Beginning Unity Editor Scripting: Create and Publish Your Game Tools (pdf)

Description

This book starts with the very basics of editor scripting in Unity, such as using built-in attributes to customize your component’s editor and creating custom editors and windows with  IMGUI and UI Toolkit. Next, we move to a general use case example by creating an object spawner EditorTool for the scene view. Later, we dive straight to in-depth stats and detailed case studies of two Unity assets: ProArray and Rhythm Game Starter. Here you’ll get more context on how editor scripting is used in published assets.

You will also learn how to set up a better workflow for editor scripting, asset publishing, maintenance, and iterative updates. You will leverage the power of modern web technology to build a documentation site with GitBook and DocFX. Finally, you will see some tips and tricks for automating asset versioning and changelogs.

What You Will Learn

• Get started with Editor scripting in Unity
• Work with advanced editor topics such as custom EditorWindows and EditorTool
• Structure your C# code with namespaces and asmdef
• Use IMGUI and UI Toolkit for creating editor GUIs
• Master packaging and selling your own editor tools
• Set up a better workflow for asset publishing, maintenance, and iterative updates

Who This Book Is For

Readers who want to learn about editor scripting to improve their game-development process and create tools for themselves. Moderate experience with C# and a fundamental knowledge of Unity is expected.