To get the most out of this book

The only thing you need to get the most from your upcoming C# and Unity adventure is a curious mind and a willingness to learn. Having said that, doing all the code exercises, Hero’s trials, and Quiz sections is a must if you hope to cement the knowledge you’re learning. Lastly, revisiting topics and entire chapters to refresh or solidify your understanding before moving on is always a good idea. There is no sense in building a house on an unstable foundation.

You’ll also need a current version of Unity installed on your computer—2023 or later is recommended. All code examples have been tested with Unity 2023.1 and should work with future versions without issues.

Software/hardware covered in the book

Unity 2023.1 or later

Visual Studio 2019 or later

C# 8.0 or later

Before starting, check that your computer setup meets the Unity system requirements at https://docs.unity3d.com/2023.1/Documentation/Manual/system-requirements.html.

Download the example code files

The code bundle for the book is hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Learning-C-by-Developing-Games-with-Unity-Seventh-Edition. To keep things as up-to-date as possible, we’ve included project branches on GitHub for different Unity versions – please use the Unity_2023 branch pictured below (by selecting Unity_2023 from the branch dropdown in the upper-left corner):

We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!

Download the color images

To provide a complete view of the Unity editor, all our screenshots are taken in full-screen mode. For color versions of all book images, use the link below: https://packt.link/7yy5V.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. For example: “Mount the downloaded WebStorm-10*.dmg disk image file as another disk in your system.”

A block of code is set as follows:

public class Shop<T>
{
    public List<T> inventory = new List<T>();
    // 1
    public void AddItem(T newItem)
    {
      
        inventory.Add(newItem);
    }
}

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

# cp /usr/src/asterisk-addons/configs/cdr_mysql.conf.sample
     /etc/asterisk/cdr_mysql.conf

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see on the screen. For instance, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. For example: “Select System info from the Administration panel.”

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.