Unity 4.x Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide Author: Visit Amazon's Ryan Henson Creighton Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1849695261 | Format: EPUB
Unity 4.x Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide Description
About the Author
Ryan Henson Creighton
Ryan Henson Creighton is a veteran game developer, and the founder of Untold Entertainment Inc. (http://www.untoldentertainment.com) where he creatively consults on games and applications. Untold Entertainment creates fantastically fun interactive experiences for players of all ages. Prior to founding Untold, Ryan worked as the Senior Game Developer at Canadian media conglomerate Corus Entertainment, where he created over fifty advergames and original properties for the YTV, Treehouse TV, and W networks. Ryan is the co-creator of Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventure, the game he authored with his then five-year-old daughter Cassandra. Ryan is the Vice President of the IGDA Toronto Chapter. He is also the author of the book that you are currently reading.
When Ryan is not developing games, he's goofing off with his two little girls and his funloving wife in downtown Toronto.
- Paperback: 572 pages
- Publisher: Packt Publishing (December 26, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1849695261
- ISBN-13: 978-1849695268
- Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I just finished reading this book and before giving my deep thoughts on it i have to say this is the best unity book for starters i have read so far and if you want to start learning to use unity you should stop reading this and buy it now.
Most people who want to start making videogames get into it thinking they'll make somekind of skyrim type of game in a weekend. In the first few chapters Ryan Henson sets you to the right mindset and down to earth by showing you how many people were needed and how much time it took, to make a few of the most popular unity games.
The author's instructions are clear and i like how Ryan Henson uses a certain kind of humor that reminds me of another favorite author of mine, Kathy Sierra.
By always having you doing a new small project every few chapters and sometimes revisiting and improving them, the book teaches you a bit about how to work iteratively and how getting the game working is many times more important than having it over optimized. It also makes the book less tiresome and makes you want to read what's next since you don't have to wait too long to see some progress.
There's a big emphasis in scripting and author assumes you know nothing about it so if you don't know a lot about programming this books explain it all. If you are already an experienced programmer (like me) you will probably find it a bit redundant but you can always skip the explanations. The default scripting language is javascript but every chapter with code has a C# addendum at the end.
Given the date of publishing of the book (Dec 2013), the book doesn't contain a chapter on 2d development but it does a good job on teaching the basics of how to work on unity in general so this is just a nitpick.
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