Cogut V. - Unity 5 for Android Essentials

Valera Cogut is an independent professional software and video game developer who has worked in the game industry since 2008 and has more than 12 years of programming experience. He is a passionate software and game developer with different areas of expertise. Before diving into the game industry 6 years ago, Valera created websites and applications with PHP, the Yii framework, the Zend framework, Relational Database Management Systems, Apache and Nginx, C#, C++, C, Objective-C, Java, Python, UML, and many other technologies. Having a mathematical background (analytical geometry, linear algebra, logic, statistics and probability, differential equations, graph theory, and mathematical analysis), he finally realized that game development was his mission. Reusable designs, optimized algorithms, clean code, and elaborated workflowsthese things make him happy.

Valera has had the opportunity to produce titles for multiple platforms, including Windows Phone, Android, iOS, PC, and Mac. Today, he continues to produce fun and original games, participate in game jams, and author books. He was a technical reviewer for Unity Android Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide , Packt Publishing .

Currently, Valera has a contract as a Unity3D C# developer for Kaufcom GmbH, a well-known games and apps producer from Switzerland http://www.kauf.com (Android games: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=kaufcom).

First of all, thanks to Vinay Argekar, Melita Lobo, Samantha Gonsalves, and the Packt Publishing team for creating this book plus many others, thereby helping the Unity community grow and mature. A special thanks goes to my family for the love, education, and freedom they gave me. I would also like to thank my best friends, Paul Kofmann, Alexander Kofmann, and Vitaly Shapovalov. Thanks to the Kaufcom company. Of course, no progress of mine could have been achieved without the support and love of my wife, Irina.

Todd Bello is a software engineer at Microsoft working on 3D Maps for Bing and Windows. He graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2013 with a BS in game design and development. He has reviewed a few MSDN articles and the free e-book Machine Learning Using C# Succinctly by James McCaffery.

I'd like to thank my friend Leigh Raze.

Robbyn Blumenschein comes from a humble background. She was raised in a military family. Then, she joined the military, but she has always been interested in creating games. She worked for Cryptic Studios, Electronic Arts, I-Play, Kunomi, Aeria Games, and finally, started her own business, 2 Bee Soft LLC.

I always think about my mentor and teacher, Patrick Downey, who passed away in 2007. I will never give up on my dream.

Ali Raza has over 8 years of international industry experience working with companies from US, UK, Australia, Norway, and Brazil in almost every major field of design and development. He has developed applications and games for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and web platforms. He has been a part of social networks, healthcare IT, gaming, industrial automation, business and finance, media, and e-learning, which have enabled him to grow into a versatile developer with a diverse skill set.

He is currently working as a UI/UX program development lead architect in a US-based healthcare IT company, which specializes in cross-platform IT healthcare products.

In addition to that, Ali is also the founder of a start-up company, where he works with the aid of a self-trained team on various cross-platform applications for international clientele in Norway, Brazil, and Italy.

Ali is an Adobe Training Partner and Microsoft Certified Trainer in enterprise, desktop, and web development. He has held several nationwide exclusive official and custom-based training camps on core design methodologies and programming languages at companies, universities, and government organizations.

Ali is a published author and has contributed to key international magazines, books, and examination aides in a wide area of IT topics, including gaming, data visualization, and web technologies. He has authored dozens of articles for Flash & Flex Developer Magazines, Software Development Journal, and Packt Publishing.

Furthermore, Ali also technically reviews IT-based books and publications from time to time.

You can reach him at <>.

I would like to thank Melita Lobo and Kinjal Bari from Packt Publishing for giving me the opportunity to be part of the technical reviewing team. I am also indebted to my long time friend, Sadia Suhail, who helped me with the reviewing process.

Thank you! God bless you all!

Joe Whitehouse has been playing video games since he was a very young child. Growing up, he became more and more fascinated with how they worked or could be broken down. For years, he enjoyed searching for exploits and was one of those to discover the Halo Super Bounce. Many years later, this curiosity and interest in breaking games led to triOS College's video game design and development course. Here, he was taught by Christopher Coey and graduated with distinction. During his time at triOS College, Joe interned at a gaming studio, Little Guy Games, working as a programmer but took on more of a role as a technical tester, finding and fixing bugs. He has also created many video game prototypes using XNA, Unity 2D and 3D, Android, and HTML5 Games.

More recently, he went back to triOS college for their video game design technologies, a course taught by Rocco Commisso. Joe is now learning to create all the visuals in video games so that he can reach another goal: to create more games outside of school with a small team.