Kishan Takoordyal - Beginning Unity Android Game Development: From Beginner to Pro

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This book aims to help readers master the art of programming game apps for Android, using the Unity3D game engine. It will help those wishing to pursue a career, or hobbyists, understand basic concepts of game development, using Unity. By the end of the book, readers will have gained sufficient knowledge to confidently build an Android game.

The book starts by explaining simple programming concepts, to familiarize beginners with the relevant jargon. Readers will then learn to navigate the Unity interface and use basic tools ( hand , move , rotate , scale , rect ). They will also learn to create basic 3D objects in the game, while getting to know the purpose of several windows (Hierarchy, Inspector, Scene, Game, Console, Project, Asset Store). The role of prefabs, Canvas UI elements (such as Text , Button , Image , etc.), and several components ( transform , renderer , collider , rigidbody , etc.) will also be discussed.

In the last chapters, readers will learn to create a simple game for Android, using the concepts studied in the previous chapters. Scripts will have to be written to handle the behaviors of the player and enemies, as well to handle other aspects of the game.

A lot of MonoBehavior structs ( Vector3 , Quaternion ) and functions ( Awake , Start , Update , FixedUpdate , OnCollisionEnter , Coroutine ) also will be explained. Tips, such as switching to the universal rendering pipeline, if targeting mobile platforms, will also be shared throughout the book, to help improve in-game performance.

By the end of the book, the reader will have gained solid knowledge for making basic Android games that can be upgraded later to make more complex versions.