Beginning Unity Android Game Development: From Beginner to Pro

Book Description

Master the art of programming games for Android using the Unity3D game engine. This book will help you understand basic concepts of game development in Unity. By the end of Beginning Unity Android Game Development, you will have the knowledge to confidently build an Android game.

The book starts by explaining simple programming concepts to make beginners comfortable with the jargon. You will then learn to navigate around the Unity interface and use basic tools (hand, move, rotate, scale, and rect). You will also be acquainted with the creation of basic 3D objects in the game while understanding the purpose of several of Unity’s windows.

In the last chapters, you will learn to create a simple game for Android using the concepts studied in the previous chapters. Scripts will be written to handle the behaviors of the player and enemies as well as to handle other aspects of the game. The author shares tips along the way to help improve in-game performance, such as switching to the universal rendering pipeline when targeting mobile platforms.

At the end of the book, you will have a solid knowledge in making basic Android games that can be upgraded later to make more complex games.

What You Will Learn

• Explore basic Unity and C# programming concepts and scripting for Android games
• Navigate around the Unity interface and use its basic tools
• Make the most of popular components and features of Unity
• Write an Android game with optimizations

Who This Book Is For

Absolute beginners learning to program games for the Android platform using Unity3D. Basic knowledge of programming would be beneficial for the reader but is not required.

中文：

书名：开始Unity Android游戏开发：从初学者到专业人员

掌握使用Unity3D游戏引擎为Android编写游戏的艺术。这本书将帮助你理解在Unity中开发游戏的基本概念。到2018年年底开始开发Unity Android游戏，您将拥有自信地构建一款Android游戏的知识。

这本书从解释简单的编程概念开始，让初学者熟悉行话。然后，您将学习如何在Unity界面中导航并使用基本工具(手形、移动、旋转、缩放和直角)。您还将熟悉游戏中基本的3D对象的创建，同时了解Unity的几个窗口的用途。

在最后几章中，您将学习如何使用前几章中学习的概念为Android创建一个简单的游戏。将编写脚本来处理玩家和敌人的行为，以及处理游戏的其他方面。作者分享了一些有助于提高游戏内性能的提示，例如在针对移动平台时切换到通用渲染管道。

在这本书的最后，你将拥有制作基本Android游戏的扎实知识，这些游戏可以在以后升级为更复杂的游戏。

你将学到什么

• Explore basic Unity and C# programming concepts and scripting for Android games
• 在Unity界面中导航并使用其基本工具
• 充分利用Unity的流行组件和功能
• 编写一款经过优化的Android游戏

Who This Book Is For

绝对是学习使用Unity3D为Android平台编程游戏的初学者。基本的编程知识对读者是有益的，但不是必需的。