13 Best Unity Books

Joe Hocking introduces Unity to readers who already have programming experience through a series of example games. C# projects cover movement, custom artificial intelligence, user interfaces, and the workflow for building and deploying games.

Jeremy Gibson Bond combines game design theory, iterative prototyping, and practical programming with Unity and C#. Paper prototypes, playtesting, project management, and digital examples guide readers through turning initial concepts into playable games.

Recipes address recurring problems in Unity game development, pairing each problem with a solution and discussion. Coverage includes 2D and 3D graphics, physics, character animation, artificial intelligence, input, audio, scripting, and user interfaces.

Mike Geig introduces Unity development through twenty-four structured lessons and sample projects. Step-by-step instruction covers the editor, game objects, physics, animation, and deployment, building toward a complete game while reinforcing concepts with exercises.

Robert Nystrom presents reusable programming patterns for managing the complexity of game software. Independent chapters cover game loops, components, scripting behavior, spatial organization, and performance, explaining how architectural choices can make code easier to maintain and optimize.

Doran presents recipes for creating shaders and visual effects in Unity 6. The book develops practical skills with Shader Graph, textures, lighting and VFX Graph, helping programmers and technical artists build and refine game visuals.

Jared Halpern guides readers through building a working two-dimensional game in Unity. Lessons cover scripting, sprites, animation, cameras, collision detection, and state management, alongside architectural patterns and ways to customize the development environment.

Ashley Godbold and Simon Jackson guide readers through creating a retro role-playing game framework in Unity 5. The project includes sprites, animation, dialogue, inventory, battles, menus, and sound, with explanations of C# programming and state machines.

Francesco Sapio presents practical recipes for building interactive game interfaces in Unity with C#. Examples cover health bars, counters, timers, animation, minimaps, heads-up displays, runtime customization, and three-dimensional interfaces for developers with existing experience.

Harrison Ferrone teaches C# programming through game development in Unity 2021. The guide introduces coding concepts and Unity fundamentals, then applies them in a working first-person shooter prototype, giving beginners practical experience connecting scripts with interactive game systems.

Robert Wells teaches Unity 2020 development through projects including collection, space shooter, and adventure games. The examples extend into artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual reality, and augmented reality while demonstrating animation, physics, and visual effects.

Matt Smith and Shaun Ferns present recipes for tackling Unity 2021 development tasks. The book covers shaders, animation, scripting, scene editing, augmented and virtual reality, and working with external data through practical examples.

Step by step projects introduce Unity and C# through building games. Patrick Felicia explains the editor, gameplay scripts, character movement, animation, interfaces, and nonplayer characters, with exercises designed for readers starting without game development experience.