Create Computer Games by McCabe, Patrick -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Table of Contents Introduction

About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Where to Go from Here

Chapter 1: What Is Game Design?

Thinking about What Makes Fun Games Fun Asking the Right Questions before You Begin Creating Your Game on Paper

Chapter 2: Unity: The Software You’ll Use to Build Your Game

Getting Organized Creating a New File Understanding How Unity Is Laid Out Navigating the Scene Creating a Game Object Creating and Using Prefabs

Chapter 3: Creating Level 1

Understanding the Importance of Level 1 Designing Your First Level Creating the Gray-Box Level Giving Your Level Objective and Direction

Chapter 4: Camera, Character, and Controls

The Three Cs of Game Development Creating a Character Stand-In Thinking about Code Adding Rigidbody Component and Understanding Box Colliders Coding Your Player Coding Advanced Movement Coding Pickup Creating Tags and a User Interface Coding Your Camera

Chapter 5: Making Your “Game” into a Game

Thinking About What a Game Is Creating and Coding Your Obstacles Creating Respawn Points Coding Respawn Points

Chapter 6: Play Testing

Defining Play Testing Knowing When to Start Play Testing Deciding Who Should Play Test Your Game Knowing What to Look For Handling Feedback Finding the Problems in Your Game

Chapter 7: Fixing and Adjusting Your Game

Turning Criticism into Construction Punishing Your Player Less Creating a User Interface Tutorial Preventing Wall Climbing with Raytracing

Chapter 8: Animating in Blender

Mixing Things Up with Blender Downloading Blender Opening Blender for the First Time Creating a New File in Blender Figuring Out the Blender Interface Navigating the Interface Editing Your Object

Chapter 9: Creating Your Assets

Thinking about Theme and Style Creating Your First Character Creating the Enemy Grunt Creating an Environmental Hazard Creating the Moving Platform Creating the Coin Pickups Customizing on Your Own

Chapter 10: Animating Your Characters

Defining Animation Learning Animation Animating Your Player Character Animating the Enemy Grunt Animating the Environmental Hazard Animating a Moving Platform Animating the Coins

Chapter 11: Coloring and Lighting Your Game Level

Changing the Ground Color Editing the Environmental Lighting Understanding Lighting Creating Fog

Chapter 12: Importing Your Characters into Your Game

Fixing Your Player Character for Importing into Unity Importing Your Player Character into Unity Importing the Other Characters and Objects

Chapter 13: Play Testing (Again)

Testing the Second Time Fixing Your Game Wrapping Up the Noticeable Issues

Chapter 14: Finalizing Your Game

Creating Multiple Levels Resetting the Level Exporting Your Game Continuing Your Game Design

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