Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Meet Unity
First things first: The Unity web site is http://unity3D.com (see Figure 1-2 ).
Figure 1-2. Unity web site home page
You could spend days perusing the web site; the gallery of game demos and previews is especially
fun. Don't get lost in it yet, though—you have games of your own to create!
On the Unity home page you'll see the Asset Store in the top navigation bar. The Asset Store is just
that—a store full of assets for everything you might need for your game, including animation, audio,
and scripts, plus one of my favorite things: sales and daily discounts! It also has a number of free
assets, some of which you will use later in this topic as you learn more about how the Unity editor
and the Asset Store are designed to interact with each other to facilitate your workflow. The more
you work with Unity, the more you will appreciate how Unity is focused on helping you build great
games—fast.
On the same navigation bar you'll also see “Community.” The Unity community is made up of the
hundreds of thousands of people like you who love games so much they want to make them. This is
a great place to meet and get help from like-minded people, and before you know it you'll be helping
others along as well. When you click into this area, you'll see that there is a forum, sections for
answers and feedback, and much more (see Figure 1-3 ).
 
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