Unity 4.x Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide -- Table of Contents -- Unity 4.x Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- A word about the third edition -- Your future as a game developer -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the color images of this book -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. That's One Fancy Hammer! -- Introducing Unity 3D -- The engine, the tool, and the all-weather tires -- Unity takes over the world -- Why choose Unity? -- Why burn this book and run away screaming? -- 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 promises -- Maybe we should build Off-Road Velociraptor Safari? -- I bent my Wooglie -- Big Fun Racing -- Diceworks -- Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime -- Showcase Showdown -- Unity Technologies - "Made with Unity" page -- Kongregate -- The iOS App Store -- Walk before you can run (or double jump) -- There's no such thing as "finished" -- Stop! Hammer time -- Fight Some Angry Bots -- The wonders of technology! -- The Scene window -- The Game window -- The Hierarchy panel -- The Project panel -- The Inspector panel -- Heads Up? -- Layers and layout dropdowns -- Playback controls -- Scene controls -- Don't stop there - live a little! -- Summary -- Big ambition, tiny games -- 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 -- Possible additional features: -- Heads up! -- Artillery Live! -- The skinny on multiplayer -- Bang for your buck -- Pong -- The mechanic that launched a thousand games -- Have a go hero - redesign your favorite games -- Toy or story -- Pop Quiz - finding that singular piece of joy -- Redefining the sky -- Summary -- Let's begin -- 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 -- What just happened - that's all there is to it? -- 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 wants to crack your game performance? -- Keeping yourself in the dark -- Time for action - add a light -- Time for action - move and rotate the light -- Have a go hero -- Extra credit -- Are you a luminary? -- Who turned out the lights? -- Darkness reigns -- Cameramania -- Time for action - test your game -- Let's get physical -- Add physics to your game -- Understanding the gravity of the situation -- More bounce to the ounce -- Time for action - make the Ball bouncy -- Have a go hero -- Summary -- Following the script -- 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! -- What just happened? -- 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 -- Have a go hero - pulling the wings off of flies -- 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 -- What just happened? -- A capital idea -- Animating with code -- Time for action - animate the Paddle -- What just happened - what witchcraft is this? -- Why didn't the Paddle animate before? -- Pick a word - (almost) any word -- Screen coordinates versus World coordinates -- Move the Paddle -- Worst. Game. Ever. -- See the matrix -- Time for action - listen to 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 -- What just happened - we've gone too var -- 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 - re-visit 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 -- Have a go hero - time to break stuff -- Keep it up -- Beyond the game mechanic -- C# Addendum -- 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 -- What just happened? -- Time for action - create a button UI control -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - no sense sitting around on your button -- Want font? -- Cover your assets -- Time for action - nix the mip-mapping -- Front and center -- Time for action - center the button -- What just happened - investigating the code -- The waiting game -- The easiest button to button -- To the game! -- Time for action - add both scenes to 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 -- A matter of great import -- Building a better bucket -- How big is your locker? -- 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 -- Have a go hero - don't take my word for it! -- Build that grid -- What just happened - grokking the code -- Now you're playing with power! -- C# addendum -- 6. Game #2 - Robot Repair Part 2 -- From zero to game in one chapter -- Finding your center -- Time for action - centering the game grid vertically -- What just happened? -- Time for action - centering the game grid horizontally -- What just happened - coding like a ninja -- Down to the nitty griddy -- Do the random card shuffle -- Time for action - preparing to build the deck -- Let's break some robots -- Time for action - building the deck -- What just happened - dissecting the bits -- Time for action - modifying the img argument -- What just happened? -- What exactly is "this"? -- Have a go hero - grokketh-thou Random.Range()? -- Random reigns supreme -- Second dragon down -- Time to totally flip -- Time for action - making the cards two-sided.

Time for action - building the card-flipping function -- Time for action - building the card-flipping function -- What just happened - dissecting the flip -- Pumpkin eater -- What just happened? -- Stabby McDragonpoker rides again -- Game and match -- Time for action - ID the cards -- What just happened? -- Time for action - comparing the IDs -- What just happened? -- On to the final boss -- Endgame -- Time for action - checking for victory -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - extra credit -- Endgame -- Bring. It. On. -- C# Addendum -- 7. Don't Be a Clock Blocker -- Apply pressure -- Time for action - preparing the Clock Script -- Time for more action - preparing the clock text -- Still time for action - changing the clock text color -- Time for action rides again - creating Font Texture and Material -- Time for action - what's with the tiny font? -- What just happened - was that seriously magic? -- Time for action - preparing the clock code -- What just happened - that's a whole lotta nothing -- Time for action - creating the countdown logic -- Time for action - displaying the time on-screen -- What just happened - what about that terrifying code? -- Picture it -- Time for action - grabbing the picture clock graphics -- What just happened - you can do that? -- Time for action - Flex those GUI muscles -- What just happened - how does it work? -- The incredible shrinking clock -- Keep your fork - there's pie! -- Pop quiz - how do we build it? -- How they did it -- Time for action - rigging up the textures -- Time for action - writing the pie chart script -- What just happened? -- Time for action - commencing operation pie clock -- What just happened - explaining away the loose ends -- Time for action - positioning and scaling the clock -- Have a go hero - rock out with your clock out -- Unfinished business -- C# Addendum -- 8. Hearty Har Har.

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