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You're reading from Unity 5.x Cookbook More than 100 solutions to build amazing 2D and 3D games with Unity

Product type Hardcover

Published in Sep 2021

Last Updated in Feb 2025

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839217616

Length 816 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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3D Game Development

Table of Contents (15) Chapters

1. Displaying Data with Core UI Elements

2. Responding to User Events for Interactive UIs FREE CHAPTER

3. Inventory and Advanced UIs

4. Playing and Manipulating Sounds

5. Creating 3D Objects, Terrains, Textures, and Materials

6. 2D Animation and Physics

7. Characters, Game Kits, and Starter Assets

8. Web Server Communication and Online Version Control

9. Controlling and Choosing Positions

10. Navigation Meshes and Agents

11. Cameras and Rendering Pipelines

12. Shader Graphs and Video Players

13. Advanced Topics - Gizmos, Automated Testing, and More

14. Particle Systems and Other Visual Effects

15. Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR)

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