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Creating an RTS Game in Unity 2023

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Published in Oct 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804613245
Pages 548 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Bruno Cicanci Bruno Cicanci
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Bruno Cicanci is a software engineer and game developer with professional experience on different technologies and platforms. Since 2009, Bruno helped to develop and publish many games, mainly using Unity for mobile devices. He writes about game development on his personal blog, which led him to present many talks at universities and events. Bruno holds a Computer Science BS. Degree and a specialization and Game Production and Programming. In the last decade, he worked at prestigious game studios such as Glu Mobile, Electronic Arts, and Aquiris. He is currently developing games and reusable technologies at Ubisoft. Originally from Sao Paulo, Brazil, Bruno currently resides in London, UK with his wife and two adorable cats.
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface 1. Part 1: Foundations of RTS Games
2. Chapter 1: Introducing Real-Time Strategy Games 3. Chapter 2: Setting Up Unity and the Dragoncraft Project 4. Chapter 3: Getting Started with Our Level Design 5. Chapter 4: Creating the User Interface and HUD 6. Part 2: The Combat Units
7. Chapter 5: Spawning an Army of Units 8. Chapter 6: Commanding an Army of Units 9. Chapter 7: Attacking and Defending Units 10. Chapter 8: Implementing the Pathfinder 11. Part 3: The Battlefield
12. Chapter 9: Adding Enemies 13. Chapter 10: Creating an AI to Attack the Player 14. Chapter 11: Adding Enemies to the Map 15. Part 4: The Gameplay
16. Chapter 12: Balancing the Game’s Difficulty 17. Chapter 13: Producing and Gathering Resources 18. Chapter 14: Crafting Buildings and Defense Towers 19. Chapter 15: Tracking Progression and Objectives 20. Chapter 16: Exporting and Expanding Your Game 21. Index 22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Index

As this ebook edition doesn't have fixed pagination, the page numbers below are hyperlinked for reference only, based on the printed edition of this book.

A

A* (A star) algorithm 209, 210

animation state connections

removing 236

Animator 138

Assembly Definition file 346

assets

importing, from Unity Asset Store 20

organizing, from Unity Asset Store 21, 22

B

baking 213

base scene

camera 26, 27

Directional Light settings 26

ground foundation 27, 28

level scene 28-30

Light settings 25

scenes 24

setting up 24

BaseSpawner class

creating 107, 108

bitwise 164

buildings

Barracks 10

Blacksmith 10

crafting 412

Defense Tower 10

dragging 412-420

dropping 412-420

Farm 10

Resource Store, configuring 420

Town Hall 10

upgrading 412

build system

creating 503-506

platforms, adding 506-509

C

camera controller

creating 55-60

camera, RTS game 5

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Authors (1)

Profile icon Bruno Cicanci
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Bruno Cicanci is a software engineer and game developer with professional experience on different technologies and platforms. Since 2009, Bruno helped to develop and publish many games, mainly using Unity for mobile devices. He writes about game development on his personal blog, which led him to present many talks at universities and events. Bruno holds a Computer Science BS. Degree and a specialization and Game Production and Programming. In the last decade, he worked at prestigious game studios such as Glu Mobile, Electronic Arts, and Aquiris. He is currently developing games and reusable technologies at Ubisoft. Originally from Sao Paulo, Brazil, Bruno currently resides in London, UK with his wife and two adorable cats.
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