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Holistic Game Development with Unity: An All-in-One Guide to Implementing Game Mechanics, Art, Design and Programming Paperback – 5 April 2017

by Penny de Byl (Author)
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Master game design and digital art principles simultaneously with this all-in-one guide to creating games in the cutting-edge game engine Unity 5. Bursting with images and tutorials, Penny de Byl’s Holistic Game Development with Unity will help the reader gain the multidisciplinary skills needed to succeed in the independent game industry. Holistic Game Development includes new coverage on Augmented Reality, Networking and Virtual Reality such as the Oculus Rift. Supplementary material, including instructional videos, discussion forms and art assets are provided in the companion website located at www.holistic3d.com. Learn to combine the beauty of art and the functionality of programming in de Byl’s second edition for Unity game development.

Key Features

  • Art and programming in unison-the only one-stop shop for individual developers and small teams looking to tackle both tasks.
  • Proven step-by-step tutorials show you how to design and structure an entire game in Unity with art assets.
  • Revised to cover the Unity 5 game engine.
  • New coverage of Augmented Reality, Networking, and Virtual Reality.
  • An introduction to essential two- and three-dimensional mathematical and physics concepts.
  • A portfolio of royalty free reusable game mechanics.
  • Revamped and expanded accompanying web site, www.holistic3d.com, features project source code, instructional videos, art assets, author blog, and discussion forums. Additional challenge questions and lesson plans are available online for an enhanced learning experience.
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    1138888788
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    978-1138888784
  3. Edition
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  4. Publisher
    A K Peters/CRC Press
  5. Publication date
    5 April 2017
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    19.05 x 2.54 x 24.77 cm
  8. Print length
    472 pages
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Penny de Byl is a professor of games and multimedia at Bond University in Australia. An award-winning teacher, Penny has taught computer science, computer graphics and game development at top-ranked universities for nearly 20 years. She is the author of three books on designing and developing artificial intelligence and games including the acclaimed Holistic Game Development with Unity and winner of the 2011 Unity Technologies’ Unity Mobile Generation Great Education Giveaway.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ A K Peters/CRC Press; 2 edition (5 April 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 472 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1138888788
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1138888784
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.05 x 2.54 x 24.77 cm
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Penny Baillie-de Byl

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Dr Penny de Byl is a founder and CEO of Holistic3D.com an online teaching company aimed at delivering high quality game development education courses covering programming, artificial intelligence, computer graphics, animation and more. Since its inception in 2017, Holistic3D has attracted over 140K students internationally on Udemy and H3Dlearn.com.

Previously Penny was a Professor of Games and Interactive Multimedia at Bond University. She commenced employment in tertiary teaching in 1992 at the University of Southern Queensland as a tutor in Mathematics and Computer Science. Since then she has worked in a variety of settings in science, art & design and humanities departments in two countries. Dr de Byl has coordinated research units and developed degree programs in the areas of computer games, multimedia and educational technology. Penny also has industry experience in research information systems, web design and development, computer games design and development.

Dr de Byl has taught at all levels from first year to doctoral supervision. For over 15 years, she has focused on strategic directions in tertiary teaching in particular games-based learning and the implementation of educational technology. She is the recipient of two, university-level awards for teaching excellence, a Queensland state government award for designing game-based educational experiences and she is a nationally acknowledged teaching and learning practitioner having received an Australian Citation for University Teaching Excellence in 2011.

As an artificial intelligence, games-based learning and educational technology researcher, Dr de Byl has been at the forefront of evidence-based research integral to our understanding of how gameplay, games technology and interactivity enhance learning outcomes. Known internationally for her innovative and creative approach in applying games technology and artificial intelligence for classroom use her research has allowed for compelling new understandings of gamified experiences and the sustainable use of educational technology. Dr de Byl has been at the forefront of the dialogue between the game and technology developers, designers and teachers, helping to bridge the gap between emerging technology and its use in non-traditional environments. Her research was recognised by the Queensland Government with receipt of a 2007 Smart Women in ICT award and 2008 State Government Research Fellowship and numerous departmental awards in research from the University of Southern Queensland.

Dr de Byl was a founding researcher at the Australian Teaching and Learning Futures Institute. Currently she serves as Associate Editor for the International Journal of Games-Based Learning and the International Journal of Games and Computer-Simulated Media. She is also a member on the Humanities and Social Sciences Teaching and Learning Committee.

Penny's literary héros include Michael Crichton, Douglas Adams, Mark Billingham and Linda la Plante. It was Douglas Adams that influenced her Holistic titles if by name only and Gene Roddenberry and Laurence Krauss who influenced the Star Trek book.

The website for the books is http://www.holistic3d.com/ and found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/holistic3d/

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Mike
5.0 out of 5 stars Principalmente molto utile
Reviewed in Italy on 25 January 2018
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Un must nell'ambito sviluppo video game , grafica 2D e 3D, libro tecnico ma sintetico ricco di esempi di codice scritto principalmente in java script, ovviamente un libro ben fatto, ricco ma per usarlo devi almeno masticare un po di inglese anche perché è scritto interamente in inglese..lo consiglio vivamente molto molto utile
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E. Jacobsen
5.0 out of 5 stars A treasure
Reviewed in the United States on 2 April 2012
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The cliche "those who can't do, teach" was likely coined by those who could do, but not teach. In the real world, the intersection of ability-to-do and ability-to-teach-it is rare, and the more rare the skill, the exponentially more rare the teacher. Thus decent books on moderately popular topics such as Javascript or Rails are at least not unheard of, but for obscure topics, texts are guaranteed to be written by those who can accomplish the tasks at hand but lack the ability to usefully express their knowledge.

When de Byl referenced Betty Edwards' classic "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain," I knew I had found something different. de Byl explains all the logic and process necessary to create and control logic in a game in a clear and forthright manner. Even when the topic turns to those bits of high school math the reader has likely long forgotten, her writing style makes it easy for the reader to get the gist and move on to the mechanics of the task at hand.

She does overpromise a bit when she suggests that her book is equally suitable for both "artists who want to learn how to develop games and programmers who want to learn about using art in games." A better description might have been, "for artistically-inclined programmers and artists with some programming background." She doesn't (and, given the scope of such a book, probably couldn't) provide enough background in basic OOP for a complete novice. I urge those to pick up a book on basic Javascript, learn those basics, and then return to this volume.

Programmers who already have game programming knowledge and simply want an introduction to Unity may find this book slow-moving or obvious. Any of the other books on Unity, which emphasize code and action over theory, would be better suited. For the programmer who has been trying to dig into game programming and Unity but felt lost in the code, here's the book you've been looking for.
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Zplintz
5.0 out of 5 stars Great beginners book for Unity3d
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2013
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I am not a noob to computers, software or programming but I am a noob to 3d game design in general and Unity3d itself. This book simultaneously teaches you about 3d games in general and how to use this knowledge with Unity.

Included are examples of each aspect of Unity in easy to follow steps. Each tutorial leaves you with enough understanding and scope of what you just achieved to play with parameters to further understanding. Thanks to Unity's structure an amazing amount can be achieved with very little effort. The author has used this to great affect.

The author's obvious deep interest in the mechanics of 3d game design and its application has also inspired me to study various aspects of mathematics that I now realise will massively help with my control of objects in the 3d environment.

I think it is an excellent book and unlike a stack of other software reference books in my Kindle collection - this is not one I got 33% of the way through before thinking it a waste of money.
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Duan Traywick
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome material
Reviewed in the United States on 19 August 2022
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Book was in great condition and is exactly what I needed.
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appsb
5.0 out of 5 stars Script examples are provided using Unity Script though are easily converted to C#
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 November 2014
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Wish I had bought this book a long time ago!! IMO definitely a must buy for anyone starting developing with Unity3D. Script examples are provided using Unity Script though are easily converted to C#. A basic knowledge of programming will def. be useful especially JavaScript. Really like the detailed chapter downloads. Big thanks to the author for her effort writing the book and the downloads. Will be buying your next book!
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