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Ship-ready Unity skills without the fluff. This hands-on guide walks you from clean project setup to polished release-covering 2D and 3D gameplay, modern rendering (URP), input, UI/UX, optimization, testing, and publishing on desktop and mobile. Every chapter ends with practical checklists and working, minimal code you can paste into your project. What you'll learn Production setup: Unity LTS, URP projects, Git, package baselines, folders/namespaces that scale. C# for Unity: MonoBehaviour lifecycles, events/delegates, ScriptableObjects, small-state machines, coroutines/async, null-safety & debugging. 2D foundations: sprite import & atlases, tilemaps & collisions, responsive platformer feel (coyote time, jump buffer), Cinemachine 2D, HUD/pause/settings, PC + Android builds. 3D foundations: grayboxing with ProBuilder, rigidbody vs. kinematic controllers, Cinemachine rigs, interaction systems, pooling/spawners, PC builds. URP lighting & VFX: lights/shadows & budgets, post-processing profiles, Shader Graph basics, hit-stop/screen shake/particles, mobile fallbacks & quality tiers. Input + UI/UX: new Input System (keyboard/gamepad/touch), UGUI/UI Toolkit navigation, save slots & rebinding, localization (strings/fonts/RTL), accessibility (contrast, captions, motor options). Systems that ship: save/load (JSON/Binary) with basic encryption, checkpoints & data versioning, Addressables vs. Resources, analytics event plan, error/crash reporting. Profiling & optimization: CPU/GPU workflows, memory (textures/meshes/audio/GC), physics layers & timestep tuning, draw calls/batching/overdraw, build size & streaming. Build, test, publish: reproducible build configs, EditMode/PlayMode tests & smoke tests, desktop installers, Android/iOS concepts, store assets/metadata/privacy, submission fixes. Post-launch: patch cadence & versioning, balancing with A/B tests and telemetry, ethical monetization (premium/IAP/ads) with safeguards, live-ops content and clear roadmaps. Why this book Pragmatic & current: written around Unity LTS workflows (URP, Input System, Addressables, Cinemachine, Shader Graph). Ship-focused: real-world guardrails, small utilities, and ""done"" checklists to prevent regressions and rejections. Lean code: concise, commented snippets you can adapt quickly-no giant frameworks. Who it's for Beginner-to-intermediate Unity developers who know basic C# and want end-to-end, production-ready practices. Indies, students, technical designers, and small teams aiming to release on Windows/macOS/Android/iOS with professional quality. What you'll build and keep A clean URP starter with sensible defaults. Reusable input/UI patterns, 2D/3D camera rigs, interaction & pooling systems. A submission-ready pipeline with tests, symbols, and store assets. Post-launch routines for telemetry-driven balancing and respectful monetization. If you want to finish games-fast, stable, and player-friendly-this book is your roadmap from first commit to first patch. Ship your game with confidence. Add Unity Game Development in Practice to your cart now and turn your prototype into a polished, cross-platform release-without wading through fluff.

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