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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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3D Game Development

Author (1):

Bruno Cicanci

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

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Downloading and configuring the Unity Editor

To get started, we will need to install Unity Hub, which is the entry point for installing the Unity Editor so that we can create and load projects. Head to https://unity.com/download and click on the Download for Windows button if you have a Windows setup or the Download other versions button for the macOS installer and Linux instructions.

Once downloaded, follow the installer’s instructions to add Unity Hub to your system. Next, click on the Installs tab and then click on the Install Editor button. From the following screen, select the latest version available for Unity, which is 2023.1 at the time of writing, or any later editions:

Figure 2.1 – Install Unity Editor

Figure 2.1 – Install Unity Editor

As soon as you click on the Install button, you will be presented with the following screen, where you can select the modules you would like to install:

Figure 2.2 – Unity modules

Figure 2.2 – Unity modules

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Authors (1)

Bruno Cicanci

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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