In this book, the fifth book in the series, you will become comfortable with creating your own RPG. If you were ever interested in creating systems for your game to speed-up your coding and create and maintain levels easily, then this book is for you.

The book includes a list of the learning objectives at the start of each chapter, step-by-step activities, and quizzes to test your knowledge, and the content of each chapter is as follows:

• Chapter 1 gives an introduction to the RPG genre. You will learn the design principles that will help you to speed-up your development process.
• Chapter 2 helps you to create and animate your main 3D character, add a camera that will follow this character as well as a mini-map. You will also learn to use ProBuilder to create a village.
• Chapter 3 explains how to create a dialogue system from an XML file, and how to integrate it seamlessly into your game.
• Chapter 4 explains how you can create a simple inventory system and use it to collect, store, and use items that you will find in your quest.
• Chapter 5 shows you how to create a shop where the player can buy items that will then be added to the inventory.
• Chapter 6 explains how you can create different types of animated and intelligent NPCs that will challenge the player.
• Chapter 7 explains how you can create a quest system based on an XML file to manage the objectives for each of your levels. You will learn to read, and use this file for your game.
• Chapter 8 explains how you can create an XP attribution system where the player can use the Xps gained in the previous level to increase his/her skills (e.g., accuracy, power, etc.)
• Chapter 9 shows you how you can create a maze randomly using a procedural method so that the maze is different every time the game is played.
• Chapter 10 combines the skills that you have learned so far to create a final level where the player needs to eliminate guards, collect gold.