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Book Foundations of World Unity

Download or read book Foundations of World Unity written by ʻAbduʼl-Bahá and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Unity from Zero to Proficiency  Proficient

Download or read book Unity from Zero to Proficiency Proficient written by Patrick Felicia and published by Patrick Felicia. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Edition, Published in September 2019 Content and structure of this book In this book, the fifth book in the series, you will become comfortable with creating your own RPG. If you were ever interested in creating systems for your game to speed-up your coding and create and maintain levels easily, then this book is for you. The book includes a list of the learning objectives at the start of each chapter, step-by-step activities, and quizzes to test your knowledge, and the content of each chapter is as follows: - Chapter 1 gives an introduction to the RPG genre. You will learn the design principles that will help you to speed-up your development process. - Chapter 2 helps you to create and animate your main 3D character, add a camera that will follow this character as well as a mini-map. You will also learn to use ProBuilder to create a village. - Chapter 3 explains how to create a dialogue system from an XML file, and how to integrate it seamlessly into your game. - Chapter 4 explains how you can create a simple inventory system and use it to collect, store, and use items that you will find in your quest. - Chapter 5 shows you how to create a shop where the player can buy items that will then be added to the inventory. - Chapter 6 explains how you can create different types of animated and intelligent NPCs that will challenge the player. - Chapter 7 explains how you can create a quest system based on an XML file to manage the objectives for each of your levels. You will learn to read, and use this file for your game. - Chapter 8 explains how you can create an XP attribution system where the player can use the Xps gained in the previous level to increase his/her skills (e.g., accuracy, power, etc.) - Chapter 9 shows you how you can create a maze randomly using a procedural method so that the maze is different every time the game is played. - Chapter 10 combines the skills that you have learned so far to create a final level where the player needs to eliminate guards, collect gold, and also defeat the boss. After reading this book you will become a better game programmer, improve your knowledge of coding and unity, understand how to make a more complex product, learn some techniques to make an RPG game more modular, especially the quest system, use reusable code/assets that you can employ in your own game, create an inventory for your characters and much more... If you want to get started with your first RPG in Unity and learn reusable systems for your other games, using a tried-and-tested method: buy this book now!

Book Augmented Reality with Unity AR Foundation

Download or read book Augmented Reality with Unity AR Foundation written by Jonathan Linowes and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the world of augmented reality development with the latest features of Unity and step-by-step tutorial-style examples with easy-to-understand explanations Key FeaturesBuild functional and interactive augmented reality applications using the Unity 3D game engineLearn to use Unity's XR and AR components, including AR Foundation and other standard Unity featuresImplement common AR application user experiences needed to build engaging applicationsBook Description Augmented reality applications allow people to interact meaningfully with the real world through digitally enhanced content. The book starts by helping you set up for AR development, installing the Unity 3D game engine, required packages, and other tools to develop for Android (ARCore) and/or iOS (ARKit) mobile devices. Then we jump right into the building and running AR scenes, learning about AR Foundation components, other Unity features, C# coding, troubleshooting, and testing. We create a framework for building AR applications that manages user interaction modes, user interface panels, and AR onboarding graphics that you will save as a template for reuse in other projects in this book. Using this framework, you will build multiple projects, starting with a virtual photo gallery that lets you place your favorite framed photos on your real-world walls, and interactively edit these virtual objects. Other projects include an educational image tracking app for exploring the solar system, and a fun selfie app to put masks and accessories on your face. The book provides practical advice and best practices that will have you up and running quickly. By the end of this AR book, you will be able to build your own AR applications, engaging your users in new and innovative ways. What you will learnDiscover Unity engine features for building AR applications and gamesGet up to speed with Unity AR Foundation components and the Unity APIBuild a variety of AR projects using best practices and important AR user experiencesUnderstand the core concepts of augmented reality technology and development for real-world projectsSet up your system for AR development and learn to improve your development workflowCreate an AR user framework with interaction modes and UI, saved as a template for new projectsWho this book is for This augmented reality book is for game developers interested in adding AR capabilities to their games and apps. The book assumes beginner-level knowledge of Unity development and C# programming, familiarity with 3D graphics, and experience in using existing AR applications. Beginner-level experience in developing mobile applications will be helpful to get the most out of this AR Unity book.

Book Unity in Action

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joseph Hocking
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2018-03-27
  • ISBN : 1638356211
  • Pages : 586 pages

Download or read book Unity in Action written by Joseph Hocking and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary Manning's bestselling and highly recommended Unity book has been fully revised! Unity in Action, Second Edition teaches you to write and deploy games with the Unity game development platform. You'll master the Unity toolset from the ground up, adding the skills you need to go from application coder to game developer. Foreword by Jesse Schell, author of The Art of Game Design Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology Build your next game without sweating the low-level details. The Unity game development platform handles the heavy lifting, so you can focus on game play, graphics, and user experience. With support for C# programming, a huge ecosystem of production-quality prebuilt assets, and a strong dev community, Unity can get your next great game idea off the drawing board and onto the screen! About the Book Unity in Action, Second Edition teaches you to write and deploy games with Unity. As you explore the many interesting examples, you'll get hands-on practice with Unity's intuitive workflow tools and state-of-the-art rendering engine. This practical guide exposes every aspect of the game dev process, from the initial groundwork to creating custom AI scripts and building easy-to-read UIs. And because you asked for it, this totally revised Second Edition includes a new chapter on building 2D platformers with Unity's expanded 2D toolkit. What's Inside Revised for new best practices, updates, and more! 2D and 3D games Characters that run, jump, and bump into things Connect your games to the internet About the Reader You need to know C# or a similar language. No game development knowledge is assumed. About the Author Joe Hocking is a software engineer and Unity expert specializing in interactive media development. Table of Contents PART 1 - First steps Getting to know Unity Building a demo that puts you in 3D space Adding enemies and projectiles to the 3D game Developing graphics for your game PART 2 - Getting comfortable Building a Memory game using Unity's 2D functionality Creating a basic 2D Platformer Putting a GUI onto a game Creating a third-person 3D game: player movement and animation Adding interactive devices and items within the game PART 3 - Strong finish Connecting your game to the internet Playing audio: sound effects and music Putting the parts together into a complete game Deploying your game to players' devices

Book Unity from Zero to Proficiency  Intermediate

Download or read book Unity from Zero to Proficiency Intermediate written by Patrick Felicia and published by Patrick Felicia. This book was released on with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly Edited and Updated Version (Third Edition) for Unity 2020 Learn C# with Unity, and create a full FPS game without the headaches Without this book, most people spend too long trying to learn C# with Unity the hard way. This book is the only one that will get you to learn Unity fast without wasting so much time. It includes twelve chapters that painlessly teach you the necessary skills to create an FPS game and to learn intermediate C# and Unity techniques. What you will learn After completing this book, you will be able to: - Use Unity's built-in methods. - Use Rigidbody physics to propel airborne objects. - Use a Finite State Machine to create intelligent Non-Payer Characters(NPCs). - Manage 3D animations for the NPCs. - Create NPCs who can chase the player. - Create and manage weapons and ammunition for the player. - Include advanced Artificial Intelligence for NPCs including: vision, hearing, random paths, fleeing from or ambusghing the player. - Create a 2D scrolling shooter. Content and structure of this book The content of the books is as follows: - In Chapter 1, you will create a simple 3D game where the user has to reach the end of the level by avoiding projectiles from intelligent robots. - In Chapter 2, you will create a gun and a grenade launcher that the player can use to defeat enemies. - In Chapter 3, you will start to use Mecanim and NavMesh navigation to control an animated character that detects, follows, or attacks the player. - In Chapter 4, you will combine the skills that you have acquired in the previous chapters to create a fully functional level where the player needs to escape a level full of armed NPCs. You will also learn how to generate a game level dynamically from your code. - In Chapter 5, you will add off mesh links and manage costs and areas so that NPCs can avoid sections. - In Chapter 6, you will make it possibel for NPCs to follow fixed or random paths. - In Chapter 7, you will add vision and hearing to the NPCs. - In Chapter 8, you will create smarter NPCs that can flee from or ambush the player. - In Chapter 9, you will control an army of NPCs and create an AI-driven oppoite team. - In Chapter 10, you will create a simple 2D scrolling shooter. - In Chapter 11, you will improve your game by adding explosions and a scrolling background. - In Chapter 12, you will add intelligent spaceships that attack the player. - In Chapter 13, you will include a shield to the player's spaceship, along with other interesting features (e.g., sound FX, a scoring system, etc). If you want to create FPS games, Intelligent NPCs, and 2D Shooters with Unity using a tried-and-tested method: download this book now!

Book The Unity of Science

Download or read book The Unity of Science written by Rudolf Carnap and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a leading member of the Vienna Circle, Rudolph Carnap's aim was to bring about a "unified science" by applying a method of logical analysis to the empirical data of all the sciences. This work, first published in English in 1934, endeavors to work out a way in which the observation statements required for verification are not private to the observer. The work shows the strong influence of Wittgenstein, Russell, and Frege.

Book Basic Math for Game Development with Unity 3D

Download or read book Basic Math for Game Development with Unity 3D written by Kelvin Sung and published by Apress. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use Unity-based examples to understand fundamental mathematical concepts and see how they are applied when building modern video game functionality. You will gain the theoretical foundation you need, and you will know how to examine and modify an implementation. This book covers points in a 3D Cartesian coordinate system, and then discusses vectors and the details of dot and cross products. Basic mathematical foundations are illustrated through Unity-based example implementations. Also provided are examples showing how the concepts are applied when implementing video game functionality, such as collision support, motion simulations, autonomous behaviors, shadow approximations, and reflection off arbitrary walls. Throughout this book, you learn and examine the concepts and their applications in a game engine. What You Will Learn Understand the basic concepts of points and vectors and their applications in game developmentApply mathematical concepts to modern video game functionality, such as spherical and box collidersImplement autonomous behaviors, including following way points, facing a target, chasing an object, etc. Who This Book is For Beginners, and those interested in the implementation of interactive games, who need a basic mathematical background or a refresher with modern examples

Book Foundations of Organic Chemistry

Download or read book Foundations of Organic Chemistry written by David R. Dalton and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 1440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book differs from other organic chemistry textbooks in that it is not focused purely on the needs of students studying premed, but rather for all students studying organic chemistry. It directs the reader to question present assumptions rather than to accept what is told, so the second chapter is largely devoted to spectroscopy (rather than finding it much later on as with most current organic chemistry textbooks). Additionally, after an introduction to spectroscopy, thermodynamics and kinetics, the presentation of structural information of compounds and organic families advances from hydrocarbons to alcohols to aldehydes and ketones and, finally, to carboxylic acids.

Book Beginning 3D Game Development with Unity

Download or read book Beginning 3D Game Development with Unity written by Sue Blackman and published by Apress. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 985 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning 3D Game Development with Unity is perfect for those who would like to come to grips with programming Unity. You may be an artist who has learned 3D tools such as 3ds Max, Maya, or Cinema 4D, or you may come from 2D tools such as Photoshop and Illustrator. On the other hand, you may just want to familiarize yourself with programming games and the latest ideas in game production. This book introduces key game production concepts in an artist-friendly way, and rapidly teaches the basic scripting skills you'll need with Unity. It goes on to show how you, as an independent game artist, can create casual interactive adventure games in the style of Telltale's Tales of Monkey Island, while also giving you a firm foundation in game logic and design. The first part of the book explains the logic involved in game interaction, and soon has you creating game assets through simple examples that you can build upon and gradually expand. In the second part, you'll build the foundations of a point-and-click style first-person adventure game—including reusable state management scripts, load/save functionality, a robust inventory system, and a bonus feature: a dynamically configured maze and mini-map. With the help of the provided 2D and 3D content, you'll learn to evaluate and deal with challenges in bite-sized pieces as the project progresses, gaining valuable problem-solving skills in interactive design. By the end of the book, you will be able to actively use the Unity 3D game engine, having learned the necessary workflows to utilize your own assets. You will also have an assortment of reusable scripts and art assets with which to build future games.

Book Learn Unity ML Agents     Fundamentals of Unity Machine Learning

Download or read book Learn Unity ML Agents Fundamentals of Unity Machine Learning written by Micheal Lanham and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-06-30 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transform games into environments using machine learning and Deep learning with Tensorflow, Keras, and Unity Key Features Learn how to apply core machine learning concepts to your games with Unity Learn the Fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning and Q-Learning and apply them to your games Learn How to build multiple asynchronous agents and run them in a training scenario Book Description Unity Machine Learning agents allow researchers and developers to create games and simulations using the Unity Editor, which serves as an environment where intelligent agents can be trained with machine learning methods through a simple-to-use Python API. This book takes you from the basics of Reinforcement and Q Learning to building Deep Recurrent Q-Network agents that cooperate or compete in a multi-agent ecosystem. You will start with the basics of Reinforcement Learning and how to apply it to problems. Then you will learn how to build self-learning advanced neural networks with Python and Keras/TensorFlow. From there you move o n to more advanced training scenarios where you will learn further innovative ways to train your network with A3C, imitation, and curriculum learning models. By the end of the book, you will have learned how to build more complex environments by building a cooperative and competitive multi-agent ecosystem. What you will learn Develop Reinforcement and Deep Reinforcement Learning for games. Understand complex and advanced concepts of reinforcement learning and neural networks Explore various training strategies for cooperative and competitive agent development Adapt the basic script components of Academy, Agent, and Brain to be used with Q Learning. Enhance the Q Learning model with improved training strategies such as Greedy-Epsilon exploration Implement a simple NN with Keras and use it as an external brain in Unity Understand how to add LTSM blocks to an existing DQN Build multiple asynchronous agents and run them in a training scenario Who this book is for This book is intended for developers with an interest in using Machine learning algorithms to develop better games and simulations with Unity. The reader will be required to have a working knowledge of C# and a basic understanding of Python.

Book Consilience

    Book Details:
  • Author : E. O. Wilson
  • Publisher : Vintage
  • Release : 2014-11-26
  • ISBN : 0804154066
  • Pages : 485 pages

Download or read book Consilience written by E. O. Wilson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-11-26 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "A dazzling journey across the sciences and humanities in search of deep laws to unite them." —The Wall Street Journal One of our greatest scientists—and the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for On Human Nature and The Ants—gives us a work of visionary importance that may be the crowning achievement of his career. In Consilience (a word that originally meant "jumping together"), Edward O. Wilson renews the Enlightenment's search for a unified theory of knowledge in disciplines that range from physics to biology, the social sciences and the humanities. Using the natural sciences as his model, Wilson forges dramatic links between fields. He explores the chemistry of the mind and the genetic bases of culture. He postulates the biological principles underlying works of art from cave-drawings to Lolita. Presenting the latest findings in prose of wonderful clarity and oratorical eloquence, and synthesizing it into a dazzling whole, Consilience is science in the path-clearing traditions of Newton, Einstein, and Richard Feynman.

Book Learning C  by Developing Games with Unity 2021

Download or read book Learning C by Developing Games with Unity 2021 written by Harrison Ferrone and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-10-29 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn C# programming from scratch using Unity as a fun and accessible entry point with this updated edition of the bestselling series. Includes invitation to join the online Unity Game Development community to read the book alongside peers, Unity developers/C# programmers and Harrison Ferrone. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format. Key FeaturesLearn C# programming basics, terminology, and coding best practicesBecome confident with Unity fundamentals and features in line with Unity 2021Apply your C# knowledge in practice and build a working first-person shooter game prototype in UnityBook Description The Learning C# by Developing Games with Unity series has established itself as a popular choice for getting up to speed with C#, a powerful and versatile programming language with a wide array of applications in various domains. This bestselling franchise presents a clear path for learning C# programming from the ground up through the world of Unity game development. This sixth edition has been updated to introduce modern C# features with Unity 2021. A new chapter has also been added that covers reading and writing binary data from files, which will help you become proficient in handling errors and asynchronous operations. The book acquaints you with the core concepts of programming in C#, including variables, classes, and object-oriented programming. You will explore the fundamentals of Unity game development, including game design, lighting basics, player movement, camera controls, and collisions. You will write C# scripts for simple game mechanics, perform procedural programming, and add complexity to your games by introducing smart enemies and damage-causing projectiles. By the end of the book, you will have developed the skills to become proficient in C# programming and built a playable game prototype with the Unity game engine. What you will learnFollow simple steps and examples to create and implement C# scripts in UnityDevelop a 3D mindset to build games that come to lifeCreate basic game mechanics such as player controllers and shooting projectiles using C#Divide your code into pluggable building blocks using interfaces, abstract classes, and class extensionsBecome familiar with stacks, queues, exceptions, error handling, and other core C# conceptsLearn how to handle text, XML, and JSON data to save and load your game dataExplore the basics of AI for games and implement them to control enemy behaviorWho this book is for If you're a developer, programmer, hobbyist, or anyone who wants to get started with Unity and C# programming in a fun and engaging manner, this book is for you. You'll still be able to follow along if you don't have programming experience, but knowing the basics will help you get the most out of this book.

Book The Church of Christ

    Book Details:
  • Author : Everett Ferguson
  • Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN : 9780802841896
  • Pages : 468 pages

Download or read book The Church of Christ written by Everett Ferguson and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By systematically examining the New Testament's teaching, Ferguson unveils a comprehensive model of the church that is boh biblically centered and relevant to a world on the verge of the twenty-first century.

Book Baptist Foundations

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mark Dever
  • Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
  • Release : 2015-06-15
  • ISBN : 1433681048
  • Pages : 424 pages

Download or read book Baptist Foundations written by Mark Dever and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, representatives of several North American Baptist seminaries and a Baptist university make the exegetical and theological case for a Baptist polity. Right polity, they argue, is congregationalism, elder leadership, diaconal service, regenerate church membership, church discipline, and a Baptist approach to the ordinances.

Book The Disorder of Things

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Dupré
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 1993
  • ISBN : 9780674212619
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book The Disorder of Things written by John Dupré and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this manifesto, John Dupré systematically attacks the ideal of scientific unity by showing how its underlying assumptions are at odds with the central conclusions of science itself.

Book Community Without Unity

Download or read book Community Without Unity written by William Corlett and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 1990 Foundations of Political Theory Section of the American Political Science Association "First Book Award" Now available in paperback with a new preface by the author, this award-winning book breaks new ground by challenging traditional concepts of community in political theory. William Corlett brings the diverse (and sometimes contradictory) work of Foucault and Derrida to bear on the thought of Pocock, Burke, Lincoln, and McIntyre, among others, to move beyond the conventional dichotomy of "individual vs. community," arguing instead that community is best advanced within a politics of difference.

Book Mastering Unity 2D Game Development

Download or read book Mastering Unity 2D Game Development written by Simon Jackson and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have C# knowledge but now want to become truly confident in creating fully functional 2D RPG games with Unity, then this book will show you everything you need to know.