Benny Kok - Beginning Unity Editor Scripting: Create and Publish Your Game Tools

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This book is about beginning editor scripting in Unity. I will go from very basic and simple methods of editor customization, such as using built-in attributes in your component script, to advanced methods like using UIToolkit and creating a custom EditorWindow in the later part of the book.

I will begin by introducing Unity and the Unity Package Manager in Chapter . Ill go over the current view of Unitys package and Asset Store ecosystem, and I will briefly talk about my experience with asset publishing.

Next, I will talk about using attributes and coding your custom editor with IMGUI and UIToolkit for your MonoBehaviour component in Chapters , you will create an Object Spawner Tool and look into the EditorTool API and using ScriptableObject.

Next, in Chapters , I will go through the details of my two assets, ProArray and Rhythm Game Starter, including the sales stats, how I prepared for the Asset Store submission, and the technical details of each asset.

Chapters will be mostly about package workflow such as using Git with your Unity package, creating online documentation with GitBook or DocFX, and lastly distributing your package to platforms like GitHub, Open UPM, and the Asset Store.

So, what are you waiting for? Its time to create your game tool.

Writing a book is hard. It really is. But all of this wouldnt be even possible without Spandana Chatterjee first inviting me to write a book. Also, big thanks to Divya Modi, Matthew Moodie, and the technical reviewers and team at Apress! Finally, thanks to the Unity community, I would not be here writing this book without the motivation and supportive atmosphere from all of the peer developers.