Unity 5.x Cookbook: Over 100 Recipes Exploring the New and Exciting Features of Unity 5 to Spice Up Your Unity Skill Set - Softcover

Smith, Matt; Queiroz, Chico

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784391360 ISBN 13: 9781784391362

Publisher: Packt Pub Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

This book is for anyone who wants to explore a wide range of Unity scripting and multimedia features and find ready-to-use solutions for many game features. Programmers can explore multimedia features, and multimedia developers can try their hand at scripting. From intermediate to advanced users, from artists to coders, this book is for you and everyone on your team!Intended for everyone who has the basics of using Unity, and a little programming knowledge in C#

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About the Author

Matt Smith is a computing academic from Dublin, Ireland. In 1983 Matt started computer programming (on a ZX80) and for his 'O-level' computing certificate (aged 16) he submitted 2 games for his programming project work. In 1985 Matt wrote the lyrics, and was a member of the band that played (and sang, sorry about that by the way) the music on the B-side of the audio cassette carrying the computer game Confuzion.

On a succession of scholarships he managed to spend almost 10 years as a full time student, gaining BA (Hons), then MSc then PhD degrees in computing and artificial intelligence. He then became a full-time lecturer. Having previously lectured full-time at Winchester University and London's Middlesex University, since 2002 he has been at the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown in Dublin where he is he is now senior lecturer in computing.?

He studies and teaches Taekwon-Do with his two children, having been awarded his first degree black belt in 2015 (he also runs his club's website at maynoothtkd). He is trying to learn Irish, so he will understand the report cards from his children's Irish-speaking school. In occasional moments of free time he also tries to get better at playing the piano and classical guitar.

Chico Queiroz is a digital media designer from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Chico started his career back in 2000, soon after graduating in Communications/Advertising (PUC-Rio), working with advergames and webgames using Flash and Director at LocZ Multimedia, where he contributed to the design and development of games for clients, such as Volkswagen and Parmalat, along with some independent titles.

Chico has a master's degree in Digital Game Design (University for the Creative Arts, UK). His final project was exhibited at events and festivals such as London Serious Games Showcase and FILE. Chico has also published articles for academic conferences and websites such as gameology, gamasutra, and gamecareerguide.

Chico currently works as a digital designer at the Tecgraf/PUC-Rio Institute for Technical-Scientific Software Development, where he, among other responsibilities, uses Unity to develop interactive presentations and concept prototypes for interactive visualization software. He also works as a lecturer at PUC-Rio, teaching undergraduate design students 3D modeling and technology/CG for games, in which Unity is used as the engine for the students' projects.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1784391360
• ISBN 13: 9781784391362
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 540