Unity Game Development for iOS

Unity is an extremely popular game engine, particularly for small teams. The ability to produce games for almost every conceivable platform allows developers to move quickly and cover all their bases with a single project. If you haven’t worked with Unity before, this workshop will provide an overview of developing games in the Unity workflow, and introduce the basic concepts you need to get started on your own.

When developing for mobile, however, there are lots of instances where the tools that Unity provides can leave your project running slowly and unresponsive on device. This workshop will also cover best practices when developing mobile Unity games. Performance issues will be addressed, as well as basic GameCenter integration.

During the workshop, we’ll be walking through the development of a simple iOS game. Starting with a completely empty Unity project, we will be adding code, images, and sound, and finishing with a deliverable that could be uploaded to the App store.

We’ll be covering a variety of topics:

• Basic Unity 5 development workflow

• iOS-specific caveats for building Unity games

• Simple GameCenter integration

• How to push a Unity 5 project to the App Store

You’ll walk away with:

Copies of all the instructional materials

Basic understanding of the Unity 5 workflow

Tips on how to develop Unity games for iOS (and Android)

A full sample project in Unity

Prerequisites:

• A laptop that can run Unity 5

• Unity 5 installed on said laptop (personal (free) edition is sufficient for this workshop, available at http://unity3d.com/get-unity )

• A basic understanding of programming (loops, conditionals, classes, etc)

• An iOS device (+ cable) to run your game on

• A basic understanding of publishing to the App Store

About the Instructor:

Aaron Chapin is the Owner of Space Whale, LLC, a Philadelphia-based game developer. Space Whale provides contracted game development services, as well as creating its own commercial titles. Aaron also teaches game development at Drexel University. He has shipped Unity titles for nearly every platform imaginable, from Steam to iOS to the PS4.