by Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene
What will you learn from this book?Dive into C# and create apps, user interfaces, games, and more using this fun and highly visual introduction to C#, .NET Core, and Visual Studio. With this completely updated guide, which covers C# 8.0 and Visual Studio 2019, beginning programmers like you will build a fully functional game in the opening chapter. Then you'll learn how to use classes and object-orient...
Price: $26.95 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2021
FREE EBOOK - Build Your Own First-Person Shooter in Unity
by Stuart Fraser, Patrick Gordon, Steve Lee, Andrew Palmer, Ryan Shah, Mark Vanstone
Ever fancied creating your own first-person shooter game? Now you can with this 140-page bookazine, brought to you by the Wireframe magazine team with tips from expert video game developers!Making a fast-paced 3D action game needn't be as daunting as it sounds. Build Your Own First-Person Shooter in Unity will take you step-by- step through the process of making Zombie Panic: a frenetic battle for surv...
Publisher: Raspberry Pi Press | Release: 2020
Beginning iOS AR Game Development 
by Allan Fowler
Create a fully featured application that's both sophisticated and engaging. This book provides a detailed guide in developing augmented reality games that can take advantage of the advanced capabilities of new iOS devices and code while also offering compatibility with still supported legacy devices. No programming experience is necessary as this book begins on the ground floor with basic programming c...
Price: $31.32 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2019
Developing 2D Games with Unity
by Jared Halpern
Follow a walkthrough of the Unity Engine and learn important 2D-centric lessons in scripting, working with image assets, animations, cameras, collision detection, and state management. In addition to the fundamentals, you'll learn best practices, helpful game-architectural patterns, and how to customize Unity to suit your needs, all in the context of building a working 2D game.While many books focus on...
Price: $28.19 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2019
Basic Math for Game Development with Unity 3D
by Kelvin Sung, Gregory Smith
Use Unity-based examples to understand fundamental mathematical concepts and see how they are applied when building modern video game functionality. You will gain the theoretical foundation you need, and you will know how to examine and modify an implementation.This book covers points in a 3D Cartesian coordinate system, and then discusses vectors and the details of dot and cross products. Basic mathematica...
Price: $33.17 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2019
by Kyle Halladay
It's time to stop thinking that shaders are magical. You can use shaders to turn data into stunning visual effects, and get your hands dirty by building your own shader with this step-by-step introduction to shader development for game and graphics developers. Learn how to make shaders that move, tint, light up, and look awesome, all without cracking open a math textbook.Practical Shader Development te...
Price: $33.13 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2019
Mastering UI Development with Unity
by Dr. Ashley Godbold
A functional UI is an important component for player interaction in every type of video game. Along with imparting crucial statistical information to the player, the UI is also the window through which the player engages with the world established by the game. Unity's tools give you the opportunity to create complex and attractive UIs to make your game stand out.This book helps you realize the full pot...
Price: $40.71 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2018
Unity Virtual Reality Projects, 2nd Edition
by Jonathan Linowes
Unity has become the leading platform for building virtual reality games, applications, and experiences for this new generation of consumer VR devices.Unity Virtual Reality Projects walks you through a series of hands-on tutorials and in-depth discussions on using the Unity game engine. With its practical and project-based approach, this book will get you up to speed with the specifics of Virtual Reality de...
Price: $49.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2018
Building an RPG with Unity 2018, 2nd Edition
by Vahe Karamian
In a role-playing game (RPG), users control a character, usually in the game's imaginary universe. Unity has become a top choice for developers looking to create these kinds of immersive RPGs.Building an RPG with Unity 2018, based on building some of the most common RPG features, teaches you tips, tricks, and techniques that can be applied to your own game.To start with, the book guides you through the...
Price: $44.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2018
Unity 2018 Artificial Intelligence Cookbook, 2nd Edition
by Jorge Palacios
Interactive and engaging games come with intelligent enemies, and this intellectual behavior is combined with a variety of techniques collectively referred to as Artificial Intelligence. Exploring Unity's API, or its built-in features, allows limitless possibilities when it comes to creating your game's worlds and characters. This cookbook covers both essential and niche techniques to help you tak...
Price: $44.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2018