Episode 40: Unity

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Introduction: Pre vs Post Increment & Cooking!

News

• Open offices at Stack Exchange
• http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2015/01/why-we-still-believe-in-private-offices/
• React Native
• https://www.progville.com/javascript/react-native-apps-react-js/
• Windows 10 Free
• http://www.computerworld.com/article/2825116/free-at-last-after-windows-10-consumers-wont-pay-for-updates-or-upgrades.html
• ES6 -> ES5 Transpiler
• https://6to5.org/

Book of the Show

• Jason: Game Developer Magazine Archives
• http://www.gdcvault.com/gdmag
• Patrick: Mistborn: The Final Empire
• http://amzn.to/1wZj0vH

Tool of the Show

• Jason: Meld
• http://meldmerge.org/
• Patrick:  Space Marshals
• http://www.pixelbite.se/pbsite3/?page_id=7675

Unity

• Overview
• Game Engines
• Game Loop (16ms)
• Platform Specific APIs
• OpenGL/DirectX vs. GDI/X/Quartz
• OpenAL/DirectSound
• Animation Assistance
• Content creation pipeline
• Scripting
• AI
• Pathfinding
• Physics
• History of Game Engines
• High Level Game Engines
• RPGMaker
• SCUMM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCUMM
• Low Level Game Engines
• SDL
• SMFL
• OGRE/OIS/OpenAL
• HaXE
• Canvas/HTML5
• Unity
• Assign script(s) to Prefabs
• Each script is composed of callbacks ( Update, UpdateFixed, Start, etc.)
• Instantiate prefabs to create GameObjects
• Prefab is a prototype of a GameObject
• UnityScript / UnityC# / Boo
• Pros
• Cross-Platform (Desktop, Web, Mobile)
• Productivity Boost
• Contains many third party plugins (Toon Shading, etc.)
• Cons
• Unity Pro
• $1500, +$1500 for android, +$1500 for iOS
• Hard to do custom game engines
• Minecraft, Custom physics, etc. only possible with Unity Pro Native or Plugins
• Licensing fees