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Classic Game Design

Name: Classic Game Design
Author: Franz Lanzinger

From Pong to Pac-Man with Unity

Franz Lanzinger,

296 pages
English
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eBook - ePub

Classic Game Design

From Pong to Pac-Man with Unity

Franz Lanzinger,

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About This Book

You too can learn to design and developclassic arcade video games like Pong, Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and Scramble. Collisiondetection, extra lives, power ups, and countless other essential design elements were inventedby the mostly anonymous designers at the early pioneering companies thatproduced these great games. In this book you'll go step by step, using modern, free software tools such as Unity to create five games in the classicstyle, inspired by retro favorites like: Pong, Breakout, SpaceInvaders, Scramble, and Pac-Man. All the source code, art, and sound sources for the projects are available on the companion files. You'lldiscover the fun of making your own games, putting in your own color graphics, adjusting the scoring, coding the AI, and creating the sound effects. You'llgain a deep understanding of the roots of modern video game design: the classicsof the '70s and '80s.

Features:

Uses Unity, C#, Blende r, GIMP, and Audacity to make five fun classic games
4-color throughout with companion files that include source code, art, and full projects (also available for downloading from the publisher by emailing proof of purchase to [email protected])
Includes historical anecdotes direct from one of the fabled Atari coin-op programmers
Detailed step-by-step instructions, dozens of exercises, and rules of classic game design
Contains unique insights on applying classic game design concepts to modern games.

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Publisher

Mercury Learning and Information

Year

2019

ISBN

9781683923862

Edition

Topic

Computer Science

Subtopic

Software Development

Index

Computer Science

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Tools of the Trade
Chapter 3: Pong
Chapter 4: Classic Paddle Game
Chapter 5: Breakout
Chapter 6: Classic Brick Game
Chapter 7: Space Invaders
Chapter 8: Classic Game Project Three: Vertical Shooter
Chapter 9: Scramble
Chapter 10: Classic Game Project Four: Scrolling Shooter
Chapter 11: Pac-Man
Chapter 12: Classic Game Project Five: Maze Game
Epilogue
Appendix I: Introduction to C# for Beginners
Appendix II: Eight Rules of Classic Game Design
Appendix III: About the DVD
Index