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Published inOct 2013
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Gary Riches
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Gary Riches is a longstanding member of the iOS developer community. He has a keen interest not only in established sections of the industry such as gaming but also in emerging technologies such as Ouya, GameStick, and others. Filled with a passion to program on new systems, he has just become a registered Wii U developer and will also create content for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. To target so many platforms he uses Unity, which he learned while working on the Augmented Reality SBook for Saddington Baynes. When not building software for other companies, he builds his own business by creating photo manipulation apps such as Zombify Me, games such as Aztec Antics and Amazed, and also works on educational apps and games such as Nursery Rhymes: Volume 1, 2, and 3.
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Boo, C#, or UnityScript


Unity is amazing. With minimal effort you can have a prototype up and running in a few hours. No other engine has allowed such great flexibility. Another of Unity's excellent features is the ability to program in three languages, namely C#, UnityScript, and Boo. Let's go in to the pros and cons of each one, and explain which one we'll be using.

Boo

Boo is an object-oriented, statically-typed programming language that has a syntax inspired by Python. Boo has only been covered here for completeness, the documentation for programming in Unity with Boo is poor to non-existent and only around 5 percent of Unity developers actually use Boo, so finding support when you need it could prove difficult.

UnityScript

If you know JavaScript then you'll feel comfortable with UnityScript. The syntax is exactly the same; you just need to learn all the addressable objects from Unity. Both JavaScript and UnityScript support dynamic typing. This is great if you are just trying to create...

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Ouya Unity Game Development
Published in: Oct 2013Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781783559701

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Gary Riches

Gary Riches is a longstanding member of the iOS developer community. He has a keen interest not only in established sections of the industry such as gaming but also in emerging technologies such as Ouya, GameStick, and others. Filled with a passion to program on new systems, he has just become a registered Wii U developer and will also create content for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. To target so many platforms he uses Unity, which he learned while working on the Augmented Reality SBook for Saddington Baynes. When not building software for other companies, he builds his own business by creating photo manipulation apps such as Zombify Me, games such as Aztec Antics and Amazed, and also works on educational apps and games such as Nursery Rhymes: Volume 1, 2, and 3.
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