Learning C# Programming with Unity 3D

Hello all, thought I'd announce that my book Learning C# programming with Unity3D is now available!

The book was written for a novice game developer looking to learn how to write C# using Unity 3D as a teaching tool. The book starts with the very basics like how to use MonoDevelop, what variables are and how to use white space to format code.

Later on in the book I go into functions, classes and logic to sort through objects, use vectors, and a whole lot more. Each chapter is accompanied with a tutorial and plenty of examples. Code examples are available on github, and I'm available on twitter @alexokita and on the book's blog http://okita.com/Unity/ feel free to ask questions!

I started the book over a year ago, and I'm very excited to see it out in the wild. Again, if there are any questions about the book let me know.

You can find it here at CRCPress http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781466586529
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Learning-C-Programming-Unity-3D/dp/1466586524/
and soon B&N http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/learning-c-programming-with-unity-3d-ryo-alexander-okita/1117653615

 

Sounds interesting! I'm in the middle of writing a book myself, but it sounds like yours starts from square one with programming whereas I'm assuming the reader already knows how to program. Could make a good complement
http://www.manning.com/hocking/

 

Awesome, I'm also considering doing short programming videos for my youtube channel! I'm hoping to get people who have never tried to learn, or those who have tried and failed interested in learning C# / Unity. In general, programming is going to be a necessary skill in the modern work environment.

So the MEAP system, does the publisher keep you to a certain timeline to publish new sections? what sort of schedule are you working with on releasing updates? Do they need to be written and released in order?

 

Doing short programming videos to complement your book is a pretty cool idea. Personally I don't like learning from videos, but I know a lot of other people do and so that could be a great resource.

Yep, there's a rough release date mentioned on that page. It's very rough but that's because the final published book is still pretty far away; we're planning to update all the code after Unity 5 is released. We've been putting up a new chapter every two to three weeks, mostly in order (I'm skipping chapter 6 for now because it will focus on the new UI features that will be released in Unity 4.6)

 

Hey Alex, what is your youtube channel?

 

Once things start rolling the videos will be posted to this channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCm8I3_5bTNkF6FvRp4UDPA
still working on a bunch of logistics to get ready thanks!

 

great! cant wait

 

Hey Alex, Great book, the best way to find lots of useful information in one place.
Two things: your website is locked down and no sign of the videos 0_o
Also, I haven't looked at everything but the couple of projects I looked at do not load properly in Unity 4.6

 

You're still using Unity 4.6? did you try using the latest version of Unity? That might help. I've been trying to figure out the best way to create the projects in such a way that the code make sense as something to follow along with the book and not be broken. A lot of the projects only produce a print out in the console and there's not a whole lot going on visually. So opening a scene and not noticing anything other than a script in the scene is somewhat expected.

The scripts for the videos are a work in progress right now, I've been pretty busy at work so my time has been fairly restricted, but I just got a bunch of updates installed on the computer I'm planning on using for the videos last weekend, so I'm making some progress!

You should try using the forums! http://okita.com/Unity/forums/ I also have some information for joining a slack channel there as well, so give that a try! I'm on slack quite a lot in a few other channels, including a modo, unity and polycount. so take a look on there. If you're new to slack sign up here https://slack.com/ then use this form here to sign up for the slack channel at this link here. and I'm also on twitter as @alexokita.

I try to make myself as available as possible to provide as much help as I can! Let me know if you're having any problems with slack, it's the best way to get my attention.