Holistic Game Development: An All-in-One Guide to Implementing Game Mechanics, Art, Design and Programming (Paperback)

The independent developer has ascended, and the new business model demands agility. You have to be able to work on all aspects of game creation, and your team's game will publish directly to platforms like Android, iPhone, and Facebook. You'll use Unity, the hottest game engine out there, to do it. In order to earn your place on the elite development team, you must master both sides of the development coin: art and programming.

Holistic Game Development with Unity is an authoritative guide to creating games in Unity. Taking you through game design, programming, and art, Penny de Byl uses a holistic approach to equip you with the multidisciplinary skills you need for the independent games industry. With this book, you will master essential digital art and design principles while learning the programming skills necessary to build interactivity into your games. The tutorials will put these skills into action. The companion website offers: source code for completed projects from the book, art assets, instructional videos, a forum, author blog and lesson plans and challenge questions for professors.

   Examines art and programming in unison-the only one-stop shop for individual developers and small teams looking to tackle both tasks.

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  • Examines art and programming in unison-the only one-stop shop for individual developers and small teams looking to tackle both tasks.
  • Teaches, using proven, step-by-step tutorials, how to design and structure and entire game in Unity with art assets created in Blender.
  • Presents a gentle introduction to essential 2D and 3D mathematical and physics concepts.
  • Provides a portfolio of reusable game mechanics.
  • Companion website offers source code for completed projects featured in the book, art assets, instructional videos, author blog, and discussion forum, as well as lesson plans and challenge questions for professors.

獨立開發者已經崛起，新的商業模式要求靈活性。你必須能夠在遊戲創作的各個方面工作，並且你的團隊的遊戲將直接發布到Android、iPhone和Facebook等平台上。你將使用Unity，這是目前最熱門的遊戲引擎。為了在精英開發團隊中立足，你必須掌握開發的兩個方面：藝術和編程。

《Holistic Game Development with Unity》是一本在Unity中創建遊戲的權威指南。Penny de Byl通過遊戲設計、編程和藝術，以整體的方式為你提供獨立遊戲行業所需的多學科技能。通過這本書，你將掌握必要的數字藝術和設計原則，同時學習將互動性融入遊戲中所需的編程技能。教程將把這些技能付諸實踐。附帶的網站提供：書中完成項目的源代碼、藝術資源、教學視頻、論壇、作者博客以及教授的課程計劃和挑戰問題。

本書同時探討藝術和編程，是個體開發者和小團隊解決這兩個任務的唯一一站式資源。

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  • 本書同時探討藝術和編程，是個體開發者和小團隊解決這兩個任務的唯一一站式資源。
  
  
  • 通過經過驗證的逐步教程，教授如何在Unity中設計、結構和創建整個遊戲，並使用Blender創建藝術資源。
  
  
  • 提供對基本的2D和3D數學和物理概念的簡單介紹。
  
  
  • 提供可重複使用的遊戲機制集合。
  
  
  • 附帶的網站提供書中展示的完成項目的源代碼、藝術資源、教學視頻、作者博客和討論論壇，以及教授的課程計劃和挑戰問題。