Learn to code with games. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John M. Quick.
• Authors: Quick, John M
• Contents: Our Hero Is Stuck!; Goals; Required Files; Demo; Unity Game Engine; Challenge: Make Luna Move; Hint: Visualizing the Game World; Hint: Visualization and Code; Hint: Position; Problem-Solving Techniques; A Note about Example Solutions; Example Solution: Make Luna Move; Bonus Challenge: Make Luna Move Faster (or Slower); Bonus Hint: User Input in Unity; Summary; Reference; ; Characters and Characteristics; Goals; Required Files; Challenge: Data Types; Hint: Data Type Descriptions; Hint: How Computers Think; Challenge Extension: Data Types; Example Solution: Data Types; Challenge: Defining Variables; Hint: Access Levels; Hint: Naming Variables; Hint: Declaring Variables; Challenge Extension: Defining Variables; Example Solution: Defining Variables; Challenge: Initializing Variables; Hint: Initialization; Hint: Unity’s Start ( ) Function; Hint: Comments; Example Solution: Initializing Variables; Summary; References; ; The Bounds of the World; Goals; Required Files; Challenge: Detecting Boundary Collisions; Hint: 2D Collisions; Hint: Operators; Hint: Expressions; Hint: Screen Size in Unity; Example Solution: Boundary Collisions; Challenge: Accounting for the Character; Hint: Origin Point; Hint: Game Components in Unity; Example Solution: Accounting for the Character; Summary; Reference; ; Sprinting and Sneaking; Goals; Required Files; Challenge: Making Luna Sprint; Hint: Function Calls; Hint: The Unity Update ( ) Function; Hint: Conditional Statements; Hint: Increment and Decrement Operators; Hint: Getters and Setters; Hint: Unity’s GetComponent Command and Dot Notation; Example Solution: Making Luna Sprint; Challenge: Making Luna Invisible; Hint: Boolean Flags; Hint: Boolean Operators; Hint: Unity’s Time.time Command; Hint: Local Variables; Example Solution: Making Luna Invisible; Summary; References; ; Collectables; Goals; Required Files; Challenge: Collecting Objects; Hint: Primitive and Composite Data Types; Hint: Unity Tags; Hint: Axis-Aligned Bounding Box Collisions; Hint: Unity Destroy ( ) Function; Example Solution: Collecting Objects; Summary; Reference; ; Spawning Objects; Goals; Required Files; Challenge: Spawning Collectables; Hint: Unity Prefabs; Hint: Unity Prefab Instantiation; Hint: Random Number Generation; Hint: Parent Objects in Unity; Hint: for and while Loops; Example Solution: Spawning Collectables; Summary; References; ; Taking Inventory; Goals; Required Files; Challenge: Keeping Track of Collectables in an Inventory; Hint: The using Directive; Hint: The C# List; Hint: Add and Remove Functions; Hint: Access by Index; Hint: The Count Property; Hint: Function Argument Usage; Example Solution: Keeping Track of Collectables in an Inventory; Summary; References; ; A Party of Heroes; Goals; Required Files; Challenge: Managing a Group of Heroes; Hint: Unidimensional Arrays; Hint: Unity Tags for Multiple Objects; Hint: foreach Loops; Example Solution: Managing a Group of Heroes; Summary; Reference; ; Generating a Tile Map; Goals; Required Files; Challenge: Generating a Tile Map; Hint: Tile Maps in Games; Hint: Multidimensional Arrays; Hint: Nested Loops; Hint: Nested Loops with Multidimensional Arrays; Example Solution: Generating a Tile Map; Summary; Reference; ; Spawning Objects on a Tile Map; Goals; Required Files; Challenge: Spawning Objects on a Tile Map; Hint: Functions; Hint: Functions with Return Values; Hint: Functions with Arguments; Example Solution: Spawning Objects on a Tile Map; Summary; References; ; Level Generation; Goals; Required Files; Challenge: Generating the Map Scene; Hint: Coupling and Cohesion; Hint: Refactoring for Better Management; Example Solution: Generating the Map Scene; Summary; ; Game State Management; Goals; Required Files; Challenge: Managing the Game State; Hint: Singleton Design Pattern; Hint: The Unity Awake ( ) and DontDestroyOnLoad ( ) Functions; Hint: The Unity Application.LoadLevel ( ) Function; Hint: Unity Physics 2D Collisions; Example Solution: Managing the Game State; Summary; References; ; Gameplay; Goals; Required Files; Challenge: Bringing the Gameplay Together; Hint: Obstacles and Artificial Intelligence; Hint: Game State and Score; Hint: More Collisions; Hint: More Spawns; Hint: Reset the Game; Example Solution: Bringing the Gameplay Together; Summary; ; Appendix A: Pseudocode Reference; ; Appendix B: Process Mapping Reference
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 794.81526; Computer games -- Programming; Computer programming
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498704694
• Related ISBNs: 9781498704687
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