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Learn Unity for Android Game Development

A Guide to Game Design, Development, and Marketing

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  • © 2017

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Authors:
  1. Adam Sinicki

    1. Guildford, United Kingdom

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  • Utilize the newest versions of Unity (5.x) and Android (7) to develop a fully functioning game

  • Gain insight into 3D game development and Virtual Reality

  • Learn how to publish and promote your Android app

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Why This Is an Incredibly Exciting Time to Develop Games for Android

    • Adam Sinicki
    Pages 1-15

  3. Introducing Unity and Getting Set Up

    • Adam Sinicki
    Pages 17-37

  4. Finding Your Way Around Unity

    • Adam Sinicki
    Pages 39-58

  5. Adding Physics and Getting Started With Coding

    • Adam Sinicki
    Pages 59-74

  6. Filling the World with Prefabs, Effectors, and Collectibles

    • Adam Sinicki
    Pages 75-98

  7. Adding Animations, Effects, and a HUD

    • Adam Sinicki
    Pages 99-120

  8. Making an Android App

    • Adam Sinicki
    Pages 121-136

  9. Expanding the Game World with Checkpoints, Levels, and Save Files

    • Adam Sinicki
    Pages 137-157

  10. Adding More Game Elements: Springs, Moving Platforms, AI, and More

    • Adam Sinicki
    Pages 159-183

  11. Making the Game Fun and Optimized

    • Adam Sinicki
    Pages 185-206

  12. An Introduction to 3D Game Development and Virtual Reality

    • Adam Sinicki
    Pages 207-227

  13. How to Publish and Promote Your Android App

    • Adam Sinicki
    Pages 229-243

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 245-248
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About this book

Get a thorough and practical introduction to Unity development for Android devices with no previous experience with game development needed. In this book, you'll go through every step from downloading and installing Unity and the Android SDK, to creating fully functional games. The bulk of Learn Unity for Android Game Development is a simple project to create a 2D platform game complete with touchscreen controls, physics, enemies, respawning, collectibles and more.


The book closes with a brief introduction to creating 3D games, virtual reality games for the Gear VR, and other more advanced applications. It also provides some guidance on publishing and marketing, as well as thinking about game design and mechanics. Resources including sprites and scripts are provided in the code download.




What You Will Learn
  • Install Unity with the Android SDK
  • Understand and use scripts, prefabs and Android Studio
  • Design a great game
  • Build a game app
  • Add a bit of polish
  • Deploy for various Android devices
  • Build and deploy for 3D games, virtual reality and more
  • Promote your game and make money



Who This Book Is For


This book requires no previous experience with programming or game development of any kind.  Prior experience with the Android ecosystem recommended.  


Authors and Affiliations

  • Guildford, United Kingdom

    Adam Sinicki

About the author

Adam Sinicki has a lot of experience developing for Android having created the successful Multiscreen Multitasking and collaborated with YouTube and Coldfusion on the Voxis Launcher. Multiscreen Multitasking was pre-installed software on over 60,000 handsets from Celkon and Intex. Adam currently writes for the news site Android Authority where he has previously tackled this subject.

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