Books by Alan Thorn

Mastering Unity 5.x is for developers wishing to optimize the features of Unity 5.x. With an in-depth focus on a practical project, learn all about Unity architecture and impressive animation techniques. With this book, produce fun games with confidence.

Unity is the most exciting and popular game engine. After the latest release, Unity has become the primary source of game and Virtual Reality development throughout the world. In this book, you'll learn how to use Unity by making amazing games from popular genres; from an action shooter to a mindbending puzzle game, from an adventure to a VR game.

Enhance your Unity development skills with help of hands-on tasks and real-world scenarios. Learn to apply C# concepts and work with event-driven programming, regular expressions, customized rendering, AI, and much more to build professional-grade games.

In Pro Unity Game Development with C#, Alan Thorn, author of Learn Unity for 2D Game Development and experienced game developer, takes you through the complete C# workflow for developing a cross-platform first person shooter in Unity.

2D games are everywhere, from mobile devices and websites to game consoles and PCs. In Learn Unity for 2D Game Development, targeted at both game development newcomers and established developers, experienced game developer Alan Thorn shows you how to use the powerful Unity engine to create fun and imaginative 2D games.

Introduces the versatility and simplicity of the highly popular UDK game development engine through project-based training designed specifically for those who have no experience with this engine.