Unity Game Development in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself®

Table of contents

1. Contents
2. Hour 1. Introduction to Unity
   1. Installing Unity
   2. Getting to Know the Unity Editor
   3. Navigating the Unity Scene View
   4. Summary
   5. Q&A
   6. Workshop
   7. Exercise
3. Hour 2. Game Objects
   1. Dimensions and Coordinate Systems
   2. Game Objects
   3. Transforms
   4. Summary
   5. Q&A
   6. Workshop
   7. Exercise
4. Hour 3. Models, Materials, and Textures
   1. The Basics of Models
   2. Textures, Shaders, and Materials
   3. Summary
   4. Q&A
   5. Workshop
   6. Exercise
5. Hour 4. Terrain
   1. Terrain Generation
   2. Terrain Textures
   3. Summary
   4. Q&A
   5. Workshop
   6. Exercise
6. Hour 5. Environments
   1. Generating Trees and Grass
   2. Environment Effects
   3. Character Controllers
   4. Summary
   5. Q&A
   6. Workshop
   7. Exercise
7. Hour 6. Lights and Cameras
   1. Lights
   2. Cameras
   3. Layers
   4. Summary
   5. Q&A
   6. Workshop
   7. Exercise
8. Hour 7. Game 1: Amazing Racer
   1. Design
   2. Creating the Game World
   3. Gamification
   4. Playtesting
   5. Summary
   6. Q&A
   7. Workshop
   8. Exercise
9. Hour 8. Scripting Part 1
   1. Scripts
   2. Variables
   3. Operators
   4. Conditionals
   5. Iteration
   6. Summary
   7. Q&A
   8. Workshop
   9. Exercise
10. Hour 9. Scripting Part 2
    1. Methods
    2. Input
    3. Accessing Local Components
    4. Accessing Other Objects
    5. Summary
    6. Q&A
    7. Workshop
    8. Exercise
11. Hour 10. Collision
    1. Rigidbodies
    2. Collision
    3. Triggers
    4. Raycasting
    5. Summary
    6. Q&A
    7. Workshop
    8. Exercise
12. Hour 11. Game 2: Chaos Ball
    1. Design
    2. The Arena
    3. Game Entities
    4. The Control Objects
    5. Improving the Game
    6. Summary
    7. Q&A
    8. Workshop
    9. Exercise
13. Hour 12. Prefabs
    1. Prefab Basics
    2. Working with Prefabs
    3. Instantiating Prefabs through Code
    4. Summary
    5. Q&A
    6. Workshop
    7. Exercise
14. Hour 13. Graphical User Interfaces
    1. GUI Basics
    2. GUI Controls
    3. Customization
    4. Summary
    5. Q&A
    6. Workshop
    7. Exercise
15. Hour 14. Character Controllers
    1. The Character Controller
    2. Scripting for Character Controllers
    3. Building a Controller
    4. Summary
    5. Q&A
    6. Workshop
    7. Exercise
16. Hour 15. Game 3: Captain Blaster
    1. Design
    2. The World
    3. Controls
    4. Improvements
    5. Summary
    6. Q&A
    7. Workshop
    8. Exercise
17. Hour 16. Particle Systems
    1. Particle Systems
    2. Particle System Modules
    3. The Curve Editor
    4. Summary
    5. Q&A
    6. Workshop
    7. Exercise
18. Hour 17. Animations
    1. Animation Basics
    2. Preparing a Model for Animation
    3. Applying Animations
    4. Scripting Animations
    5. Summary
    6. Q&A
    7. Workshop
    8. Exercise
19. Hour 18. Animators
    1. Animator Basics
    2. Creating an Animator
    3. Scripting Animators
    4. Summary
    5. Q&A
    6. Workshop
    7. Exercise
20. Hour 19. Game 4: Gauntlet Runner
    1. Design
    2. The World
    3. The Entities
    4. The Controls
    5. Room for Improvement
    6. Summary
    7. Q&A
    8. Workshop
    9. Exercise
21. Hour 20. Game 1 [This content is currently in development.]
22. Hour 21. Mobile Development
    1. Preparing for Mobile
    2. Accelerometers
    3. Summary
    4. Q&A
    5. Workshop
    6. Exercise
23. Hour 22. Game Revisions
    1. Amazing Racer
    2. Chaos Ball
    3. Captain Blaster
    4. Gauntlet Runner
    5. Summary
    6. Q&A
    7. Workshop
    8. Exercise
24. Hour 23. Deployment [This content is currently in development.]
25. Hour 24. Wrap Up [This content is currently in development.]