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Holistic Game Development with Unity: An All-in-One Guide to Implementing Game Mechanics, Art, Design and Programming
 
 

Holistic Game Development with Unity: An All-in-One Guide to Implementing Game Mechanics, Art, Design and Programming [Kindle Edition]

Penny de Byl
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The independent developer has ascended, and the new business model demands agility. You have to be able to work on all aspects of game creation, and your team's game will publish directly to platforms like Android, iPhone, and Facebook. You'll use Unity, the hottest game engine out there, to do it. In order to earn your place on the elite development team, you must master both sides of the development coin: art and programming.

Holistic Game Development with Unity is an authoritative guide to creating games in Unity. Taking you through game design, programming, and art, Penny de Byl uses a holistic approach to equip you with the multidisciplinary skills you need for the independent games industry. With this book, you will master essential digital art and design principles while learning the programming skills necessary to build interactivity into your games. The tutorials will put these skills into action. The companion website offers: source code for completed projects from the book, art assets, instructional videos, a forum, author blog and lesson plans and challenge questions for professors.

   Examines art and programming in unison-the only one-stop shop for individual developers and small teams looking to tackle both tasks.



      • Examines art and programming in unison-the only one-stop shop for individual developers and small teams looking to tackle both tasks.
      • Teaches, using proven, step-by-step tutorials, how to design and structure and entire game in Unity with art assets created in Blender.
      • Presents a gentle introduction to essential 2D and 3D mathematical and physics concepts.
      • Provides a portfolio of reusable game mechanics.
      • Companion website offers source code for completed projects featured in the book, art assets, instructional videos, author blog, and discussion forum, as well as lesson plans and challenge questions for professors.

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    • Format: Kindle Edition
    • File Size: 5796 KB
    • Print Length: 504 pages
    • Simultaneous Device Usage: Up to 4 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
    • Publisher: Focal Press; 1 edition (23 Nov 2011)
    • Language: English
    • ASIN: B006G9VN6Y
    • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
    • X-Ray: Not Enabled
    • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
    • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #232,730 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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    2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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    This is definitely a beginner's book, beginning with the most basic concepts of 3D graphics. It explains the most basic but necessary mathematical concepts. It goes on to introduce programming mechanics, with chapters on character mechanics, environmental mechanics, and also the mechanics of utilizing mobile device features such as the accelerometers, the GPS and web services. There is also a very interesting chapter on game mechanics and game design, which you don't often find in this kind of book, identifying some of the key concepts used in all games.

    All these concepts are illustrated with demonstrations of projects using the Unity engine, with all the required code listed in UnityScript. One thing it doesn't do, which for me was a disappointment, is explain line for line what the script is doing. While it would be out of the scope of the book to delve into object orientated programming, some form of explanation would have been helpful, instead of saying "The code must be EXACTLY as it appears here". Being new to programming, trying to decipher poorly documented code from demonstration projects is my biggest obstacle to learning it.

    This book provides a good overview of games development, while at the same shows the reader how to use the Unity game engine. So it is good for both those things and definitely worth having. You will get the most out of it if you have a background in 3D modeling applications, such as Maya or 3D Studio Max, but have no knowledge of game creation and want to learn Unity3D as the way forward. Some knowledge in object orientated programming would also be an advantage. But you WILL need to find a good resource for learning Unity scripting to compliment it with.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Great beginners book for Unity3d 19 May 2013
    By Zplintz
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    I am not a noob to computers, software or programming but I am a noob to 3d game design in general and Unity3d itself. This book simultaneously teaches you about 3d games in general and how to use this knowledge with Unity.

    Included are examples of each aspect of Unity in easy to follow steps. Each tutorial leaves you with enough understanding and scope of what you just achieved to play with parameters to further understanding. Thanks to Unity's structure an amazing amount can be achieved with very little effort. The author has used this to great affect.

    The author's obvious deep interest in the mechanics of 3d game design and its application has also inspired me to study various aspects of mathematics that I now realise will massively help with my control of objects in the 3d environment.

    I think it is an excellent book and unlike a stack of other software reference books in my Kindle collection - this is not one I got 33% of the way through before thinking it a waste of money.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Great item 30 Jan 2013
    By Harrier
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    Very useful information, just what I needed. Will look out for any alternative to compliment it. Great Item. Thank you.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book with no 'faffing' 21 Dec 2011
    Format:Paperback
    This book is a godsend for anyone looking to get an understanding into the various disciplines of game development.
    There's no messing around and the author jumps straight into pure meaty content with no opinionated bumpf. Various tricky subjects are explained quite clearly without paragraphs of dull and dry text.
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