Название: Coding Activities for Developing Games in Unity
Автор: Joshua Romphf
Издательство: Rosen Publishing
Серия: Code Creator
Год: 2022
Страниц: 79
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, epub (true)
Размер: 10.2 MB

Used by blockbuster game studios, indie developers, and computer science educators, the Unity Game Engine is one of the world's most popular tools for creating real-time interactive graphics. This volume provides an accessible introduction to the expansive Unity ecosystem through a series of unique activities that illustrate some of the important concepts of game development and real-time graphics programming. In a computer-driven world, these coding skills are useful for not just game development, but also contribute to core computer literacy.

It would be impossible to cover everything Unity has to offer—let alone make a fleshed out game—in a few activities. However, these projects will give you all of the pieces you need to begin building interactive experiences of your own. Since Unity has excellent documentation and a very active community, it is possible to find a tremendous amount of resources. In other words, this book will be a great stepping stone for you to develop your programming skills in general and your Unity skills in particular.

It is worth noting that while it is a powerful engine, there are certain things that Unity cannot do. Unity is not a 3D modeling program, so it cannot create models. Similarly, Unity is not designed to rig and animate those models; instead, it works with existing assets that can then be imported into the program. A game engine is responsible for doing a lot of things. It has to provide a friendly interface to allow developers to import their content and build interactive worlds. It also needs to offer tools to handle user input, physics, networking, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and a bunch of other things. Oh, and it has to render all of the visuals at an acceptable frame rate and make them look amazing in the process. Luckily, someone has created software to do all of this.