OUYA Game Development by Example - Softcover

Donovan, Jack

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849697221 ISBN 13: 9781849697224

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

The OUYA console and development kit gives the power to publish video games for players, create a console marketplace of gamers, for gamers, and by gamers. Using the OUYA developer kit and the Unity3D game engine, even beginners can bring a captivating game idea to life with a hint of imagination.

"OUYA Game Development by Example" uses a series of feature-based, step-by-step tutorials that teaches beginners how to integrate essential elements into a game engine and then combine them to form a polished gaming experience.

This book will teach game development from the ground up, covering topics like gameplay programming and data management at an efficient pace with no prior knowledge required.

"OUYA Game Development by Example" quickly establishes basic game development principles and then shifts into OUYA-specific development using the Unity3D engine. Scripting begins with basic movement, cameras, and lighting, and advances into touch-based input, data storage, and in-app purchases. Wrapping up, the book will cover techniques to polish and perfect a title for publishing it in the OUYA marketplace. You will learn what you need to add to your games to prepare them for the OUYA marketplace, as well as tips for independent developers on how to market what you create.

About this title

Product Description

"OUYA Game Development by Example" consists of different game application examples. No prior experience with programming is required. You will learn everything from scratch and will have an organized flow of information specifically designed for complete beginners. Using this book, you can get started with creating games without any game development experience. This book is perfect for anyone that wants to make video games but is unsure of where to start. It covers elements of game design, art, and programming comprehensively, and the engine used throughout all of the tutorials is very beginnerfriendly. No prior knowledge is assumed or required for the tutorials in this book.

About the Author

Jack Donovan

Jack Donovan is a game developer and a cofounder of Team Aurora Games, an independent game studio located in Burlington, Vermont. He founded Team Aurora Games with a group of his college peers because they wanted an outlet for crea.. ve projects that could eventually evolve into fully marketable games. He has been coding games in the Unity game engine since 2010, and has been working with the OUYA console ever since the initial developer kit release in 2012. He programs primarily in C#, C++, ObjectiveC, and JavaScript. He has extensive experience in the DirectX, XNA, and Unity libraries and has developed his own homemade engines as well. He is also a passionate technical writer. He has contributed DIY/instructional articles to Wired.com and Popular Science magazine, covering several unique hardware and software projects. He studied at Champlain College, which he graduated from in May 2014 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Game Programming. When he's not making games, he loves playing them with friends and discovering new ideas and concepts. He's an avid music listener and coffee drinker, both of which helped make this book possible. He can be reached at jack@teamauroragames.com, and all of his present and future projects can be found at teamauroragames.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849697221
• ISBN 13: 9781849697224
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268