prototipazione rapida con c# e unity3d by giancarlo todone

Giancarlo Todone

Rapid prototyping with C# and Unity3D(...and maybe some other great tools, too... notably TilEd)

1. Rapid prototyping: why?Faster prototype != faster delivery...Isn't “quick” == “raw” ??Can prototype be reused?Doesn't it require time to learn how to prototype?…......

Waterfall method Agile methods

Also: videogame is a complex medium...

“ Developing single contributes without a chance to test them

together until the end would be like running looking at your own shoes ”

“ canned engines ”all-in-one

graphic enginemath libraryUIs / editors

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· No need to code every little thing from scratch· Guided development method· Active communities / documentation available· Continuous improvements over time· Non-developers can play, too :)

Lack of flexibility ·Guided development method ·

Possibility of bad performances ·”coder laziness” ·

Costs (not just $$) ·Chances of “bad surprises” ·

...and tons more (just google/wikipedia for “game engine”)

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A prototype is not a polished game...and regardless: “whatever floats your boat...”

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* = not to be confused with “Angry Birds (© by Rovio)”

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· Precise 3D placement of objects· Realtime editing of entities properties· Hierarchy handling

· 2D tile-quantized placement· Must reload level to see changes· Simple organization in layers

Just an example:

Photo by Mark Feenstra

Usually tiles are something like this:

...so you can do this:

...or something like this:

...so you can do this:

Seamless connection of constructive elements

3D tiles seem to be a natural extension

We can use simple 2D editing functionality and still get our 3D environment

3D pieces are not necessarily bounded to square tile limits: some tricks allow this to be reflected in 2D models

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* = not to be confused with “Angry Birds (© by Rovio)”

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Automap or similar functionalities allow for complex scheme generation from simple input

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* = not to be confused with “Doom (© by id software)”

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Demonstrated material is available at www.stareat.it/codemotion2013

All contents (texts, images, etc) are by Giancarlo Todone unless otherwise specified, and available with

same license attributed to this presentation.

Thanks to Mark Feenstra to be so kind to allow his picture usage

Thanks to LEAP motion which allowed the demonstrationof their device (if i managed to save enough time to show it)