Game Development with Unity - by Mickey MacDonald

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Windows Game On The awesomeness that is the Unity game engine Michael “Mickey” MacDonald Indie Game Developer & @ScruffyFurn Extreme Video Game Geek

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The awesomeness that is the Unity game engine

Michael “Mickey” MacDonaldIndie Game Developer & @ScruffyFurnExtreme Video Game Geek

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What is Unity?

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http://cupheadgame.com

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The many features of Unity

• Multiplatform• 2D & 3D support• WYSIWYG level editor• Attached scripting IDE• Multiple programming

languages supported

• Built in Animation System• Amazing plugin support• High performance sound

engine• Incredible community

support• And much, much more …

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Demo

Unity!

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The reasons to use Visual Studio Tools for Unity

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1.Debugging! Use Visual Studio to debug your game and editor code

Just press F5!

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2. IntelliSenseFull support for Unity’s JavaScript, Boo and of course C#

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3. Familiar hierarchy

Navigate your scripts with ease

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4.Unity messages in Visual Studio

See the Unity console output inside of Visual Studio

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5. Wizard support

Use wizards and helpers to quickly override methods

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Demo

Visual Studio Tools for Unity

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• Visual Studio Pro version is required • Works with Unity Free• Completely free to use• Supports Visual Studio 2010,2012, 2013

Learn more at http://unityvs.com

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Learning Resources

http://Unity3d.com/learn

Check out the tutorial templates in the Asset Store like : Nightmares

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http://bit.ly/Unity101

Developing 2D & 3D games with Unity

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http://bit.ly/UnityPorting

Porting Unity games to Windows Phone and Windows Store (Including Universal Apps)

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Level Up newsletter

http://bit.ly/mslevelup

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Thank you and happy coding!

Michael “Mickey” MacDonaldIndie Game Developer & @ScruffyFurnExtreme Video Game Geek

Michael “Mickey” MacDonaldIndie Game Developer &@ScruffyFurnExtreme Video Game Geek