Unity 2022 Mobile Game Development. 3 Ed

Cover....1

Title Page....2

Copyright and Credits....3

Dedication....4

Contributors....5

Table of Contents....8

Preface....14

Part 1: Gameplay/Development Setup....22

Chapter 1: Building Your Game....24

Technical requirements....25

Setting up the project....25

Creating the player....27

Moving the player through a C# script....29

Improving our scripts with attributes and XML comments....33

Using attributes....33

XML comments....36

Update function versus FixedUpdate function....38

Putting it all together....39

Having the camera following our player....40

Creating a basic tile....42

Making it endless....47

Creating obstacles....53

Summary....64

Chapter 2: Project Setup for Android and iOS Development....66

Technical requirements....67

Introducing the Build Settings menu....68

Building a project for a PC....70

Exporting a project for Android....72

Installing Android Build Support for Unity....73

Updating build and player settings for Android projects....75

Running the Android APK with an emulator....80

Putting the project on your Android device....83

Unity for iOS setup and Xcode installation....94

Building a project for iOS....99

Running the project via the iOS simulator....106

Summary....108

Part 2: Mobile-Specific Features....110

Chapter 3: Mobile Input/Touch Controls....112

Technical requirements....113

Using mouse input....113

Screen space versus world space....115

Moving using touch controls....117

Using Unity Remote....122

Android setup For Unity Remote....122

Enabling developer mode and debugging....128

Unity Remote setup for iOS....135

Implementing a gesture....139

Scaling the player using pinches....144

Using the accelerometer....148

Detecting touch on game objects....151

Summary....161

Chapter 4: Resolution-Independent UI....162

Technical requirements....163

Creating a title screen....163

The Rect Transform component....167

Adjusting and resizing the title text....171

Selecting different aspect ratios....177

Working with buttons....180

Adding a pause menu....188

Pausing the game....198

Summary....200

Chapter 5: Advanced Mobile UI....202

Technical requirements....202

Adding a pause screen button....203

Implementing an on-screen joystick....208

Adapting GUIs for notch devices....214

Summary....221

Chapter 6: Implementing In-App Purchases....222

Technical requirements....223

Setting up Unity IAP....223

Creating our first purchase....225

Adding a button to restore purchases....234

Configuring purchases for the stores of your choice....237

Summary....238

Chapter 7: Advertising Using Unity Ads....240

Technical requirements....241

Setting up Unity Ads....241

Displaying a simple ad....245

Utilizing ad callback methods....248

Opt-in advertisements with rewards....252

Adding in a cooldown timer....262

Summary....267

Chapter 8: Integrating Social Media into Our Project....270

Technical requirements....271

Adding a scoring system....271

Sharing high scores via Twitter....277

Downloading and installing Facebook’s SDK....281

Logging in to our game via Facebook....290

Displaying a Facebook name and profile picture....298

Summary....305

Part 3: Game Feel/Polish....306

Chapter 9: Keeping Players Involved with Notifications....308

Technical requirements....308

Setting up notifications....309

Scheduling notifications ahead of time....314

Customizing notifications....319

Canceling notifications....324

Summary....326

Chapter 10: Using Unity Analytics....328

Technical requirements....329

Setting up Analytics....329

Tracking custom events....334

Sending basic CustomEvents....334

Sending custom events with properties....340

Working with funnels....350

Summary....352

Chapter 11: Remote Config....354

Technical requirements....354

Remote Config setup....355

Creating key-value pairs....357

Integrating Game Overrides into gameplay....360

Summary....364

Chapter 12: Improving Game Feel....366

Technical requirements....367

Animation using LeanTween....367

LeanTween setup....367

Creating a simple tween....370

Adding tweens to the pause menu....375

Working with materials....378

Using postprocessing effects....381

Adding particle effects....387

Summary....390

Chapter 13: Building a Release Copy of Our Game....392

Technical requirements....392

Generating release builds for app stores....393

Summary....403

Chapter 14: Submitting Games to App Stores....404

Technical requirements....404

Putting your game on the Google Play Store....405

Setting up the Google Play Console....405

Publishing an app on Google Play....407

Putting your game on the Apple iOS App Store....418

Apple Developer setup and creating a provisioning profile....418

Adding an app to App Store Connect....429

Summary....448

Chapter 15: Augmented Reality....450

Technical requirements....450

Setting up a project for AR....451

Basic setup....455

Interacting with the AR environment....460

Spawning objects in AR....465

Summary....468

Index....470

About Packt....476

Other Books You May Enjoy....477

Unity is a well-established player in the mobile game development sphere, and its new release, Unity 2022, is packed with new, exciting features. In Unity 2022 Mobile Game Development, the third edition in this popular series, you'll get to grips with the Unity game engine by building a mobile game and publishing it on the most popular mobile app stores as well as exploring the all-new features.This book provides a comprehensive and practical approach to mobile game development, helping you build an endless runner game. Starting with setting up a simple Unity project for mobile development, you’ll delve into various essential aspects needed to successfully create and publish your game. You’ll acquire a range of skills, such as incorporating touch gestures, monetizing your game with Unity Ads and in-app purchases, designing an intuitive UI, and seamlessly integrating social media functionalities. Additionally, you’ll gain valuable insights into player preferences and behavior using Unity's analytics tools. You’ll also explore features of augmented reality in Unity 2022, enhancing your game's appeal.