Ouya Unity Game Development. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gary Riches.
• Other Names: Riches, Gary
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; Acknowledgment; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: What Is Ouya and Why Does It Matter?; The early years; The crash; The recovery; Home computers; Advancement of games consoles; The first indie console; Cellular games; The iPhone; The competitors; Current day; The Ouya; The release; Summary; Chapter 2: Setting Up Unity and the Ouya Plugin; Installing the Android SDK; Installing Java; Setting up the Android SDK; Setting up the Android NDK; Connecting Ouya to your Windows computer. Connecting Ouya to your Mac computerOuya Development Kit; Unity project; Bundle identifier; Setting up Ouya Panel; Ouya required prefabs; Building, running, and compiling an application; Summary; Chapter 3: Setting Up Your Game; Boo, C♯, or UnityScript; Boo; UnityScript; C♯; The project structure; Setting up your Scenes; Scripts and MonoDevelop; Scene progression; The Title Screen menu; Advancing to the game; Ouya controller support; Creating the level; Prefabs; Creating a Prefab; Materials; Multidimensional arrays; The BuildLevel method; Summary. Chapter 4: Adding a Character and Making Them MoveMaking the camera move; Making the character move; Ouya controller support; Animating the character; Summary; Chapter 5: Adding Finesse to Your Game; Texturing your Prefabs; Adding a background; Adding extra levels; Level complete detection; Moving to the next level; Restarting our level; Adding sounds; Summary; Chapter 6: Show Me the Money!; Setting up your purchase; Setting up your game; Implementing the Ouya payment framework; How to manage your purchases; Getting the list of products; Limiting your levels. Unlocking levels for people who have paidBuying your product; Adding a new menu item; The buy method; Hiding menu items; Submitting your game; Summary; Chapter 7: Building Cross-platform Games; Platform Dependent Compilation; Changing the TitleScreen scene; Removing In-App Purchases; Mobile controls; Summary; Index.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (118 pages)
• Subjects: 794.8; COMPUTERS -- Computerized Home & Entertainment; Computer games -- Programming; Computer games -- Programming; GAMES -- Video & Electronic; Computer games -- Programming; Computer games / Programming; COMPUTERS -- Digital Media -- General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781461948681; 1461948681; 9781783559718; 1783559713; 1783559705; 9781783559701
• Related ISBNs: 9781783559701
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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