Unity Android Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide -- Table of Contents -- Unity Android 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 -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Downloading the color images of this book -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Saying Hello to Unity and Android -- Understanding what makes Unity great -- Understanding what makes Android great -- Understanding how Unity and Android work together -- Differences between Pro and Basic -- License comparison overview -- Setting up the development environment -- Time for action - installing the JDK -- What just happened? -- Time for action - installing the Android SDK -- What just happened? -- Time for action - installing Unity 3D -- What just happened? -- Optional code editor -- Connecting to a device -- Time for action - simple device connection -- What just happened? -- Time for action - connecting trickier devices -- What just happened? -- Unity Remote -- Building a simple application -- Time for action - Hello World -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - working ahead -- Summary -- 2. Looking Good - Graphical Interface -- Creating a Tic-tac-toe game -- Time for action - creating Tic-tac-toe -- What just happened? -- Finishing the game -- Time for action - finish creating the game -- What just happened? -- GUI Skins and GUI Styles -- A prettier form of Tic-tac-toe -- Time for action - styling the game -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - backgrounds -- Dynamic positioning -- Time for action - the dynamic GUI -- What just happened?.

Have a go hero - scaling menus -- A better way to build to device -- Time for action - build and run -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - single player mode -- Summary -- 3. The Backbone of Any Game - Meshes, Materials, and Animations -- Setting up -- Time for action - the setup -- What just happened? -- Importing the meshes -- Time for action - importing the tank -- What just happened? -- Tank import settings -- Setting up the tank -- Time for action - creating the tank -- What just happened? -- Time for action - keeping score -- What just happened? -- Time for action - controlling the chassis -- What just happened? -- Time for action - controlling the turret -- What just happened? -- Time for action - putting the pieces together -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - cannon alignment -- Creating the materials -- Time for action - creating the city -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - decorating the city -- Time for action - moving treads -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - turning with the treads -- Animations -- The target's animations -- Time for action - setting up target's animations -- What just happened? -- State machines -- Time for action - creating the target state machine -- What just happened? -- Time for action - scripting the target -- What just happened? -- Creating the prefab -- Time for action - creating the target -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - more targets -- Ray tracing to shoot -- Time for action - simple shooting -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - better GUI -- Summary -- 4. Setting the Stage - Camera Effects and Lighting -- The camera effects -- Skyboxes and distance fog -- Time for action - adding a skybox and distance fog -- What just happened? -- Target indicator -- Time for action - creating the pointer -- What just happened? -- Time for action - controlling the indicator.

What just happened? -- Time for action - working with a second camera -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - adjusting the position -- Turbo boost -- Time for action - using the boost effect -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - styling and control -- Lights -- Time for action - adding more lights -- What just happened? -- Lightmaps -- Time for action - creating a lightmap -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - reason and speed -- Cookies -- Time for action - applying headlights -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - adding a switch -- Blob shadow -- Time for action - a tank with a shadow -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - making it square -- Summary -- 5. Getting Around - Pathfinding and AI -- Understanding AI and pathfinding -- The NavMesh -- Time for action - creating the NavMesh -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - creating extra obstacles -- The NavMeshAgent component -- Time for action - creating the enemy -- What just happened? -- The chase -- Time for action - the player is over here -- What just happened? -- Time for action - chasing the player -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - adding shadow -- Being attacked -- Time for action - getting ready to fire -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - player feedback -- Attacking the enemy -- Time for action - giving it a weakness -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - coloring the enemy -- Spawning -- Time for action - creating spawns -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - two for one -- Pop Quiz - understanding enemies -- Summary -- 6. Specialties of the Mobile Device - Touch and Tilt -- Setting up -- Time for action - creating the project -- What just happened? -- Controlling with tilt -- Time for action - steering the space ship -- What just happened? -- Making things move in space -- Time for action - flying asteroids -- What just happened?.

Adding space collisions -- Time for action - adding collisions -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - adding points -- Creating the enemy -- Time for action - adding an enemy ship -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - skybox and fog -- Controlling with touch -- Time for action - touch to shoot -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - healthy ships -- Spawning in space -- Time for action - creating a space spawn -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - more to spawn and shoot -- Pop Quiz - understanding Android components -- Summary -- 7. Throwing Your Weight Around - Physics and a 2D Camera -- 2D games in a 3D world -- Time for action - preparing the world -- What just happened? -- Physics -- Building blocks -- Time for action - creating planks -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - creating a stone block -- Physics materials -- Time for action - sliding and bouncing -- What just happened? -- Characters -- The enemy -- Time for action - creating the pigs -- What just happened? -- The ally -- Time for action - creating the red bird -- What just happened? -- Controls -- Attacking -- Time for action - creating the slingshot -- What just happened? -- Watching -- Time for action - controlling the camera -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - more levels -- A better background -- Time for action - creating the parallax background -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - dark of the night -- The flock variety -- The yellow bird -- Time for action - creating the yellow bird -- What just happened? -- The blue bird -- Time for action - creating the blue bird -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - creating a rainbow bird -- The black bird -- Time for action - creating the black bird -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - explosive blocks -- Level selection -- Time for action - creating the level selection -- What just happened?.

Have a go hero - adding some style -- Summary -- 8. Special Effects - Sound and Particles -- Understanding audio -- Import settings -- Audio Listener -- Audio Source -- Adding background music -- Time for action - adding background music -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - setting some mood -- Creating an alarm system -- Time for action - warning the player -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - differentiation -- Understanding particle systems -- Particle system settings -- Creating engine trails -- Time for action - adding engine trails -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - more trails -- Putting it together -- Explosions -- Time for action - adding explosions -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - more types of explosions -- Creating laser blasts -- Time for action - adding laser blasts -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - more types of lasers -- Summary -- 9. Optimization -- Minimizing the application footprint -- Editor log -- Asset compression -- Models -- Model tab -- Rig tab -- Animations tab -- Textures -- Audio -- Player settings -- Rendering -- Optimization -- Tracking performance -- Editor statistics -- The Profiler -- Tracking script performance -- Time for action - tracking scripts -- What just happened? -- Minimizing lag -- Occlusion -- Time for action - occluding tanks -- What just happened? -- Points to remember -- Summary -- A. Pop Quiz Answers -- Chapter 5, Getting Around - Pathfinding and AI -- Pop quiz - understanding enemies -- Chapter 6, Specialties of the Mobile Device - Touch and Tilt -- Pop quiz - understanding Android components -- Index.