Hands-On Unity 2022 Game Development: Learn to use the latest Unity 2022 features to create your first video game in the simplest way possible, 3rd Edition

Preface
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Creating a Unity Project
    Installing Unity
        Unity’s technical requirements
        Unity versioning
        Installing Unity with Unity Hub
    Creating projects
        Creating a project
        Project structure
    Summary
Editing Scenes and Game Objects
    Manipulating scenes
        The purpose of a scene
        The Scene View
        Adding our first GameObject to the scene
        Navigating the Scene View
        Manipulating GameObjects
    GameObjects and components
        Understanding components
        Manipulating components
    Object Hierarchies
        Parenting of objects
        Possible uses
    Prefabs
        Creating Prefabs
        Prefab-instance relationship
        Prefab variants
    Saving scenes and projects
    Summary
Grayboxing with Terrain and ProBuilder
    Defining our game concept
    Creating a landscape with Terrain
        Discussing Height Maps
        Creating and configuring Height Maps
        Authoring Height Maps
        Adding Height Map details
    Creating shapes with ProBuilder
        Installing ProBuilder
        Creating a shape
        Manipulating the mesh
        Adding details
    Summary
Importing and Integrating Assets
    Importing assets
        Importing assets from the internet
        Importing assets from the Asset Store
        Importing assets from Unity Packages
    Integrating assets
        Integrating terrain textures
        Integrating meshes
        Integrating textures
    Configuring assets
        Configuring meshes
        Configuring textures
        Assembling the scene
    Summary
Introduction to C# and Visual Scripting
    Creating scripts
        Initial setup
        Creating a C# script
        Adding fields
        Creating a Visual Script
    Using events and instructions
        Events and instructions in C#
        Events and instructions in Visual Scripting
        Using fields in instructions
        Common beginner C# script errors
    Summary
Implementing Movement and Spawning
    Implementing movement
        Moving objects through Transform
        Using Input
        Understanding Delta Time
    Implementing spawning
        Spawning objects
        Timing actions
        Destroying objects
    Using the new Input System
        Installing the new Input System
        Creating Input Mappings
        Using Mappings in our scripts
    Summary
Physics Collisions and Health System
    Configuring physics
        Setting shapes
        Physics object types
        Filtering collisions
    Detecting collisions
        Detecting Trigger events
        Modifying the other object
    Moving with physics
        Applying forces
        Tweaking physics
    Summary
Win and Lose Conditions
    Creating object managers
        Sharing variables with the Singleton design pattern
        Sharing variables with Visual Scripting
        Creating managers
    Creating Game Modes
    Improving our code with events
    Summary
Implementing Game AI for Building Enemies
    Gathering information with sensors
        Creating three-filter sensors with C#
        Creating Three-Filters sensors with Visual Scripting
        Debugging with gizmos
    Making decisions with FSMs
        Creating the FSM in C#
        Creating transitions
        Creating the FSM in Visual Scripting
    Executing FSM actions
        Calculating our scene’s NavMesh
        Using Pathfinding
    Adding the final details
    Summary
Materials and Effects with URP and Shader Graph
    Introducing shaders and URP
        Shader Pipeline
        Render Pipeline and URP
        URP built-in shaders
    Creating shaders with Shader Graph
        Creating our first Shader Graph
    Using Textures
    Combining Textures
    Applying transparency
    Creating Vertex Effects
    Summary
Visual Effects with Particle Systems and Visual Effect Graph
    Introduction to Shuriken particle systems
        Creating a basic particle system with Shuriken
        Using advanced modules
    Creating fluid simulations
        Creating a waterfall effect
        Creating a bonfire effect
    Creating complex simulations with Visual Effect Graph
        Installing Visual Effect Graph
        Creating and analyzing a Visual Effect Graph
        Creating a rain effect
    Scripting Visual Effects
    Summary
Lighting Using the Universal Render Pipeline
    Applying lighting
        Discussing lighting methods
        Configuring ambient lighting with skyboxes
        Configuring lighting in URP
    Applying shadows
        Understanding shadow calculations
        Configuring performant shadows
    Optimizing lighting
        Understanding static lighting
        Baking lightmaps
        Applying static lighting to static objects
    Summary
Full-Screen Effects with Post-Processing
    Using post-processing
        Setting up a profile
        Using basic effects
    Using advanced effects
        High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Depth Map
        Applying advanced effects
    Summary
Sound and Music Integration
    Importing audio
        Audio types
        Configuring import settings
    Integrating and mixing audio
        Using 2D and 3D AudioSources
        Using an Audio Mixer
    Scripting audio feedback
    Summary
User Interface Design
    Understanding the Canvas and RectTransform
        Creating a UI with the Canvas
        Positioning elements with RectTransform
    Canvas object types
        Integrating assets for the UI
        Creating UI controls
    Creating a responsive UI
        Adapting object positions
        Adapting object sizes
    Scripting the UI
        Showing information in the UI
        Programming the Pause menu
    Summary
Creating a UI with the UI Toolkit
    Why learn UI Toolkit?
    Creating a UI with UI Toolkit
        Creating UI Documents
        Editing UI Documents
        Creating UI Stylesheets
    Making a responsive UI
        Dynamic positioning and sizing
        Dynamic scaling
        Using relative positions
    Summary
Creating Animations with Animator, Cinemachine, and Timeline
    Using Skinning Animation with Animator
        Understanding skinning
        Importing skeletal animations
        Integration using Animation Controllers
        Using Avatar Masks
    Scripting animations
        Scripting player shooting animations
        Scripting movement animations
    Creating dynamic cameras with Cinemachine
        Creating camera behaviors
        Creating dolly tracks
    Creating cutscenes with Timeline
        Creating animation clips
        Sequencing our intro cutscene
    Summary
Optimization with Profiler, Frame Debugger, and Memory Profiler
    Optimizing graphics
        Introduction to graphics engines
        Using Frame Debugger
        Using batching
        Other optimizations
    Optimizing processing
        Detecting CPU- and GPU-bound
        Using the CPU Usage Profiler
        General CPU optimization techniques
    Optimizing memory
        Memory allocation and the garbage collector
        Using the Memory Profiler
    Summary
Generating and Debugging an Executable
    Building a project
    Debugging the build
        Debugging code
        Profiling performance
    Summary
Augmented Reality in Unity
    Using AR Foundation
        Creating an AR Foundation project
        Using tracking features
    Building for mobile devices
        Building for Android
        Building for iOS
    Creating a simple AR game
        Spawning the player and enemies
        Coding the player and enemy behavior
    Summary
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