Unity 2020 Mobile Game Development - John P. Doran

Unity 2020 Mobile Game Development

Discover practical techniques and examples to create and deliver engaging games for Android and iOS

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
464 Seiten
2020 | 2nd Revised edition
Packt Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-1-83898-733-6 (ISBN)
65,95 inkl. MwSt
A practical guide on how to use Unity for building cross-platform mobile games and Augmented Reality apps using the latest Unity 2020 toolset

Key Features

Create, deploy, and monetize captivating and immersive games on Android and iOS platforms
Take your games into the real world by adding augmented reality features to your mobile projects
Kick-start your mobile game development journey with step-by-step instructions and a demo game project

Book DescriptionUnity 2020 brings a lot of new features that can be harnessed for building powerful games for popular mobile platforms. This updated second edition delves into Unity development, covering the new features of Unity, modern development practices, and augmented reality (AR) for creating an immersive mobile experience. The book takes a step-by-step approach to building an endless runner game using Unity to help you learn the concepts of mobile game development.
This new edition also covers AR features and explains how to implement them using ARCore and ARKit with Unity. The book explores the new mobile notification package and helps you add notifications for your games. You’ll learn how to add touch gestures and design UI elements that can be used in both landscape and portrait modes at different resolutions. The book then covers the best ways to monetize your games using Unity Ads and in-app purchases before you learn how to integrate your game with various social networks. Next, using Unity’s analytics tools, you’ll enhance your game by gaining insights into how players like and use your game. Finally, you’ll take your games into the real world by implementing AR capabilities and publishing them on both Android and iOS app stores.
By the end of this book, you will have learned Unity tools and techniques and be able to use them to build robust cross-platform mobile games.What you will learn

Design responsive user interfaces for your mobile games
Detect collisions, receive user input, and create player movements for your mobile games
Create interesting gameplay elements using inputs from your mobile device
Explore the mobile notification package in Unity game engine to keep players engaged
Create interactive and visually appealing content for Android and iOS devices
Monetize your game projects using Unity Ads and in-app purchases

Who this book is forIf you are a game developer or mobile developer who wants to learn Unity and use it to build mobile games for iOS and Android, then this Unity book is for you. Prior knowledge of C# and Unity will be beneficial but is not mandatory.

John P. Doran is a passionate and seasoned Technical Game Designer, Software Engineer, and Author who is based in Incheon, South Korea. His passion for game development began at an early age. He later graduated from DigiPen Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Game Design. For over a decade, John has gained extensive hands-on expertise in game development working in various roles ranging from game designer to lead UI programmer working in teams consisting of just himself to over 70 people in student, mod, and professional game projects including working at LucasArts on Star Wars: 1313. Additionally, John has worked in game development education teaching in Singapore, South Korea, and the United States. To date, he has authored over 10 books pertaining to game development. John is currently a Technical Game Design Instructor at George Mason University Korea. Prior to his present ventures, he was an award-winning videographer.

Table of Contents

Building Your Game
Project Setup for Android and iOS Development
Mobile Input/Touch Controls
Resolution-Independent UI
Advertising Using Unity Ads
Implementing In-App Purchases
Getting Social
Keeping Players Involved with Notifications
Using Unity Analytics
Making Your Title Juicy
Game Build and Submission
Augmented Reality

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Birmingham
Sprache englisch
Maße 191 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Programmiersprachen / -werkzeuge
Informatik Software Entwicklung Mobile- / App-Entwicklung
Informatik Software Entwicklung Spieleprogrammierung
ISBN-10 1-83898-733-9 / 1838987339
ISBN-13 978-1-83898-733-6 / 9781838987336
Zustand Neuware
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