Introduction to game design, prototyping, and development: from concept to playable game with Unity and C#

摘要

The purpose of this title is teaching from first principles, using as an implementation framework the Unity platform . What makes the book distinctive is that it is completely self-contained, presenting the art of game design, the basics of prototyping in C#, and a set of complete C#/Unity prototypes (eight games!), all in one. The book is divided into three parts, largely corresponding to the three aspects identified above: "Game Design and Paper Prototyping," "Digital Prototyping," and "Game Prototype Examples and Tutorials." Part 2 helps readers get Unity up and running on their machine and presents the basics of agile C# development, including the fundamentals of C# programming. For people with programming experience, myself included, the second part of the book is of little utility, but on the other hand it will appeal greatly to complete beginners (or "nOObs" in gaming parlance). This review focuses on the material in Parts 1 and 3, namely the game design ideas and the actual coded prototypes.