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John P. Doran
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John P. Doran is a passionate and seasoned Technical Game Designer, Software Engineer, and Author who is based in Incheon, South Korea. His passion for game development began at an early age. He later graduated from DigiPen Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Game Design. For over a decade, John has gained extensive hands-on expertise in game development working in various roles ranging from game designer to lead UI programmer working in teams consisting of just himself to over 70 people in student, mod, and professional game projects including working at LucasArts on Star Wars: 1313. Additionally, John has worked in game development education teaching in Singapore, South Korea, and the United States. To date, he has authored over 10 books pertaining to game development. John is currently a Technical Game Design Instructor at George Mason University Korea. Prior to his present ventures, he was an award-winning videographer.
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Using Unity Remote

Another way to check how our game works using mobile devices is through an application that Unity has created called the Unity Remote. Created with Unity 5, it has been a while since the application has been updated, but it still works with the current version of Unity; however, it does require us to do some additional work and setup.

Android setup For Unity Remote

In order to set up a phone to use Unity Remote, we will need to download the app and learn how to enable debugging mode, so in this section, we’re going to see just how to do that:

  1. To start, open up the Google Play app, and from there in the search bar, type in unity remote:
Figure 3.5 – Searching for the Unity Remote application

Figure 3.5 – Searching for the Unity Remote application

  1. Select the Unity Remote 5 app. Afterward, you’ll be brought to the screen in order to install it, so click on the Install button and wait for it to finish downloading.
Figure 3.6 – The Unity Remote 5 app page on Google Play

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John P. Doran

John P. Doran is a passionate and seasoned Technical Game Designer, Software Engineer, and Author who is based in Incheon, South Korea. His passion for game development began at an early age. He later graduated from DigiPen Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Game Design. For over a decade, John has gained extensive hands-on expertise in game development working in various roles ranging from game designer to lead UI programmer working in teams consisting of just himself to over 70 people in student, mod, and professional game projects including working at LucasArts on Star Wars: 1313. Additionally, John has worked in game development education teaching in Singapore, South Korea, and the United States. To date, he has authored over 10 books pertaining to game development. John is currently a Technical Game Design Instructor at George Mason University Korea. Prior to his present ventures, he was an award-winning videographer.
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