Learn everything you need to know to use the powerful Unity engine to its full potential for 3D and 2D game development, simulation, artificial intelligence, and beyond. From the basics of scripting to techniques for interactivity, AI and behavior, animation, narrative, and networking, this flexible, mind-bogglingly popular engine is useful for anything that needs visuals and real-time simulation. With this thoroughly updated problem-solving cookbook,...

"In this webcast, we'll build a game in Unity from start to finish. Starting with some basic assets, we'll demonstrate and talk through the entire process of building a complete 2D game of Asteroids, complete with gameplay, physics, lighting, and user interface. We'll then turn the floor over to questions from the audience. If you're just getting started using Unity, or if you want to discover a fantastic tool for creating 2D and 3D cross-platform...

"Games are wonderful contained problem spaces, making them great places to explore AI--even if you're not a game developer. Paris Buttfield-Addison (Secret Lab Pty. Ltd.), Mars Geldard (University of Tasmania), and Tim Nugent (lonely.coffee) teach you how to use Unity to train, explore, and manipulate intelligent agents that learn. You'll train a quadruped to walk, then train it to explore, fetch, and manipulate the world. It's a little bit technical,...