About the Authors
Francesco Sapio obtained his computer science and control engineering degree from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, a couple of semesters in advance, scoring summa cum laude. Now, he is studying a master of science in engineering in artificial intelligence and robotics.
He is a Unity3D and Unreal expert, a skilled game designer, and an experienced user of the major graphics programs.
Recently, he authored the book Unity UI Cookbook (Packt Publishing) which teaches readers how to develop exciting and practical user interfaces for games within Unity, and a short e-guide What you need to know about Unity (Packt Publishing). Furthermore, he has also been a reviewer for the following books: Unity Game Development Scripting (Packt Publishing) and Unity 5.x by Example (Packt Publishing).
Francesco is also a musician and a composer, especially of soundtracks for short films and video games. For several years, he worked as an actor and dancer. He was a guest of honor at the theater Brancaccio in Rome.
In addition, he is a very active person, having volunteered as a children's entertainer at the Associazione Culturale Torraccia in Rome. He also gives private lessons in mathematics and music to high school and university students.
Finally, Francesco loves math, philosophy, logic, and puzzle solving, but most of all, creating video games, thanks to his passion for game designing and programming.
You can find him at www.francescosapio.com
I'm deeply thankful to my parents for their infinite patience, enthusiasm, and support throughout my life. Moreover, I'm thankful to the rest of my family, in particular my grandparents, since they always encouraged me to do better in my life with the Latin expressions "ad maiora" and "per aspera ad astra." Finally, a huge thanks to all the special people around me whom I love, in particular to my girlfriend; I'm grateful for all your help in everything.
Abdelrahman Saher graduated with a BSc in Computer Science in 2012. After graduation, he worked for the video game company EverylPlays, where he participated in the programming of a couple of mobile games. Later, in 2013, he moved into the challenging role of lead programmer with the video game company Appslnnovate. Apart from his full-time job, Abdelrahman recently started his own start-up video game company called Robonite.