Issue #263 - Tricks, Tips and more
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Ringing in the new year with some new game dev stuff. Enjoy!
5 Tips for Creating an Effective Video Game Trailer - Here are five strategies for creating an effective video game trailer, so you can connect with a truly interested audience that can't wait to play your game.
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Unity Cheat Sheet - C# Cheat sheet for Unity
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Games made with Unity: 2024 in review - Wondering what games were Made with Unity in 2024? We've done our best to collate as many as possible.
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Simple pixelated glass shader for Unity (URP). - Also check out I made a shader that turns Unity's default quad into an animated butterfly.
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Videos
7 Tricks by Game Developers You Won’t Be Able to Unsee: Commenter Edition - A videogame might seem like a polished and coherent experience, but behind the scenes there are all sorts of tricks to make the thing actually function as expected. And once you start to notice these tricks, you’ll notice them everywhere.
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How you can use the "new" input system the old way | Unity Tutorial - In this video you'll learn about the Keyboard and Mouse APIs from the new Input System and how you can use them to poll for input in Update() just like you did with the old input system Input.GetKeyDown, Input.GetKeyUp, etc...
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The Stupidly Simple way I plan my Game Development - I've tried many different methodologies over the years for managing my project, but quite frankly the best way for me is to simply make many many lists full of all my ideas. Then combining that with iterative feedback will typically give me clear ideas for what to add next to my game Hexagod.
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Fix Closure Issues in 10 Minutes and Boost Performance - Heap allocations can quietly sabotage your Unity game’s performance, especially when closures and delegates are used incorrectly. In this video, we dive into how closures capture variables, why this often results in hidden allocations, and the impact it has on your game’s smoothness. You’ll learn how to identify and fix these issues, with a step-by-step guide to creating a lightweight Closure struct that …
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Assets
New Year Sale is LIVE! - Unity’s New Year sale is LIVE and features more than 1500 assets up to 60% off. Plus, shoppers get an additional 10% off on purchases of $120+ with code: NYS24.
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Ultimate 2D/3D Artist Bundle - The ultimate artists' software bundle. Animate and create art like a professional with the Ultimate 2D and 3D Artists Bundle from Graphixly LLC. Perfect for artists looking to break into gaming, and industry veterans alike, this amazing bundle will have you creating in 2D and 3D in no time! Get tools and software like Moho Pro 12.5, Painstorm Studio, Realistic Paint Studio, and more—and help support Direct Relief with your purchase. Bring your creations to life today!
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Unity-AnimationUI - Usefull Unity tool for animating UI with just drag and drop
DhafinFawwaz Open Source
AimAssist_Unity2D - Aim Assist is a Unity script designed to provide smooth and dynamic aim correction in 2D top-down games. The script enhances player experience by assisting their aim subtly without using harsh "snapping."
ugurevren Open Source
com.remzisenel.ide.neovim - The Neovim Editor package provides an integration for using Nvim as a code editor for Unity. It adds support for generating .csproj files for code completion to be used with omnisharp.
remzisenel Open Source
In-Game-Color-Picker-For-Unity - A customizable In-Game Color Picker for Unity game engine inspired by the Unity's Color Picker for the editor
XeniaPhe Open Source
intelligent_mesh_combiner - Intelligent Mesh Combiner is a powerful Unity Editor tool designed to optimize your scenes by intelligently grouping and combining meshes based on their proximity and materials.
roundyyy Open Source
TwentyFiveSlicer - A Unity package for handling advanced 25-slice sprites.
kwan3854 Open Source
NovaShader - Multi-functional shader for the Particle System that supports Universal Render Pipeline (URP) of Unity.
CyberAgentGameEntertainment Open Source
unity-websocket - The best WebSocket client for Unity, probably
mikerochip Open Source
artificetoolkit - A Unity toolkit that allows easy editor customization with simple C# attributes.
AbZorbaGames Open Source
Sustenet - Sustenet is a networking solution built with Rust and Zig, formerly C#, for game engines like Unity3D, Godot, and Unreal Engine. The primary focus is on scaling by allowing multiple servers to work together.
Quaint-Studios Open Source
JCSUnity - Rapidly build your game with multiple or various components and preset default settings
jcs090218 Open Source
UnityFluidExperiments - Collection of Fluid Simulation Experiments in Unity
luxonpi Open Source
FREE Super Input Prompt Icon Pack for PC & Console Games– Compatible with Unreal Engine, Unity & Godot - Elevate your game design with this FREE input prompt icon pack, featuring over 1100 high-quality icons perfect for PC and console games. Whether you're working with Unreal Engine, Unity, or Godot, these icons are designed to seamlessly integrate into your project and enhance your user interface.
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Shop up to 50% off RIB Studio - Publisher Sale - RIB Studio is an indie studio that makes realistic gamedev animations. These immersive, high-quality animations will enhance your game experience and bring your project to life. PLUS get Knife_MocapAnimPack_1.1 for FREE with code RIBSTUDIO
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Spotlight
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Volok Games
My game, Call Of Dookie. Demo available on Steam
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