2D Game Development with Unity

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Author
Introduction and Overview
Part I: The Basics of Game Development
	Chapter 1 First Steps
		Visual Studio
		What is C#
		Numbers
		Ints, Floats, and Doubles
		Random Numbers
		Number Game
		Important: Notes for Mac Users
		Installing Unity
	Chapter 2 Programming C# in Unity
		The Default C# Script in Unity
		Numeric Data Types
		Math Operators
		Bitwise Operators
		Math Functions
		More C# Data Types
		If and Switch
		Loops
		Classes and Methods
		C# Programming Style
	Chapter 3 2D Graphics with Gimp and Unity
		Introduction to Gimp
		Bouncing Donuts Design
		Creating a Wooden Plank in Gimp
		Three Planks and a Donut in Unity
	Chapter 4 2D Graphics with Blender and Unity
		Introduction to Blender
		Creating the Donut Box in Blender
		Exporting from Blender to Unity
		Bouncing Donuts Prototype: First Gameplay!
	Chapter 5 The Unity Interface
		The Unity Editor
		The Scene View
		The Hierarchy Window
		The Project Window
		The Inspector Window
		Rendering: Materials and Shaders
		Lights
		Collision: Donut vs. Sphere
		Cameras
	Chapter 6 Bouncing Donuts Prototype 2
		Title Screen
		Scoring
		Game Over
		Improved Donut Box Collision
		Prefabs
		Refactoring
		A Second Level
		Five Levels
		Release: Bouncing Donuts Prototype 2
	Chapter 7 Sound Effects with Audacity
		Introduction to Sound In Games
		Installing Audacity
		Making Sound Effects in Audacity
		Recording Sound Effects
		Using Sound Effects from the Internet
		Sound Effects Programming in Unity
	Chapter 8 Music with Musescore
		Introduction to Music in Video Games
		Installing Musescore
		Creating Your Own Score
		Using Third-Party Music
		Importing Music into Unity
	Chapter 9 Bouncing Donuts 1.0
		Bug Fixes
		Shelve or Go On?
		Release: Bouncing Donuts 1.0
		Postmortem
Part II: 2D Game Development from Concept to Release
	Chapter 10 2D Tools in Unity
		Unity 2D Settings
		Sprites
		Tiles
		2D Sprite Sheet Animation
		2D Skeletal Animation
	Chapter 11 Designing a 2D Maze Game
		Famous Maze Games
		Setting Up the Project
		Player Character: Dottima Dot
		Mazes and Backgrounds
		The Story
		Enemies: Robots and Question Marks
		Game Design Document
	Chapter 12 Building the Level 1 Maze
		Using Gimp to Make Tiles for Level 1
		Maze Layout in Unity
	Chapter 13 Source Control
		Installing Sourcetree, Git, and Bitbucket
		Source Control with Sourcetree and Git
		Repositories on Bitbucket
		Using Sourcetree with Unity
	Chapter 14 Menus
		Source Control Setup
		Main Menu Layout
		Settings Menu Layout
		Mainmenu Functionality
		Settings Menu Functionality
	Chapter 15 Animating the Player Character
		Simple Player Movement
		Wall Collisions
		Idle Animation
		Movement Animations
		Making the Animations Work in the Game
	Chapter 16 Enemies: Using Blender to Make Robot Sprites
		Box Modeling in Blender
		Lighting in Blender
		The 3D Viewport
		Blender Basic Animation Tutorial
		Robot Swinging Arm Animation
		Robot Walk Animation
	Chapter 17 Making Textured Enemies with Blender
		Spikers
		Textures for Blender
		Blockade
		Question Marks
	Chapter 18 Enemy Movement and Collisions
		Dotrobot Movement and Collisions
		Spiker Movement and Collisions
		Blockade and Questionmark Collisions
	Chapter 19 Weapons and Projectiles
		Arrows
		Shooting Arrows
		Bombs
		Throwing Bombs
		Arrows Revisited
		Particle Systems in Unity
		Fuse Sparks and Explosions
	Chapter 20 Lives, Level Design, and Old School Scoring
		The Unity GUI
		Lives
		Levels
		Scoring
		Level Design
	Chapter 21 Sound and Music for Dotgame
		Recording Speech
		More Free Sound Effects Online
		More Sound Effects in Audacity
		Sound Effects Coding for Dotgame
		Background Music in Dotgame
	Chapter 22 Cutscenes
		An Animated Title Scene
		More Cutscenes
	Chapter 23  Testing
		A Brief History of Video Game Testing
		Testing During Development
		Testing Before Release
	Chapter 24  Release
		Releasing a Unity Game
		Localization
		Games as a Service
		The End?
Appendix I: Game Development Glossary
Appendix II: Rules for Game Developers
Appendix III: Game Development Checklist
Appendix IV: Legal
Appendix V: The C# Coding Standard for This Book
Index