1st Edition

How to Cheat in Unity 5 Tips and Tricks for Game Development

By Alan Thorn Copyright 2016
    296 Pages
    by Routledge

    296 Pages
    by Routledge

    Looking to become more efficient using Unity?

    How to Cheat in Unity 5 takes a no-nonsense approach to help you achieve fast and effective results with Unity 5. Geared towards the intermediate user, HTC in Unity 5 provides content beyond what an introductory book offers, and allows you to work more quickly and powerfully in Unity. Packed full with easy-to-follow methods to get the most from Unity, this book explores time-saving features for interface customization and scene management, along with productivity-enhancing ways to work with rendering and optimization. In addition, this book features a companion website at www.alanthorn.net, where you can download the book’s companion files and also watch bonus tutorial video content.

    • Learn bite-sized tips and tricks for effective Unity workflows
    • Become a more powerful Unity user through interface customization
    • Enhance your productivity with rendering tricks, better scene organization and more
    • Better understand Unity asset and import workflows
    • Learn techniques to save you time and money during development

    Introduction

    Chapter 1: Editor Cheats

    Chapter 2: Asset & Importing Cheats

    Chapter 3: Scene, Component and GameObject Cheats

    Chapter 4: Animation and Time

    Chapter 5: Persistence and Accessibility

    Chapter 6: Cameras, Rendering and Lighting

    Chapter 7: Coding & MonoDevelop Tricks

    Chapter 8: Performance and Optimization

    Chapter 9: Physics, Collisions and Path-Finding

    Chapter 10: Debugging and Building

    Index

    Biography

    Alan Thorn is a freelance game developer, author and educator with 13 years of industry experience working on over 500 projects. He founded Wax Lyrical Games and created the award-winning game Baron Wittard: Nemesis of Ragnarok . He has written 15 books on game development and presented 10 video training courses online. He is also a visiting lecturer for the Game Design & Development MA degree at the National Film and Television School, London. Other books by Alan include Unity 4 Fundamentals , Master Unity Scripting and UDK Game Development . More information on Alan Thorn can be found at his website: http://www.alanthorn.net