In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Unity Game Development in 24 Hours will help you master the Unity 5 game engine at the heart of Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Kerbal Space Program, and many other sizzling-hot games!

This book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach teaches you everything from the absolute basics through sophisticated game physics, animation, and mobile device deployment techniques. Every lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success.

• Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common Unity game development tasks.
• Practical, hands-on examples show you how to apply what you learn.
• Quizzes and exercises help you test your knowledge and stretch your skills.
• Notes and tips point out shortcuts and solutions.

Learn how to…

• Get up and running fast with the Unity 5 game engine and editor
• Work efficiently with Unity’s graphical asset pipeline
• Make the most of lights and cameras
• Sculpt stunning worlds with Unity’s terrain and environmental tools
• Script tasks ranging from capturing input to building complex behaviors
• Quickly create repeatable, reusable game objects with prefabs
• Implement easy, intuitive game user interfaces
• Control players through built-in and custom character controllers
• Build realistic physical and trigger collisions
• Leverage the full power of Unity’s Mecanim animation system
• Integrate complex audio into your games
• Use mobile device accelerometers and multi-touch displays
• Modify desktop games for mobile platforms
• Apply the “finishing touches” and deploy your games

Ben Tristem is a professional technology educator, with tens of thousands of students both offline and online. Ben has an honors degree in computer science from Imperial College London, and is a fellow of the institute of consulting. He has been helping companies and individuals to embrace technology for his whole life, and has been an entrepreneur since the age of 15.