Unity Book

Hi all
I am browsing the internet for a book that will not just walk me into making a game, but also a handy book that teaches about all the unity functions, things like PlayerPrefs, Saving game progress and other features to get the most out of unity and Into your game.
Do you think that you can suggest a book? I see a few on amazon but almost immediately they have negative reviews or are out dated

EDIT: I should mention im interested in mobile gaming

Thank you.

 

The most popular books are the ones with Will Goldstone as an author but learning Unity is a fast moving target. You'd be better served by using by buying a book to learn C# fundamentals, not exhaustive, and then work though the Unity Learn section of this web site.

 

Personally I recommend checking out any books authored by active members of the community. Chances are if they're assisting people regularly with their problems (as well as advertising their book in the process) then they have a decent book. One example would be @jhocking and his book Unity in Action.

Just keep in mind that Unity updates frequently and practically every book will have some parts that are outdated. Once you've learned the basics I would stick mostly to the official documentation.

 

I'd grab The Yellow Book to learn C# and programming fundamentals, and strongly suggest Unity's own Manual for learning Unity itself.

 

Yellow Book to C# is prima but does Unity make it's manual available in PDF format yet? Kindle format?

...not yet it seems...

 

I should also mention that this isn't everything. I'm a programmer and I use Unity, so I can recommend sources for those things.

Art? Graphic design? Audio? Game design? User interface/experience design? Writing? Those and many other things are also all important to making good games. You don't have to learn them all at once, and I wouldn't suggest for anyone to try to become expert in all of them (build a team instead). Just be aware that they're all fields in their own right, enough that you can cherry pick from them as you need them.

And just like they're all their own fields, so is programming. Don't learn "to program games with Unity". Learn programming, and also learn how to use Unity, and apply those things to making games.

 

Hi, Id like to mention that although not an expert, im not a C# novice, I know C#. what I want to learn is basically features and functions of Unity.

 

If you know programming and C# then your answer is to study Unity's API although that a bit too much to expect so take it slowly by doing the Unity Learn section.

 

thanks

 

Check out the docs for GameObject, MonoBehavior and Transform. These classes are the core to pretty much everything in UnityEngine. If you know C# already you should be able to use them as a jumping off point to code pretty much everything in Unity.

 

If you are still looking for books, take a browse through the packtpub.com books - especially with the $5 sale on atm

 

+1 to @Ryiah suggestion about forum contributors. It's where I get most feedback when I support other devs.
Also +10 to the Little Yellow Book, the author Rob Miles is a university and does it for a living, hence why it's soo good (he also does a few for other languages)
And of course +10 for the Packt offer, although check the reviews, most are great but there are a few stinkers as well (same as any other publisher) but they have a very large collection of Unity books and other essentials for GameDev, like Art, 3D and such.

My own other personal recommendation is PluralSight and DigitalAuthors, they don't do book but have a wide collection of video tutorials that are 6+ hours each. Well worth browsing the catalogue.