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Product type Book

Published in Oct 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804613245

Pages 548 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

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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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To get the most out of this book

To get the most out of this book, a basic understanding of programming concepts and the C# programming language is required. Some experience with any game development engine or framework would be an advantage.

It is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the Unity Engine features and the interface. The Unity website has a lot of beginner-friendly content that can help you get a good understanding of the engine quickly.

Since we will develop an RTS game, it is also recommended that you play a few RTS games or watch gameplay videos on YouTube, especially the games StarCraft and Warcraft III, which are the ones we will use as a reference and inspiration to develop the features of our Dragoncraft game.

Software covered in the book	Operating system requirements
Unity Engine version 2023.1 or above	Windows or macOS
Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio 2022	Windows or macOS
C#	Windows or macOS

You will need an internet connection to download Unity, IDEs, and the assets required for the project. The disk space required for Unity Engine 2023.1 and Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio 2022 may vary, but make sure you have at least 30 GB of disk space before installing the software. The project itself should require at least 4 GB. Although it is not required, a dedicated graphics card is recommended.

You can find more information about the Unity Engine requirements in their documentation at https://docs.unity3d.com/2023.1/Documentation/Manual/system-requirements.html.