2D Game Development with Unity

<p>This book teaches beginners and aspiring game developers how to develop 2D games with Unity. Thousands of commercial games have been built with Unity. The reader will learn the complete process of 2D game development step by step. The theory behind each step is fully explained. This book contains numerous color illustrations and access to all source code and companion videos.</p><p>Key Features:</p><ul> <li>Fully detailed game projects from scratch. Beginners can do the steps and create games right away.</li> <li>No coding experience is necessary. Numerous examples take a raw beginner toward professional coding proficiency in C# and Unity.</li> <li>Includes a thorough introduction to Unity 2020 including 2D game development prefabs cameras animation character controllers lighting and sound.</li> <li>Includes a step-by-step introduction to Unity 2019.3. Extensive coverage of GIMP Audacity and MuseScore for the creation of 2D graphics sound effects and music.</li> <li>All required software is free to use for any purpose including commercial applications and games.</li> </ul><p><strong>Franz Lanzinger</strong> is the owner and chief game developer of Lanzinger Studio an independent game development and music studio in Sunnyvale California. He started his career in game programming in 1982 at Atari Games Inc. where he designed and programmed the classic arcade game <em>Crystal Castles</em>. In 1989 he joined Tengen where he was a programmer and designer for <em>Ms. Pac-Man</em> and <em>Toobin'</em> on the NES. He co-founded Bitmasters where he designed and coded games including <em>Rampart</em> and <em>Championship Pool</em> for the NES and SNES and <em>NCAA Final Four Basketball</em> for the SNES and Sega Genesis. In 1996 he founded Actual Entertainment publisher and developer of the <em>Gubble</em> video game series. He has a B.Sc. in mathematics from the University of Notre Dame and attended graduate school in mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley. He is a former world record holder on <em>Centipede</em> and <em>Burgertime</em>. He is a professional author game developer accompanist and piano teacher. He is currently working on remaking the original <em>Gubble</em> game in Unity and Blender.</p>