – grab the picture clock graphics
  • Time for action – flex those GUI muscles
    • The incredible shrinking clock
    • Keep your fork—there's pie!
    • How they did it
  • Time for action – rig up the textures
  • Time for action – write the pie chart Script
  • Time for action – commence operation pie clock
  • Time for action – positioning and scaling the clock
  • Unfinished business

• Chapter 8: Ticker Taker
  • Welcome to Snoozeville
    • Model behavior
  • Time for action – explore the models
  • Time for action – hands up!
  • Time for action – change the FBX import scale settings
  • Time for action – make the Mesh Colliders convex
  • Time for action – make the Hands and Tray follow the Mouse
  • Time for action – get your heart on
  • Time for action – ditch the Ball and Paddle
  • Time for action – material witness
  • This Just In: This Game Blows
  • Time for action – multiple erections
  • Time for action – create a font texture
  • Time for action – create the HeartBounce Script
  • Time for action – tag the tray
  • Time for action – tweak the bounce
  • Time for action – keeping track of the bounces
  • Time for action – add the lose condition
  • Time for action – add the Play Again button
    • Ticker Taken

• Chapter 9: Game #3: The Break-Up
  • Time for action – bombs away!
  • Time for action – poke those particles
  • Time for action – create a Spark Material
  • Time for action – prefabulous
  • Time for action – lights, camera, apartment
  • Time for action – add the character
  • Time for action – register the animations
  • Time for action – script the character
  • Time for action – open the Pod Bay Door, Hal
  • Time for action – collision-enable the Character
  • Time for action – re-Prefab the Prefab
  • Time for action – apocalypse now?
  • Time for action – go boom
  • Time for action – the point of impact
  • Time for action – hook up the explosion
  • Summary

• Chapter 10: Game #3: The Break-Up Part 2
  • Time for action – amass some glass
  • Time for action – create a Particle System
  • Time for action – make it edgier!
  • Time for action – contain the explosion
  • Time for action – let's get lazy
  • Very variable?
  • Terminal velocity is a myth—bombs fall faster
  • Time for action – tag the objects
  • Time for action – write the collision detection code
  • Time for action – animation interrupts
  • Time for action – add facial explosions
  • Time for action – make some noise
  • Time for action – add sounds to the FallingObjectScript
  • What's the catch?
  • Time for action – mix it up a bit
  • Summary

• Chapter 11: Game #4: Shoot the Moon
  • Time for action – duplicate your game project
  • Time for action – space this sucker up a bit
  • Time for action – enter the hero
  • Time for action – it's a hit!
  • Time for action – bring on the bad guys
  • Time for action – do some housekeeping
  • Time for action – fixing the fall
  • Time for action – tweak the hero
  • Time for action – give up the func
  • Time for action – itchy trigger finger
  • Time for action – futurize the bullet
  • Time for action – building Halo
  • Time for action – fire!
  • Time for action – Code Do-Si-Do
  • Time for action – the maaagic of aaaarguments
  • Time for action – add the most important part of any space
  • shooter
    • Last year's model
  • Summary
  • More hospitality

• Chapter 12: Action!
  • Open heart surgery
  • Time for action – haul in the hallway
  • Time for action – meet me at camera two
  • Time for action – adjust the Main Camera
  • Time for action – deck the halls
  • Time for action – turn on the lights
  • Time for action – set up the camera rig
  • Time for action – animate the bouncer
  • Time for action – I like to move it move it
  • Time for action – animate the runner
  • Time for action – how to "handle" Nurse Slipperfoot
  • Time for action – you spin me right round
  • Time for action – deploy your game
    • Time to grow
    • Beyond the book

• Appendix: References
  • Online resources
  • Offline resources
  • Free development tools
    • Graphics
    • Sound
  • Content sites
  • Game Portals

• Index