Unity Apprentice

What You Need
	Dedications
	Book Source Code & Forums
	About the Team
	About the Authors
	About the Editors
	About the Artists
	Chapter 1: Getting Started
	Why use Unity?
	Requirements and expectations
	What’s ahead
	Key points
	Where to go from here?
	Chapter 2: Installing & Using the Unity Editor
	Introduction
	Installing the Unity Hub
	Start a new project
	Unity Editor
	Publishing a game
	Key points
	Chapter 3: GameObjects & Prefabs
	Getting started
	GameObjects
	Components
	Prefabs
	Making it all come together
	Key points
	Chapter 4: Creating & Using Scripts With C#
	Scripting with C#
	Scripting fundamentals
	Your first script
	Using scripts with other components
	Key points
	Chapter 5: Setting Up a Scene
	Getting started
	Camera
	Lighting a scene
	Adding characters
	Key points
	Chapter 6: Input & Collisions
	Input systems
	Setting up the new input system
	Linking input to movement
	Physics
	Key points
	Chapter 7: User Interfaces
	Title screen overview
	Canvas
	Adding UI elements
	Interaction system
	Key points
	Chapter 8: Scriptable Objects
	Dialogue user interface
	Dialogue manager overview
	Creating a dialogue system
	Lines of dialogue
	Conversations
	Dialogue starter component
	Improving the dialogue manager
	Handling questions
	Key points
	Chapter 9: Basic AI & Navigation
	Introduction to the Arena
	Game logic
	Game state
	Common pitfalls with NavMesh Agents
	Key points
	Where to go from here?
	Chapter 10: Advanced Camera Controls With Cinemachine
	Introduction
	Cinemachine Components
	Challenges
	Key points
	Chapter 11: Asynchronous Functions, Coroutines & Object Pooling
	Introduction
	Timed destruction of GameObjects
	Synchronous and asynchronous functions
	Understanding coroutines
	Object pooling
	How to implement object pooling
	Complete the ObjectPool
	Creating an object pool for projectiles
	Updating the projectile launch
	Creating an object pool for the enemies
	Key points
	Chapter 12: Basic Animation Principles
	Introduction to Unity animation types
	Introducing the kitchen
	Deciding on how to animate your GameObjects
	Building a tween library
	Setting up a basic animation
	Key points
	Chapter 13: Advanced Animation Principles
	Animator component
	Importing the animations as states
	Animator transitions
	Animator parameters
	Animator triggers
	Challenge
	Key points
	Chapter 14: Advanced Scriptable Objects
	Scriptable objects as data containers
	Scriptable Objects as events
	Expanding Chef’s repertoire
	Challenge
	Key points
	Chapter 15: Conclusion