After comparing Sams Teach Yourself, Unity Game Development in 24 Hours and Building a Game with Unity and Blender these two books, I finally decided to select the latter as the successor to Unity's official tutorial "TANKS!" and the first official ebook for me to formally and systematically learn Unity game development. The reason is simple: this book is very thin (with only 250 pages); there is only one game development case throughout the entire book, and the game is of type A-RGP that I urgently need to learn about.

From a professional perspective, Mathematics for 3D Game Programming and Computer Graphics explains the mathematical concepts used in 3D Computer Graphics and game engine that a game developer must master. Compared to the second edition, the third edition expanded on the content, introducing the knowledge for projection, shadow, physics, cloth simulation, and numerical methods. And all chapters have been revised and the shader code has been modified according to the new specifications of the shading language.

Grome (short for Ground Moeling Environment) is a 3D simulation software for game environment that was especially designed for game developers, developed by Quad Software from Romania in 2007. However, its applications are not limited to entertainment industry. More than a terrain editor/level editor, it is also a complete scene constructor. In fact, it was also successfully used in some other cases, for example: virtual reality projects, real-time 3D simulation, the creation of scenes for offline rendering, and more.

Substance Painter (now called Adobe Substance 3D Painter) is a new-style 3D texture/map painting software, also the latest next-gen game mapping tool, which is mainly used for 3D model and animation making. It includes material drawing tools, particle brushes, rendering materials, material brushes, etc.; integrates the ray tracing renderer in 3D window; can render the most realistic graphic effects for users; and is pretty suitable for rendering synthesis, game making, material mapping, and so on fields.

Sound is often an overlooked part in the process of making a game, but it can have a huge impact on the player experience. Sound can be direct recorded using either a microphone or connected instruments, but obviously using tools to create sound effects is much easier and more efficient. At the same time, having an excellent audio production tool in hand also plays a very important role in Game Jam competitions or game development processes.