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New Book: Extending Unity with Editor Scripting

Discussion in 'Immediate Mode GUI (IMGUI)' started by atadres, Oct 16, 2015.

  1. atadres

    atadres

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    I found very hard to get info about creating custom tools in Unity, so I decided to write a book about that:

    Extending Unity with Editor Scripting
    https://www.packtpub.com/game-development/extending-unity-editor-scripting

    What You Will Learn

    • Use Gizmos to create visual aids for debugging
    • Extend the editor capabilities using custom inspectors, property and decorator drawers, editor windows, and handles
    • Save your video game data in a persistent way using scriptable objects
    • Improve the look and feel of your custom tools using GUIStyles and GUISkins
    • Configure and control the asset import pipeline
    • Improve the build creation pipeline
    • Distribute the custom tools in your team or publish them in the Asset Store
    You can found the base project for the book here:
    https://github.com/angelotadres/RunAndJump

    I hope you enjoy this :)
     
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  2. xCyborg

    xCyborg

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    Wow! it's finally about time we have a book on editor scripting. thanks a huge bunch buddy, I just began seriously playing with editor scripting, perfect timing:)
     
  3. xCyborg

    xCyborg

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    May I ask how is working with this publishing house like, do accept publishing to any potential writer? thanks.
     
  4. MaddoScientisto

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    That's... a bit too expensive for me, or at least that's what I thought before checking the sample.
    I have learning a fifth of the covered content on my own in the arc of a week, it seems this book has precisely this AND way more than I actually could figure out myself.

    Guess I'll get it after all, the sample won me over
     
  5. atadres

    atadres

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    Hi, so about the cost of the book, is something out of my control (the publisher is the responsible)
    But I got this code to share in order to get a 50%OFF

    I hope this helps a little...

     
  6. flashframe

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    Hey @atadres just wanted to say that I bought your book and it's a very useful reference. It has helped speed up the process of learning to build custom editors and I've picked up lots of tips and tricks. Thanks for writing it!
     
  7. atadres

    atadres

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    Hi @flashframe.
    Thanks for the kind words, I'm very happy you found the book useful ;)