Unity 4 Game Development HOTSHOT -- Table of Contents -- Unity 4 Game Development HOTSHOT -- 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 -- Instant Updates on New Packt Books -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Sections -- Mission briefing -- Why is it awesome? -- Your Hotshot objectives -- Mission checklist -- Task 1 -- Prepare for lift off -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Mission accomplished -- A Hotshot challenge / Hotshot challenges -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Downloading the color images of this book -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Develop a Sprite and Platform Game -- Mission briefing -- Why is it awesome? -- Your Hotshot objectives -- Mission checklist -- Setting up a 2D level and collider -- Prepare for lift off -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- The Sprite Renderer and Sorting Layer -- Creating a 2D character and animation -- Prepare for lift off -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Controlling the character with the PlayerController_2D class -- Prepare for lift off -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Physics2D.Raycast -- Creating a key, door, and replay button -- Prepare for lift off -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Coroutines -- The Restart button -- Mission accomplished -- Hotshot challenges -- 2. Create a Menu for an RPG - Add Powerups, Weapons, and Armors -- Mission briefing -- Why is it awesome? -- Your Hotshot objectives.

Mission checklist -- Customizing skin with GUISkin -- Prepare for lift off -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Creating a menu object -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Creating the STATUS tab -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Creating the INVENTORY tab -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- GUI.tooltip -- Creating the EQUIPMENT tab -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Mission accomplished -- Hotshot challenges -- 3. Shade Your Hero/Heroine -- Mission briefing -- Why is it awesome? -- Your Hotshot objectives -- Mission checklist -- Shader programming - Diffuse and Bump (normal) maps -- Prepare for lift off -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Shader programming - Ambient and Specular light -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Shader programming - Half Lambert, Rim Light, and Toon Ramp -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Mission accomplished -- Hotshot challenges -- 4. Add Character Control and Animation to Our Hero/Heroine -- Mission briefing -- Why is it awesome? -- Your Hotshot objectives -- Mission checklist -- Setting up character animation and level -- Prepare for lift off -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Tip for 3Ds Max users -- The Animations inspector -- Creating an animator controller -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Creating a character control script -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Creating a third-person camera to follow our character.

Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Mission accomplished -- Hotshot challenges -- 5. Build a Rocket Launcher! -- Mission briefing -- Why is it awesome? -- Your Hotshot objectives -- Mission checklist -- Setting up a character animation and animator controller -- Prepare for lift off -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Blend Tree -- Adding new features to the CharacterControl and CameraControl scripts -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Creating a MouseLook script and laser target scope -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Line Renderer -- Creating a rocket prefab and particle effects -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Creating a rocket launcher and RocketUI -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- BroadcastMessage -- Mission accomplished -- Hotshot challenges -- 6. Make AI Appear Smart -- Mission briefing -- Why is it awesome? -- Your Hotshot objectives -- Mission checklist -- Creating the Waypoint and WaypointsContainer scripts -- Prepare for lift off -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Gizmos -- Creating a custom editor for the WaypointsContainer script -- Prepare for lift off -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Creating the enemy movement with the AI script -- Prepare for lift off -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Creating a hit-point UI -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Mission accomplished -- Hotshot challenges -- 7. Forge a Destructible and Interactive Virtual World -- Mission briefing -- Why is it awesome?.

Your Hotshot objectives -- Mission checklist -- Creating a ragdoll object -- Prepare for lift off -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Creating a destructible wall -- Prepare for lift off -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Creating a rockslide and trigger area -- Prepare for lift off -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Creating the RocksTrigger and Rocks scripts -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Mission accomplished -- Hotshot challenges -- 8. Let the World See the Carnage - Saving and Loading High Scores -- Mission briefing -- Why is it awesome? -- Your Hotshot objectives -- Mission checklist -- Creating the UserData and Hiscore scripts -- Prepare for lift off -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Saving and loading the local high score -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Creating an XMLParser script -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Saving and loading server high score -- Prepare for lift off -- Engage thrusters -- Objective complete - mini debriefing -- Classified intel -- Mission accomplished -- Hotshot challenges -- A. Important Functions -- Awake() -- Start() -- Update() -- FixedUpdate() -- LateUpdate() -- OnEnable() -- OnDisable() -- OnGUI() -- OnDrawGizmos() -- References -- B. Coroutines and Yield -- Coroutines -- YieldInstruction -- WaitForSeconds -- WaitForFixedUpdate -- StartCoroutine -- Using StartCoroutine with method name (string) -- StopCoroutine -- StopAllCoroutines -- References -- C. Major Differences Between C# and Unity JavaScript -- Unity script directives -- Type names -- Variable declaration.

Variables with dynamically typed resolution -- Multidimensional array declaration -- Character literals not supported -- Class declarations -- Limited interface support -- Generics -- The foreach keyword -- The new keyword -- The yield instruction and coroutine -- Casting -- Properties with getters/setters -- Changing struct properties by value versus by reference -- Function/method definitions -- References -- D. Shaders and Cg/HLSL Programming -- ShaderLab properties -- Surface shaders -- #pragma surface -- Surface shaders input structure -- The SurfaceOutput structure -- Cg/HLSL Programming -- Accessing shader properties in Cg/HLSL -- Data types -- Common methods to create shaders -- References -- Index.