Mike Geig - Unity 2018 Game Development in 24 Hours

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Mike Geig

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Unity 2018

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Sams Teach Yourself Unity 2018 Game Development in 24 Hours

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The Unity game engine is an incredibly powerful and popular choice for professional and amateur game developers alike. This book has been written to get readers up to speed and working in Unity as fast as possible (in about 24 hours, to be exact) while covering fundamental principles of game development. Unlike other books that cover only specific topics or spend the entire time teaching a single game, this book covers a large array of topics while still managing to contain four games. Talk about a bargain! By the time you are done reading this book, you wont have just theoretical knowledge of the Unity game engine. You will have a portfolio of games to go with it.

Mike Geig is the global head of evangelism content at Unity Technologies, where he helps democratize game development by developing and delivering high-impact learning resources. Mike has experience as an indie game developer, a university educator, and an author. A gamer at heart, Mike works to make the development of interactive entertainment fun and accessible for all skill sets. Hi, Mom!

Kara, I decided to wait until the third edition to dedicate this book to you so that later, when you say, You never dedicated a book to me, I can respond with, Guess again! Thank you for continuing to be my foundation.