Augmented Reality Game Development电子书

Augmented Reality Game Development

Augmented Reality Game Development

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewer

www.PacktPub.com

Why subscribe?

Customer Feedback

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Downloading the color images of this book

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Getting Started

Real-world adventure games

Location-based

Augmented Reality

Adventure games

Introducing Foody GO

Source code

Getting into mobile development with Unity

Downloading and installing Unity

Setting up for Android development

Installing the Android SDK

Connecting to your Android device

Setting up for iOS development

Getting started with Unity

Creating the game project

Building and deploying the game

Building and deploying to Android

Building and deploying to iOS

Summary

2. Mapping the Player's Location

GIS fundamentals

Mapping

GPS fundamentals

Google Maps

Adding a map

Creating the map tile

Laying the tiles

Understanding the code

Setting up services

Setting up CUDLR

Debugging with CUDLR

Setting up the GPS service

Summary

3. Making the Avatar

Importing standard Unity assets

Adding a character

Switching the camera

Cross-platform input

Fixing the input

GPS location service

Map tile parameters

GPS simulation settings

Character GPS compass controller

Swapping out the character

Summary

4. Spawning the Catch

Creating a new monster service

Understanding distance in mapping

GPS accuracy

Checking for monsters

Projecting coordinates to 3D world space

Adding monsters to the map

Tracking the monsters in the UI

Summary

5. Catching the Prey in AR

Scene management

Introducing the Game Manager

Loading a scene

Updating touch input

Colliders and rigidbody physics

Building the AR Catch scene

Using the camera as our scene backdrop

Adding the catching ball

Throwing the ball

Checking for collisions

Particle effects for feedback

Catching the monster

Summary

6. Storing the Catch

Inventory system

Saving the game state

Setting up services

Reviewing code

Monster CRUD operations

Updating the Catch scene

Creating the Inventory scene

Adding the menu buttons

Bringing the game together

Mobile development woes

Summary

7. Creating the AR World

Getting back to the map

The Singleton

Introducing the Google Places API

Using JSON

Setting up the Google Places API service

Creating the markers

Optimizing the search

Summary

8. Interacting with an AR World

The Places scene

Google Street View as a backdrop

Slideshow with the Google Places API photos

Adding UI interaction for selling

The game mechanics of selling

Updating the database

Connecting the pieces

Summary

9. Finishing the Game

Outstanding development tasks

Missing development skills

Cleaning up assets

Releasing the game

Problems with location-based games

Location-based multiplayer game

Firebase as a multiplayer platform

Other location-based game ideas

The future of the genre

Summary

10. Troubleshooting

Console window

Compiler errors and warnings

Debugging

Remote debugging

Advanced debugging

Logging

CUDLR

Unity Analytics

Issues and solutions by chapter

Summary