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 LearnExplore basic Unity and C# programming concepts and scripting for Android gamesNavigate around the Unity interface and use its basic toolsMake the most of popular components and features of UnityWrite an Android game with optimizations