Unity 3D and PlayMaker Essentials: Game Development from Concept to Publishing

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- SECTION I Background -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Who Plays Games? -- 1.2 How Are Games Made? -- 1.2.1 AAA Studios -- 1.2.2 The Indie Studio -- 1.3 Who Can Make Games? -- 1.3.1 Skills and Jobs -- 1.3.2 Working in the Industry -- 1.4 What Types of Games Are There? -- 1.4.1 Role-Playing Games -- 1.4.2 Adventure Games -- 1.4.3 Platformer Games -- 1.4.4 Shooter Games -- 1.4.5 Action Games -- 1.4.6 Strategy Games -- 1.4.7 Simulation Games -- 1.4.8 Sports Games -- 1.4.9 Puzzle Games

1.4.10 MMO Games -- 1.5 Summary -- Vocabulary -- Review Quiz -- Exercises -- Design Document -- Chapter 2: Design Document -- 2.1 Introduction to the Design Document -- 2.1.1 Do We Need a Design Document? -- 2.1.2 Methods of Design -- 2.1.3 Logical Design versus Descriptive Design -- 2.1.4 Mission and Vision -- 2.2 Sections of the Design Document -- 2.2.1 Game Concept -- 2.2.2 Game Characters -- 2.2.3 Game Story -- 2.2.4 The Game World -- 2.2.5 Game Audio -- 2.2.6 Game Interface -- 2.3 Summary -- Vocabulary -- Review Quiz -- Exercises -- Design Document -- Chapter 3: Using Unity and PlayMaker

3.1 Installing Unity -- 3.2 Unity's Interface -- 3.3 Using Unity -- 3.4 Installing PlayMaker -- 3.5 PlayMaker's Interface -- 3.6 State Machines -- 3.7 Using PlayMaker -- 3.8 Summary -- Vocabulary -- Review Quiz -- Exercises -- Design Document -- SECTION II Building Blocks -- Chapter 4: Characters -- 4.1 The Purpose of Characters -- 4.2 Do Games Need Characters? -- 4.3 Traditional Character Types -- 4.3.1 The Hero -- 4.3.2 The Shadow -- 4.3.3 The Mentor -- 4.3.4 The Ally -- 4.3.5 The Herald -- 4.3.6 The Trickster -- 4.3.7 The Shapeshifter -- 4.3.8 The Threshold Guardian -- 4.4 Game Character Types

4.4.1 Merchants -- 4.4.2 The Quest Giver -- 4.4.3 Information -- 4.5 Character Design -- 4.6 Character Asset Design -- 4.7 Importing Assets in Unity -- 4.7.1 Back to Projects -- 4.7.2 Importing 3D Assets -- 4.7.3 Settings for Imported 3D Assets -- 4.7.4 From 3D Assets to Player Controllable Assets -- 4.8 Character Control Systems with PlayMaker -- 4.8.1 Designing the Character Response System -- 4.8.2 Getting Input through Unity -- 4.8.3 Building State Machines in PlayMaker -- 4.8.3.1 Moving Sancho -- 4.8.3.2 Rotating Sancho -- 4.8.3.3 Jumping Sancho -- 4.8.3.4 The Camera Follows Sancho

4.9 Summary -- Vocabulary -- Review Quiz -- Exercises -- Design Document -- Chapter 5: Non-Player Characters -- 5.1 What Is Artificial Intelligence? -- 5.2 Some Different Types of Artificial Intelligence -- 5.2.1 Scripted Behavior -- 5.2.2 Random Behavior -- 5.2.3 Expert Systems -- 5.2.4 Mathematical Behavior Modeling -- 5.2.5 Evolutionary Systems -- 5.3 Selecting an Artificial Intelligence System -- 5.4 Designing a Threshold Guardian -- 5.5 Implementing the Threshold Guardian -- 5.5.1 The Controller -- 5.5.2 Patrolling -- 5.5.3 Spotting the Player -- 5.5.4 Attacking the Player

5.5.5 Hurting the Player

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