NASA Space App Boot Camp 4/10/15 Notes - Unity Game Engine Hack

NASA Space App Boot Camp Notes

Welcome! Here are some resources we will use in the mini-hackathon, or which may be useful later when you want to continue playing with the Unity game engine to create space scenes.

Unity 5 Personal Edition
A free download: http://unity3d.com/unity

NASA 3D and Audio Assets
On the Unity Asset Store: https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/search/NASA
http://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/models

Planetary Maps - for textures on spheres
http://laps.noaa.gov/albers/sos/sos.html
http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/spaceart/cylmaps.html

For a super Moon with relief craters - use a normal map
https://plus.google.com/photos/+LucasWalter/albums/5676416599304981153?banner=pwa
Or go down this rabbit hole: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+DavePentecost/posts/5GJw1T8Tu27

Space Skyboxes 
Paid, on the Asset Store: https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/search/SPace%20skybox

Free Space Skyboxes from Hedgehog Team 
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/3392

Space Construction Kit - Pricey but fun
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/7095