Learn Unity for Android Game Development

Adam Sinicki

ISBN 10: 1484227034 / ISBN 13: 9781484227039

Published by Apress, Apress Jul 2017, 2017

About this Item

This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -1. Aims to be most up to date book for retail market on the latest Unity game engine and the new Android 7 platform.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 272 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learn Unity for Android Game Development
• Publisher: Apress, Apress Jul 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1484227034
• ISBN 13: 9781484227039
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 254W x 178H x 15D millimeters 254 millimeters width by 178 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 518 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Get a thorough and practical introduction to Unity development for Android devices with no previous experience with game development needed. In this book, you'll go through every step from downloading and installing Unity and the Android SDK, to creating fully functional games. The bulk of Learn Unity for Android Game Development is a simple project to create a 2D platform game complete with touchscreen controls, physics, enemies, respawning, collectibles and more.

The book closes with a brief introduction to creating 3D games, virtual reality games for the Gear VR, and other more advanced applications. It also provides some guidance on publishing and marketing, as well as thinking about game design and mechanics. Resources including sprites and scripts are provided in the code download.

What You Will Learn

• Install Unity with the Android SDK
  
• Understand and use scripts, prefabs and Android Studio
  
• Design a great game
  
• Build a game app
  
• Add a bit of polish
  
• Deploy for various Android devices
  
• Build and deploy for 3D games, virtual reality and more
  
• Promote your game and make money
  

Who This Book Is For

This book requires no previous experience with programming or game development of any kind.  Prior experience with the Android ecosystem recommended.  

About the Author

Adam Sinicki has a lot of experience developing for Android having created the successful Multiscreen Multitasking and collaborated with YouTube and Coldfusion on the Voxis Launcher. Multiscreen Multitasking was pre-installed software on over 60,000 handsets from Celkon and Intex. Adam currently writes for the news site Android Authority where he has previously tackled this subject.