Index

A

• access modifier / C# Addendum
• acripts
  • adding, to game objects / Time for action – making the hands and tray follow the mouse
• aEmptySquares array / What just happened – making a list, checking it twice
• AI
  • about / Computers that think
  • logic steps / Shut your trap
• Alpha Centauri / Trapped in your own skin
• angled paddle / A keep-up game for robots
• AngryBots Demo / Fight Some Angry Bots
• Animation clip / Time for action – animate the bouncer
• Animation view / Time for action – I like to move it move it
• arguments / Educated guesses
• Arkanoid / The mechanic that launched a thousand games
• Artillery Live!
  • URL / Artillery Live!
  • about / Artillery Live!
  • core mechanism / Artillery Live!
  • skin / Artillery Live!
  • feature set / Artillery Live!
  • skinny, on multiplayer / The skinny on multiplayer
  • additional features / The skinny on multiplayer
• Asteroid Base
  • about / Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
• Audacity
  • URL / Sound
• Awake function / Still time for action – changing the clock text color

B

• Ball GameObject / Lick it and stick it
• basis
  • knowing / Need-to-know basis
• BEDMAS / Time for action – Log the New Number
• Bezier / What just happened – holy hospital rampage, Batman!
• BFXR
  • about / What's the catch?
  • URL / Sound
• Big Fun Racing
  • about / Big Fun Racing
• billboarding
  • about / Time for action – bombs away!
• Blender
  • about / The wonders of technology!
  • URL / Graphics
• Blurst / Off-Road Velociraptor Safari
  • URL / I bent my Wooglie
• bounce
  • adding, to game object / More bounce to the ounce, Time for action – make the Ball bouncy
  • tweaking / Time for action – tweaking the bounce, What just happened – storing velocity
  • track, keeping / Time for action – keeping track of the bounces
• bouncer GameObject
  • animating / Time for action – animate the bouncer, What just happened – red and raging
  • moving / Time for action – I like to move it move it
• Break-Up game
  • particle system, adding / Time for action – bombs away!
  • particle system, poking / Time for action – poke those particles
  • spark material, adding to particle system / Time for action – creating a spark material
  • Prefab, creating / Time for action – prefabulous, What just happened – what's a Prefab?
  • brownstone model, setting up / Time for action – lights, camera, and apartment
  • character, adding / Time for action – adding the character
  • animation, registering / Time for action – registering the animations
  • character script, creating / Time for action – scripting the character, What just happened – stepping through the "step" code
  • Collider Component, adding / Time for action – open the pod bay door, Hal
  • Rigidbody Component, adding / Time for action – open the pod bay door, Hal
  • Rigidbody Component, adding to character / Time for action – collision-enable the character
  • Collider Component, adding to character / Time for action – collision-enable the character
  • bomb script, creating / Time for action – apocalypse now?
  • particle system, creating for explosion / Time for action – go boom
  • DestroyParticleSystem, creating / Time for action – kill kill murder die
  • explosion, handling / Time for action – the point of impact
  • explosion, testing / Time for action – hook up the explosion
  • beer steins, adding / Time for action – amass some glass
  • particle system, creating / Time for action – create a particle system, What just happened – getting smashed
  • particle system, setting with sharper-edged texture / Time for action – make it edgier!, What just happened – I fall to pieces
  • particle system, placing into Prefab / Time for action – contain the explosion, What just happened – duped?
  • FallingObject script, creating / Time for action – let's get lazy, What just happened – FallingObject: The PuppetMaster
  • game objects, colliding / Terminal velocity is a myth – bombs fall faster, What just happened – when game objects collide?
  • game objects, tagging / Time for action – tag the objects, Time for action – write the collision detection code
  • collision detection, coding / Time for action – write the collision detection code
  • characters animation, interrupting / Time for action – animation interrupts
  • facial explosion, adding / Time for action – add facial explosions, What just happened – raindrops keep 'sploding on my head
  • sound effects, adding / Time for action – make some noise
  • sound effects, adding to FallingObject script / Time for action – add sounds to FallingObject
  • sound effects, importing / Have a go hero – sound off
  • sound effects, creating / Have a go hero – sound off
  • sound effects, modifying for same event / Time for action – mix it up a bit
  • score points / Have a go hero – filling in the gaps
  • timer, adding / Have a go hero – filling in the gaps
  • players success, determining / Have a go hero – filling in the gaps
  • game levels / Have a go hero – filling in the gaps
  • health points, creating / Have a go hero – filling in the gaps
  • unlit bombs, catching / Have a go hero – filling in the gaps
  • C# Addendum / C# Addendum
• Bump Map
  • about / What just happened – understanding Materials
  • using / What just happened – understanding Materials
• Bust-A-Move or Puzzle Bobble / The mechanic that launched a thousand games

C

• C#
  • advantage / It's all Greek to me
• C# addendum / C# addendum
• C# modifiers
  • public / C# Addendum
  • private / C# Addendum
  • protected / C# Addendum
  • internal / C# Addendum
• camera rig
  • setting up / Time for action – set up the camera rig
• card-flipping function
  • building / Time for action – building the card-flipping function, Time for action – building the card-flipping function
• Cartoon Network television / FusionFall
• character rig / Time for action – adding the character
• CheckFor2InARow function / What just happened – the search is on
• CheckForWin condition
  • checking / Nice moves
• CheckForWin function
  • using / What just happened – hunting for a win
• ChuChu Rocket! / Walk before you can run (or double jump)
• class / A capital idea
• ClickSpace function / Time for action – the final bug
• ClickSquare function / Here comes the drop, On deaf ears, Time for action – add computer control
• clock
  • script, preparing / Time for action – preparing the Clock Script
  • text, preparing / Time for more action – preparing the clock text
  • text color, changing / Still time for action – changing the clock text color
  • font texture, changing / Time for action rides again – creating Font Texture and Material, Time for action – what's with the tiny font?, What just happened – was that seriously magic?
  • code, preparing / Time for action – preparing the clock code, What just happened – that's a whole lotta nothing
  • countdown logic, creating / Time for action – creating the countdown logic
  • time, displaying on screen / Time for action – displaying the time on-screen, What just happened – what about that terrifying code?
  • size, shrinking / The incredible shrinking clock
  • pie clock, building / Keep your fork – there's pie!, How they did it
• clockIsPaused variable / Have a go hero – rock out with your clock out
• ClockScript
  • C# Addendum / C# Addendum
• code
  • examining / Examining the code
  • need for / Why code?
  • animating with / Animating with code, What just happened – what witchcraft is this?
  • cleaning up / Codesplosion
  • refactoring / Clean-up on aisle code
  • unpacking / Unpacking the code
  • consolidating / Time for action – code consolidation
  • encoring / Code encore, Summary
• code examination
  • about / Examining the code
  • mesh renderer component, searching / Time for action – find the Mesh Renderer component
  • ball re-appearing, Mesh Renderer component used / Time for action – make the ball re-appear
• Code Hinting / A leap of faith
• competitor
  • catching / Time for action – to catch a competitor
• Component / One Script to rule them all
• computer control
  • adding / Time for action – add computer control
• ComputerTakeATurn function / Time for action – add computer control, Herpa derp derp, Time for action – code consolidation, Time for action – programming fallibility
• console / Examining the code
• Console statements
  • enabling / Time for action – listen to the paddle
• content
  • versus features / Features versus content
• CSS
  • about / Time for action – create and link a custom GUI skin
• custom Materials
  • adding, to models / Time for action – material witness, What just happened – understanding Materials, Have a go hero – adding materials to the other models
• Cylinder primitive
  • using / Time for action – boy O boy

D

• 2D array referencing
  • creating / Time for action – pretty maids all in a row, What just happened – order!, Winner is coming
• 3D cameras
  • about / Cameramania
  • handling / Cameramania
• 3D Sound
  • about / Silent 'Splosion
• 3D Studio Max
  • about / The wonders of technology!
• datatype variableName / C# Addendum
• Debug.Log() function
  • used for listening to paddle / See the matrix, Time for action – listen to the paddle
• deck-building function
  • setting up / Time for action – preparing to build the deck
• delegating
  • about / What's the catch?
• deltaTime property / Educated guesses
• Diablo III / Features versus content
• Diceworks
  • about / Diceworks
• DisappearMe Script
  • about / Lick it and stick it, Disappear me!
  • viewing / Lick it and stick it
  • C# version / C# Addendum
• DoCountdown() function / What just happened – that's a whole lotta nothing, Time for action – displaying the time on-screen
• DrawTexture method / Time for action – Flex those GUI muscles

E

• Electronic Arts
  • about / Why choose Unity?
• Explode() function / What just happened – eat lead
• Exterior-L / Detecting the tri-corner trap

F

• FallingObject script
  • creating / Time for action – let's get lazy, What just happened – FallingObject: The PuppetMaster
  • sound effects, adding to / Time for action – add sounds to FallingObject
  • sound effects, adding to / Time for action – add sounds to FallingObject
• Fallout 3 / The siren song of 3D
• FBX import scale settings
  • changing / Time for action – changing the FBX import scale settings
• features
  • versus content / Features versus content
• Flashbang Studios / Off-Road Velociraptor Safari
• flip n' match memory game
  • prerequisites / From zero to game in one chapter
  • match, detecting / Game and match, What just happened?, Time for action – comparing the IDs, What just happened?
• flip n'match memory game
  • random card shuffle, performing / Do the random card shuffle, Time for action – preparing to build the deck
• floor
  • creating / Time for action – bottoming out
• font texture
  • creating / Time for action – creating a font texture
• for keyword / The anatomy of a loop
• Fortran
  • about / Introducing Unity 3D
• free development tools
  • Blender / Graphics
  • GIMP / Graphics
  • Paint.NET / Graphics
  • BFXR / Sound
  • Audacity / Sound
• function
  • about / It's all Greek to me
  • using / You'll never go hungry again
  • Update / You'll never go hungry again
  • naming convention / What just happened – we've gone too var
• function declaration
  • best practices / With great sandwich comes great responsibility
• FusionFall
  • about / FusionFall
  • URL / FusionFall
  • building / Should we try to build FusionFall?

G

• game
  • without features / A game with no features
  • making, Unity used / 'Tis volley
  • complexity, reducing / Slash and burn!
  • features, reducing / Slash and burn!
  • orientation / Origin story
  • scene, saving / Time for action – save your scene
  • paddle, adding / Time for action – add the Paddle
  • testing / Time for action – test your game, Let's get physical
• game authoring tool
  • about / Introducing Unity 3D
• game engine
  • about / Introducing Unity 3D
• game file / Time for action – deploy your game
• game graphics
  • obtaining / Time for action – grabbing the picture clock graphics, What just happened – you can do that?
• game grid
  • centering / Finding your center
  • centering, vertically / Time for action – centering the game grid vertically, What just happened?
  • centering, horizontally / Time for action – centering the game grid horizontally, What just happened – coding like a ninja
• game ideas / That little lightbulb
• GameObject / Gone, but not forgotten, Why code?, What just happened – red and raging
• game object
  • creating, Unity 3D primitives used / Creating the ball and the hitter, What just happened – that's all there is to it?
  • renaming / Time for action – rename the Ball
  • moving / Time for action – move the Ball Into the "Sky"
  • measurements, changing / Time for action – shrink the Ball
  • Rigidbody component, adding to / Add physics to your game, Understanding the gravity of the situation
  • bounce, adding to / More bounce to the ounce, Time for action – make the Ball bouncy
  • scripts, adding to / Time for action – making the hands and tray follow the mouse
• games
  • learning / One percent inspiration
  • re-designing / Have a go hero – redesign your favorite games
  • inspirations / Toy or story
• game sene
  • lights, adding / Time for action – add a light
  • lights, moving / Time for action – move and rotate the light, Have a go hero
  • lights, rotating / Time for action – move and rotate the light, Have a go hero
• Game window
  • about / The Game window
• GDD
  • about / From zero to game in one chapter
• GetCentre function / Time for action – begin at the end
• GetComponent command / What just happened – building a more complex lock
• GetEmptySide function / What just happened – I'm running out of trap puns
• GetPlayer function / What just happened – hunting for a win, What just happened – the search is on
• GetRandomEmptySquare() function / Time for action – begin at the end
• GIMP
  • URL / Graphics
• Grand Theft Auto game / The siren song of 3D
• Gran Turismo / Features versus content
• grids
  • about / Down to the nitty griddy
• Grigon Entertainment / Should we try to build FusionFall?
• GUI.BeginGroup() function / The incredible shrinking clock
• GUI.EndGroup() function / The incredible shrinking clock
• GUI techniques
  • using / Time for action – Flex those GUI muscles, What just happened – how does it work?
• GunBound / Artillery Live!

H

• Half-Life / What's a Mesh?
• hallwayLight Prefab / Time for action – turn on the lights
• hallway model
  • using / Time for action – haul in the hallway
  • second camera, creating / Time for action – meet me at camera two
  • main camera, adjusting / Time for action – adjust Main Camera
  • Mesh Renderer / Time for action – deck the halls
  • Mesh Filter / Time for action – deck the halls
  • lights, turning off / Time for action – turn on the lights
• HandsAndTray GameObject / Time for action – making the mesh colliders convex
• Hand tool / Scene controls
• hashtable grid
  • creating / Time for action – hash it out
• Head-up display (HUD) / Heads up!
• HeartBounce script
  • creating / Time for action – create the HeartBounce script, What just happened – charting a collision course
• Heart Game Object
  • creating / Time for action – getting your heart on
• Hierarchy panel / The Hierarchy panel, Time for action – X marks the spot
• Hoagie() function / You'll never go hungry again

I

• I Dig It / Possible additional features:
• I Dig It Expeditions / Possible additional features:
• img argument
  • modifying / Time for action – modifying the img argument, What just happened?
• Import button / Time for action – make the Ball bouncy
• Importing package dialog pops up / Welcome to Snoozeville
• import statement / A matter of great import
• in-betweening / What just happened – red and raging
• InMotion Software / Possible additional features:
• Inspector panel / The Inspector panel, Add physics to your game, Time for action rides again – creating Font Texture and Material, Time for action – making the mesh colliders convex
  • used, for rotating player / Heads Up?
• installation, Unity Web Player / Time for action – install the Unity Web Player
• Instantiate command / Time for action – add facial explosions, Time for action – code consolidation
• int.ToString() method / What just happened – what about that terrifying code?
• Integrated Development Environment (IDE) / Time for action – write your first Unity Script
• Interior-L / Detecting the tri-corner trap
• interpolation / What just happened – red and raging
• iOS App Store
  • about / The iOS App Store
• isPastHalfway variable / Time for action – writing the pie chart script
• iterative loop
  • anatomy / The anatomy of a loop

J

• JavaScript
  • advantage / It's all Greek to me
  • differentiating, with C# / It's all Greek to me

K

• keep-up
  • about / The many faces of keep-up
• Keyframe / What just happened – red and raging
• Kongregate
  • about / Kongregate
  • URL / Kongregate

L

• layout dropdowns / Layers and layout dropdowns
• League of Legends / Walk before you can run (or double jump)
• LightingRig GameObject / Time for action – turn on the lights
• lights
  • adding, to game / Time for action – add a light
  • moving / Time for action – move and rotate the light, Have a go hero
  • rotating / Time for action – move and rotate the light, Have a go hero
  • turning off / Who turned out the lights?
  • toggling / Darkness reigns
• light types
  • Directional light / Have a go hero
  • point light / Have a go hero
  • Spotlight / Have a go hero
  • Ambient / Have a go hero
• lose condition
  • adding / Time for action – adding the lose condition, What just happened – understanding the code
• Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime / Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
• low-polygon model / What's a Mesh?
  • building / Poly wants to crack your game performance?
• Lunar Lander / Motherload

M

• main Camera
  • adjusting / Time for action – adjust Main Camera
• Make Game button / Time for action – make the Ball bouncy
• Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) / FusionFall
• Master of Orion / Trapped in your own skin
• Material parameter / Time for action – make the Ball bouncy, Have a go hero
• Maximize on Play button / Disappear me!
• Maya
  • about / The wonders of technology!
• mechanic
  • versus skin / Mechanic versus skin
• member variables / C# Addendum
• mesh
  • about / What's a Mesh?
  • vertex / What's a Mesh?
  • edges / What's a Mesh?
  • faces / What's a Mesh?
• Mesh / What just happened – that's all there is to it?
• mesh colliders
  • convex, making / Time for action – making the mesh colliders convex
• Mesh game objects
  • color / Keeping yourself in the dark
• Mesh Renderer checkbox / Time for action – multiple erections
• Mesh Renderer component
  • ball re-appcontents / Ding!
• Minecraft / Poly wants to crack your game performance?
• minutes variable / What just happened – what about that terrifying code?
• models
  • exploring / Time for action – exploring the models
  • getting, in Scene / Time for action – hands up!
  • custom Materials, adding to / Time for action – material witness, What just happened – understanding Materials, Have a go hero – adding materials to the other models
• Motherload
  • about / Motherload
  • URL / Motherload
  • core mechanism / Motherload
  • skin / Motherload
  • feature set / Motherload
  • additional features / Possible additional features:
  • skills, improving / Possible additional features:
• MOTS (more-of-the-same) sequel / Possible additional features:
• MouseFollow Script
  • creating / Time for action – create a new MouseFollow Script, What just happened?
• MouseFollow script / Time for action – making the hands and tray follow the mouse
• mouse y position
  • following / Time for action – follow the y position of the mouse
• Move tool / Scene controls

N

• nested loop
  • about / To nest is best
• new keyword / C# Addendum
• numbers
  • tracking / Tracking the numbers
  • logging / Time for action – Log the New Number
• numHits variable / Time for action – keeping track of the bounces
• Nurse Slipperfoot
  • handling / Time for action – how to "handle" Nurse Slipperfoot

O

• Off-Road Velociraptor Safari
  • about / Off-Road Velociraptor Safari
  • features / Fewer features, more promises
• OnCollisionEnter function / Time for action – give up the func
• OnGUI function / Time for action – Flex those GUI muscles
• OnMouseDown function / Read after thinking
• origin
  • about / Origin story
• overloaded method / Right on target

P

• Paddle
  • animating / Time for action – animate the Paddle, What just happened – what witchcraft is this?, Why didn't the Paddle animate before?
  • moving / Move the Paddle, A tiny bit o' math
  • listening to / Time for action – listen to the paddle
• paddle angle
  • creating / Once more into the breach
• Paint.NET
  • URL / Graphics
• particle system
  • adding / Time for action – bombs away!
  • poking / Time for action – poke those particles
  • spark material, adding to / Time for action – creating a spark material
  • setting / Have a go hero – time to ignite your creative spark
• passing arguments / Educated guesses
• Peggle / The mechanic that launched a thousand games
  • tips / The mechanic that launched a thousand games
• pie clock
  • about / Keep your fork – there's pie!
  • building / Pop quiz – how do we build it?, How they did it
  • textures, rotating / Time for action – rigging up the textures
  • script, writing / Time for action – writing the pie chart script, What just happened?
  • texture rotation, coding / Time for action – commencing operation pie clock, What just happened – explaining away the loose ends
  • positioning / Time for action – positioning and scaling the clock
  • scaling / Time for action – positioning and scaling the clock, Have a go hero – rock out with your clock out
• PlacePiece function / Time for action – code consolidation
• planes
  • working with / Using all three dees
• Play Again button / Beyond the game mechanic, Time for action – multiple erections
  • adding / Time for action – adding the Play Again button, What just happened?
• playback controls / Playback controls
• Play button / Disappear me!
• player
  • click-spamming / Click-spamming for fun and profit
• polygon
  • about / What's a Mesh?
• Pong
  • about / Pong
  • mechanism / Pong
  • feature set / Pong
• PopCap Games / The mechanic that launched a thousand games
• P Powerup class / A capital idea
• Prefab
  • creating / Time for action – prefabulous, What just happened – what's a Prefab?
  / Time for action – code consolidation
• PreventOrCreateTrap function / What just happened – I'm running out of trap puns
• private access / C# Addendum
• programming undependibility / Time for action – programming fallibility
• Project panel / The Project panel, Have a go hero, Time for action rides again – creating Font Texture and Material
• pseudocode / Time for action – Log the New Number
  • translating, into actual code / Time for action – pseu pseu pseudocode
• public / C# Addendum

Q

• quaternion
  • about / WHAT THE HECK IS A QUATERNION??
• Quaternion.Euler / Right on target

R

• random numbers
  • using, effectively / Random reigns supreme
• Raster images / What just happened – was that seriously magic?
• Record button / Time for action – animate the bouncer
• Renderer class
  • functions / The Renderer class
  • enabled variable / The Renderer class
• ResetPosition() function / Time for action – give up the func
• return value / Right on target
• rigging / Time for action – adding the character
• Rigidbody component
  • adding, to game object / Add physics to your game, Understanding the gravity of the situation
• Robot Repair game
  • clock Script, preparing / Time for action – preparing the Clock Script
  • clock text, preparing / Time for more action – preparing the clock text
  • clock text color, changing / Still time for action – changing the clock text color
  • font texture, creating / Time for action rides again – creating Font Texture and Material
  • material, creating / Time for action rides again – creating Font Texture and Material
  • font settings, changing / Time for action – what's with the tiny font?, What just happened – was that seriously magic?
  • clock code, preparing / Time for action – preparing the clock code, What just happened – that's a whole lotta nothing
  • countdown logic, changing / Time for action – creating the countdown logic
  • time, displaying on screen / Time for action – displaying the time on-screen, What just happened – what about that terrifying code?
  • game graphics, obtaining / Time for action – grabbing the picture clock graphics, What just happened – you can do that?
  • GUI techniques, using / Time for action – Flex those GUI muscles, What just happened – how does it work?
• robot repair game
  • scenes, setting up / Time for action – set up two scenes
  • GUI, preparing / No right answer, Time for action – prepare the GUI
  • custom GUI skin, creating / Time for action – create and link a custom GUI skin, What just happened?
  • custom GUI skin, linking / Time for action – create and link a custom GUI skin, What just happened?
  • button UI control, creating / Time for action – create a button UI control, What just happened?
  • default look, overriding for UI button / Want font?
  • Assets package, importing / Cover your assets
  • mip-mapping technique / Time for action – nix the mip-mapping
  • sparkly effect, reducing / Time for action – nix the mip-mapping
  • button, centering / Time for action – center the button, What just happened – investigating the code
  • waiting game / The waiting game
  • button creation line, clarifying / The easiest button to button
  • scenes, adding to Build List / Time for action – add both scenes to Build List
  • game scene, preparing / Time for action – prepare the game scene
  • game plan / The game plan
  • custom class, writing in GameScript script / Have some class!
  • variables collection / A matter of great import
  • bucket, building / Building a better bucket
  • collections / How big is your locker?
  • code, adding to Start function / Start me up
  • iterative loop, creating / Going loopy
  • iterative loop, anatomy / The anatomy of a loop
  • nested loop / To nest is best
  • automatic layout areas, creating in GameScript / Time for action – create an area to store the grid
  • grid, building of card buttons / Build that grid, What just happened – grokking the code
  • robots, breaking / Let's break some robots
  • deck, building / Time for action – building the deck, What just happened – dissecting the bits
  • img argument, modifying / Time for action – modifying the img argument, What just happened?
  • this keyword, using / What exactly is "this"?
  • random numbers, using effectively / Random reigns supreme
  • card faces, randomizing / Second dragon down
  • cards, flipping / Time for action – making the cards two-sided
  • card-flipping function, building / Time for action – building the card-flipping function, Time for action – building the card-flipping function
  • flip, dissecting / What just happened – dissecting the flip
  • FlipCardFaceUp, wrapping in conditional statement / Pumpkin eater, What just happened?
  • game, ending / Endgame, Endgame
  • checking, for victory / Time for action – checking for victory, Have a go hero – extra credit
  • GameScript / Bring. It. On.
• Rock Band / Time for action – make some noise
• Rotate tool / Scene controls
• rotation variable / Time for action – writing the pie chart script
• runner
  • animating / Time for action – animate the runner
• runner GameObject
  • rotation values, adding / Time for action – you spin me right round

S

• Saints Row game / The siren song of 3D
• Scale tool / Scene controls
• scene
  • about / You're making a scene
• scene controls
  • about / Scene controls
  • Hand tool / Scene controls
  • Move tool / Scene controls
  • Rotate tool / Scene controls
  • Scale tool / Scene controls
• Scenes / Time for action – deploy your game
• Scene window
  • about / The Scene window
  • Game window / The Game window
  • Hierarchy panel / The Hierarchy panel
  • Project panel / The Project panel
  • Inspector panel / The Inspector panel
  • playback controls / Playback controls
• screen coordinates
  • versus world coordinates / Screen coordinates versus World coordinates
• Script
  • about / What is code?
  • sample code, adding to / Time for action – add the sample code to your Script
  / Time for action – set up the camera rig
• second camera
  • creating / Time for action – meet me at camera two
  • setting up, facing hallyway / Time for action – meet me at camera two
• Shoot the Moon
  • creating / Time for action – duplicate your game project
  • space backdrop, adding / Time for action – space the shooter up a bit
  • HeroShip model, creating / Time for action – enter the hero
  • collision contours, determining for Heroship model / Time for action – it's a hit!
  • EnemyShip model, creating / Time for action – bring on the bad guys
  • script adjustments / Time for action – do some housekeeping
  • EnemyShip Script, modifying / Time for action – fixing the fall
  • HeroShip Script, modifying / Time for action – tweak the hero, What just happened – hooray for lazy!
  • EnemyShip Script, adding function / Time for action – give up the func
  • HeroShip Script, adding function / Time for action – give up the func
  • Bullet Game Object, building / Time for action – itchy trigger finger
  • Bullet Game Object, modifying / Time for action – futurize the bullet
  • Halo Component, building / Time for action – building Halo
  • bullet, firing / Time for action – fire!
  • collision, detecting / Time for action – code do-si-do
  • explosion, creating / Time for action – the maaagic of aaaarguments
  • testing / Time for action – add the most important part of any space shooter
  • missing elements / Have a go hero – filling in the empty space
• ShowStalematePrompt function / Nice moves
• ShowTime() function / What just happened – that's a whole lotta nothing
• ShowWinnerPrompt function
  • creating / Time for action – notify the winner
• single script
  • creating, setup / One Script to rule them all
• skin
  • versus mechanic / Mechanic versus skin
• sky
  • redefining / Redefining the sky
• Skyrim / The siren song of 3D
• Slerp
  • about / More on Slerp
• Slerp() function / Educated guesses
• soft body dynamics / Understanding the gravity of the situation
• solitaire (one-player) flip n' match memory game
  • building / You'll totally flip
• solved game / Have a go hero – solve Tic Tac Toe
• sound effects
  • adding / Time for action – make some noise
  • adding, to FallingObject script / Time for action – add sounds to FallingObject
  • creating / Have a go hero – sound off
  • importing / Have a go hero – sound off
• Sphere components
  • Transform / What just happened – that's all there is to it?
  • Mesh Filter / What just happened – that's all there is to it?
  • Sphere Collider / What just happened – that's all there is to it?
  • Mesh Renderer / What just happened – that's all there is to it?
• square
  • creating / Squaring the Square
  • x value, setting / Squaring the Square
  • y value, setting / Squaring the Square
  • fixing / Time for action – now you see it...
• square values
  • setting / Family values
• Staggered Row / Detecting the tri-corner trap
• starfield layer / Time for action – haul in the hallway
• Start() function / You'll never go hungry again, Still time for action – changing the clock text color
• Start function / What just happened – order!
• startMatrix variable / What just happened?
• startTime variable / Time for action – creating the countdown logic
• statement block / It's all Greek to me
• statements / What is code?, It's all Greek to me
• Super Mario 64 / The siren song of 3D

T

• target Quaternion / Right on target
• Tcker Taker game
  • C# Addendum / C# Addendum
• Tetris / Mechanic versus skin
• Ticker Taker game
  • improving / Have a go hero – use your new-found powers for good
  • deploying / Time for action – deploy your game
• Tic Tac Toe game
  • about / Computers that think, Nice moves
  • setting up / Time for action – haul in the hallway
  • techniques / Time for action – it's hip to be square
  • clickable square, creating / Time for action – it's hip to be square, What just happened – find and click
  • players / Time for action – it takes two to Tic Tac Toe
  • players, alternating between / What just happened – alternating between players
  • playing, steps / Time for action – designer to player. Come in, player.
  • ShowPlayerPrompt / What just happened – prompt service
  • online playing / Slowly building to a climax
  • challenges / What just happened – building a more complex lock
  • moves, tracking / Nice moves
  • bug / Time for action – the final bug, All done but for the shouting
  • playing, by computer player / Tic Tac Toe at the speed of light
  • game tree / Have a go hero – solve Tic Tac Toe
  • rules / Time for action – winning is everything
  • playing, ways / It's a trap!
  • scores / Time for action – score!
  • starting again / What just happened – the search is on
• Tic Tac Toe game actual intelligence
  • versus AI / The actual intelligence behind artificial intelligence
• TicTac Toe game positions
  • deciding / The leftovers
• Tic Tac Toe game tree / Have a go hero – solve Tic Tac Toe
• Tic Tac Toe game victory
  • hunting for / What just happened – hunting for a win
  • checking / Time for action – check for a win, Sore loser
  • post actions / Time for action – you win. Now what?
• Time.deltaTime / Educated guesses
• TimeIsUp() function / What just happened – that's a whole lotta nothing
• transform.rotation value / Educated guesses
• Transform component
  • listing / A capital idea
• tray GameObject
  • tagging / Time for action – tagging the tray
• tri-corner / Detecting the tri-corner trap
• Tri-Corner trap
  • detecting / Detecting the tri-corner trap
• True Type Font Importer / Time for action – what's with the tiny font?
• ttf (TrueType Font) / Time for action rides again – creating Font Texture and Material
• T Transform / A capital idea

U

• Unity
  • features / Why choose Unity?
  • limitations / Why burn this book and run away screaming?
  • used, for game making / 'Tis volley
  • Script / What is code?
  • 3D Sound / Silent 'Splosion
• Unity 3D
  • about / Introducing Unity 3D, Welcome to Unity 3D!
  • downloading / Stop! Hammer time
• Unity 3D game portals
  • about / Game portals
• Unity 3D primitives
  • used, for game objects creating / Creating the ball and the hitter, What just happened – that's all there is to it?
• Unity Asset Store
  • 2DToolkit / The Unity Asset Store
  • NGUI / The Unity Asset Store
  • playMaker / The Unity Asset Store
  • Asset packs / The Unity Asset Store
• Unity game engine
  • about / The engine, the tool, and the all-weather tires
• Unity graphical user interfaces
  • steps / Now you're playing with power!
• Unity Language Reference
  • revisiting / Time for action – re-visit the Unity Language Reference
• Unity offline resources
  • Local User Groups / Offline resources
  • Unite / Offline resources
• Unity online resources
  • Unity Manual / Online resources
  • Google / Online resources
  • Unity Answers / Online resources
  • Internet Relay Chat (IRC) / Online resources
  • Unity 3D Tutorials / Online resources
  • YouTube / Online resources
  • Twitter / Online resources
• Unity portals / Showcase Showdown
• Unity project
  • creating / Kick up a new Unity project, A blank slate
• Unity script
  • writing / Time for action – write your first Unity Script, A leap of faith
  • first line, viewing / A leap of faith
  • languages / It's all Greek to me
• Unity Script
  • removing / Time for action – unstick the Script
• Unity Script Reference / Time for action – journey to the Unity Script Reference
• Unity Technologies
  • about / The engine, the tool, and the all-weather tires
• Unity User Guide
  • URL / Have a go hero – time to ignite your creative spark
• Unity Web Player
  • about / Browser-based 3D – welcome to the future
  • installing / Time for action – install the Unity Web Player
• Update() function / Still time for action – changing the clock text color, Time for action – keeping track of the bounces, Time for action – adding the lose condition
• Update function / You'll never go hungry again, Time for action – scripting the character
• Use Gravity checkbox / Add physics to your game

V

• variable
  • about / Somebody get me a bucket
  • declaring, for Screen Midpoint storage / Time for action – declare a variable to store the Screen midpoint, What just happened – we've gone too var
  • naming convention / What just happened – we've gone too var
• variableName * datatype format / C# Addendum

W

• Wall Front Game Object / Time for action – multiple erections
• walls
  • erecting / Time for action – multiple erections
• Win function / What just happened – stepping through the strategy
• WinOrBlock() function / What just happened – roll for initiative
• Wooglie
  • about / I bent my Wooglie
  • URL / I bent my Wooglie
• word
  • picking up / Pick a word – (almost) any word
• word meaning
  • searching / What's another word for "huh"?
• world coordinates
  • versus screen coordinates / Screen coordinates versus World coordinates
• World of Warcraft / Features versus content
• Worms series / Artillery Live!

X

• XCode
  • about / Why choose Unity?
• XGen Studios
  • about / Motherload
• X player pieces
  • creating / Time for action – X marks the spot
  • colliding / What just happened – to collide or not to collide?
  • placing / Time for action – +9 accuracy
  • fixing, in square script / Time for action – solve for X
  • placing, multiple times / What just happened – lockdown

Z

• Zelda game / Heads up!