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Unity 3D and PlayMaker Essentials

Game Development from Concept to Publishing

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Unity 3D and PlayMaker Essentials

Game Development from Concept to Publishing

Jere Miles

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Miles, Jere, author.

Title: Unity 3D and PlayMaker essentials : game development from concept to publishing / Jere Miles.

Description: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016000972 | ISBN 9781138921771 (alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Computer games--Programming. | Video games--Design. | Unity (Electronic resource) | Three-dimensional display systems.

Classification: LCC QA76.76.C672 M5395 2016 | DDC 794.8/1536--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016000972

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This work is dedicated to my wife, Raylene Miles, for putting up with the long nights and Sundays while I sat in the office and typed and typed and typed. This is also dedicated to my children, Sergei and Steven, for the long discussions and early prototyping of the Sancho Panza idea during the morning drives to school.

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Chapter 1: Introduction.............................................3

1.1 Who Plays Games?.......................................4

1.2 How Are Games Made?...................................6

1.2.1 AAA Studios...................... ................6

1.2.2 The Indie Studio..................................7

1.3 Who Can Make Games?...................................7

1.3.1 Skills and Jobs ....................................8

1.3.2 Working in the Industry...........................8

1.4 What Types of Games Are There?........................10

1.4.1 Ro le-Playing Games.............................10

1.4.2 Adventure Games...............................11

1.4.3 Platformer Games...............................12

1.4.4 Shooter Games..................................13

1.4.5 Action Games...................................14

1.4.6 Strategy Games.......................... ........15

1.4.7 Simulation Games...............................16

1.4.8 Sports Games...................................17

1.4.9 Puzzle Games................. ..................18

1.4.10 MMO Games....................................18 1.5 Summary...............................................19

Vocabulary....................................................20

Review Quiz...................................................20

Exercises......................................................20

Design Document.............................................21

Chapter 2: Design Document ...................................... 23

2.1 Introduction to the Design Document...................24

2.1.1 Do We Need a Design Document? ................25

2.1.2 Methods of Design..............................26

2.1.3 Logical Design versus Descriptive Design........27

2.1.4 Mission and Vision..................... ..........28

2.2 Sections of the Design Document.......................29

2.2.1 Game Concept..................................30

2.2.2 Game Characters................ ................33

2.2.3 Game Story..................................... 34

2.2.4 The Game World.................................35

2.2.5 Game Audio.....................................36

2.2.6 Game Interface..................................37 2.3 Summary...............................................37 Vocabulary....................................................38 Review Quiz...................................................38 Exercises......................................................39

Design Document.............................................39

Chapter 3: Using Unity and PlayMaker...... ........................ 41

3.1 Installing Unity..........................................42 3.2 Unitys Interface........................................ 44 3.3 Using Unity.............................................52

3.4 Installing PlayMaker.................................... 60

3.5 PlayMakers Interface....................................63

3.6 State Machines..........................................65 3.7 Using PlayMaker.........................................70

3.8 Summary...............................................85 Vocabulary....................................................85

Review Quiz...................................................85

Exercises..................................................... 86

Design Document............................................ 86

Chapter 4: Characters................................... .......... 89

4.1 The Purpose of Characters.............................. 90

4.2 Do Games Need Characters?............................ 90

4.3 Traditional Character Types..............................91

4.3.1 The Hero........................................93

4.3.2 The Shadow.....................................93

4.3.3 The Mentor..................................... 94