Gamification with Unity 5.x

Ferro, Lauren S

ISBN 10: 1786463482 / ISBN 13: 9781786463487

Editore: Packt Publishing 2016-11, 2016

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• Titolo: Gamification with Unity 5.x
• Editore: Packt Publishing 2016-11
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1786463482
• ISBN 13: 9781786463487
• Rilegatura: PF
• Condizione: New

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Key Features Achieve your goals in a fun-filled way by creating gamification projects from scratch Leverage the Unity 5.X toolkit to create stunning and appealing projects Make your transition towards a pro project manager/ developer by learning tricks and techniques Book Description Are you looking at implementing gamification techniques for your business and wondering where to get a complete rundown of all the tricks and techniques? Well, you have come to the right place! This book will start right from the basics such as gameplay elements and their functionalities before gradually moving onto creating your first gamification project from scratch. You’ll be given the tools and shown how to perform various techniques for creating gamified applications in different contexts. Finally, you will implement various game elements into Unity, publish your own task management application, and get to know the best practices and approaches when designing gamified experiences. What you will learn Assess your learners’ abilities by setting up challenges and quests Implement the game elements that relate to the project into Unity Publish your own task management application to better engage readers Improve your design using methods of playtesting and iteration Issue OpenBadges to recognize achievements and set up an online database to store your users achievements. About the Author Lauren S. Ferro is a gamification consultant and designer of game and game-like applications. She has worked, designed, consulted, and implemented strategies for a range of different purposes, including professional development, recommendation systems, and educational games. She is an active researcher in the area of gamification, player profiling, and user-centered game design. Lauren runs workshops both for the general public and companies that focus on designing user-centered games and game-like applications. She is also the creator of a game

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Lauren Ferro is a gamification consultant and designer of game and game-like applications. She has worked, designed, consulted on, and implemented strategies for a range of different purposes from professional development to recommendation systems, and educational games.

She is an active researcher in the area of gamification, player profiling, and user-centered game design. Lauren runs workshops both for the general public and companies that focus on designing user-centered games and game-like applications. She is also the developer of the game design resource Gamicards, which is a paper-prototyping tool for both games and game-like experiences.