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Back with another week's worth of game dev tutorials and helpful links. Enjoy!

Stylized Ship Damage Unity VFX Breakdown - The team behind Piratoos! indie game about animal pirates explained how they set up the ship damage system.
80.lv

Git and Unity: A Comprehensive Guide to Version Control for Game Devs - I have been using Git for version control for over 15 years. It’s been my constant companion on tiny personal projects, 20-person Unity projects, and even the massive Windows operating system. Git has become the de facto standard for the software industry, and it’s growing in popularity for Unity game development. [Also How to author Scenes and Prefabs with a focus on version control]
virtualmaker.dev

Mesh Decals in URP - Updated with Shader graph and settings for the animated decal effect. This post is to talk about an existing cool feature that I don’t think a lot of people are aware of yet.
Minions Art

Game UI Database 2.0 - After nearly 3 years of work, Game UI Database 2.0 has officially launched!! WE DID IT EVERYONE!!!! Explore an incredible 55,500+ game UI screens and videos, all filterable by screen types, controls, textures, patterns, HUD elements, colour and more!
gameuidatabase.com

WebGPU Unleashed: A Practical Tutorial - Welcome to "WebGPU Unleashed" - your gateway to the dynamic world of graphics programming. This free book will teach you graphics programming in JavaScript using WebGPU, drawing from my own learning journey. [Also Understanding 3D Graphics]
shi-yan.github.io

Multi-Game Strategies - During Project Reviews as a consultant for the Customer Success team, I often work with customers that create game-switching applications. These applications have one main menu or theme menu, presenting multiple choices of games for the player to choose. In those setups, the main concerns are how to ensure that the time between switching games is as short as possible and how to ensure optimal performance across the games.
Unity

Videos

Distributing Skill Checks in Games - How do RPG teams distribute skill/background/whatever checks in games? Learn the secrets of this occult art in this video. Wow!
Joshua Sawyer

3 Unity C# Misconceptions - Today we're going to discuss 3 common misconceptions about some of the more nuanced details of the C# programming language as it pertains to Unity: when to use try/catch, the differences between == and Equals(), and proper purpose and use of the var keyword in C#.
git-amend

6 Blender Hard-Surface Modeling Tricks I Wish I Knew Earlier - In this video, Louis du Mont (@ldm) walks through 6 hard-surface techniques that can drastically increase modeling speed.
CG Boost

How to Sell and make Money on the Unity Asset Store - How to sell your game assets on the Unity Asset Store? Create and Sell your game assets, the secret game dev life hack, or a trap? For over a year now I am succesfully selling my assets and in this video I will share how I am making a profit from selling my upscaling assets on the Unity Asset Store.
The Naked Dev

Let's Explore Unity VR Multiplayer Template - Unity has released a new VR Multiplayer template to showcase everything you need to know with Netcode for Gameobject and VR. In this video we will have a look at everything it has to offer.
Valem Tutorials

Why Slopes are Shockingly Difficult for Indie Game Devs - I finally got rid of the slopes in my game. I'm a little hertbrokn, but what can you do, yknow? Sometimes you have to make hard choices for the sake of your game, and I'm happy to have made things easier on myself and all my artists!
Inbound Shovel

How to create a Damage Popup in Unity - Tell your players how much damage they did with a good damage popup! This works for 2D as well as 3D. These popup labels are made with TextMesh Pro and are being handled with an object pool.
Christina Creates Games

20 advanced 2D shader effects - part 2 - Continuing in part two, in this video we use Shader Graph to create 2D glass, various distortion effects, and implement per-object lighting effects for a hundred puzzle pieces.
Unity

Committing game dev crimes to finish my game - Next time someone asks me why I don't make tutorials on game dev or programming or Unity, I'm going to point them to this video.
Luke Muscat

Realistic Window Interiors using the Ray Portal node in Blender 4.2 - If you've played any of the Spider-Man games when you're on the side of a building you can look inside of the window and you can see stuff going on inside the room. You can now get a very similar effect in blender using their new Ray Portal Node
Yak of Art

Soft Body Physics in Unity - I make my own soft body physics engine.
Drollest Prawn

5 Tips for Great Level Design - 5 Tips for Great Level Design
Apox Fox

Assets

Deluxe Dev Dream 3D Unity & Unreal Engine Mega Bundle - 4000+ Assets - Jaw-dropping environments for Unity & Unreal.

Get the tools you need to craft environments that will truly transport your players with this massive bundle of assets for Unity and Unreal Engine. Included are over 20 asset packs stuffed to the brim with modular architecture pieces, props, materials, textures, blueprints, and more. Whether you’re aiming for the majesty of feudal Japan or the grim darkness of a gothic dungeon, you’ll get all the building blocks you need to make your vision real.

Plus, your purchase helps Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
Humble Bundle Affiliate

The Complete Advanced Algorithms & Programming Bundle - Algorithms are your friends
Whatever your specific programming discipline, algorithms are among the most powerful tools available to solve complex problems efficiently. This bundle of courses will give you confidence to implement cutting-edge algorithms across a host of languages, applications, and use-cases. Get access to over 40 in-depth courses, covering topics like deep learning, web development, machine learning, game dev and much more.
Get the skills you need to get an edge in the increasingly competitive tech market, and help support One Tree Planted with your purchase!
Humble Bundle Affiliate

The Dev Days of Summer - 50% Off For A Limited Time. Unity’s top creators have hand-picked their favorite tools, templates, art packs, and much to help you getting started with Unity.
Unity Affiliate

RadianceCascadesUnity - A simple 2D implementation of Radiance Cascades by Alexander Sannikov in Unity
Youssef-Afella Open Source

Build Automation and Publish Tool - Build Automation and Publish Tool (BAPT) is a Unity Editor extension that streamlines the process of building and uploading your Unity game to itch.io. This tool provides an easy-to-use interface to manage versioning, build for multiple platforms, and upload your game builds seamlessly.
PieroTechnical Open Source

uNode - High performance visual scripting for Unity
wahidrachmawan Open Source

NavStack - Asynchronous screen transition/navigation for Unity.
AnnulusGames Open Source

UnityAssetUsageDetector - Find usages of the selected asset(s) and/or Object(s) in your Unity project, i.e. list the objects that refer to them
yasirkula Open Source

GeoVfx - Examples of geographical data visualization with Unity VFX Graph
keijiro Open Source

gasify - A Gameplay Ability System (GAS) is a framework/toolkit to create any game mechanic. A GAS is like a collection of gears to build any kind of ability. It uses Attributes, Tags, Effects and Modifiers to model any imaginable interaction.
felipeggrod Open Source

DitherFx - Pattern Dithering post effect for Unity Urp
NullTale Open Source

GradientMapFilter - Gradient Map post effect for Unity Urp
NullTale Open Source

DFrame - Distributed load testing framework for .NET and Unity.
Cysharp Open Source

JitInspector - JIT codegen inspector for Unity
DaZombieKiller Open Source

Ttg - Terraced Terrain Generator (TTG) is a free Unity tool for procedural generation of terraced terrain meshes.
matheusamazonas Open Source

URP-Custom-Post-Processing - A framework that intends to quickly extend volume post-processing in Unity URP. And some experimental custom post-processing implement.
SleeplessOwl0102 Open Source

Unity-SerializeReferenceExtensions - Provide popup to specify the type of the field serialized by the [SerializeReference] attribute in the inspector.
mackysoft Open Source

50% off Trextor15 - Publisher Sale - Trextor15 (Racksuz) specializes in creating high-quality character models of dinosaurs and other animals with similar anatomical structures. These character models are perfect for anyone wanting to produce professional-looking games, advertisements, movies, educational applications, and more. PLUS get Ceratosaurus - 82 Animations - Real Dinosaur Series for FREE with code TREXTOR15
Youssef-Afella Affiliate

Blender Market's Essential Game Modding Toolkit Bundle - The essential Blender suite
3D artists, it’s time to optimize your workflows, build up your arsenal, and level up your skills with this bundle of tools, assets, and tutorials. If you’re a Blender user, get ready for a smorgasbord of invaluable tools, ranging from Retopoflow, which introduces a full retopology toolkit to the industry-standard open-source program, to Faceit, an add-on that makes facial rigging, mocap, and animation a breeze. You’ll also get a host of ready-to-use software and engine-agnostic assets, plus a curated selection of in-depth tutorials focusing on essential 3D graphics topics.
Pay what you want for this amazing package, and help support One Tree Planted with your purchase!
Humble Bundle Affiliate

The Legendary Soundtrack Suite - Soundtracks to suit any occasion Whether you’re a game dev, film maker, content creator, or creative of any stripe, this bundle has the music you need to make your project soar! Included are 40 music packs across a vast galaxy of genres, ready to plug into your workflow. From medieval tunes suitable for your fantasy epic, to symphonic metal to get your audience’s spirit stirring, get all the music you need to capture the perfect vibe. Pay what you want for this massive library of music and help support No Kid Hungry with your purchase.
Humble Bundle Affiliate

Spotlight

Roadlike - Roadlike is a roguelike arcade racing game combining classic high-speed thrills with procedurally generated tracks. Customize your car with upgrades and enjoy endless replayability, racing solo or with friends in local multiplayer!

[You can wishlist it on Steam and follow them on Twitter]
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My game, Call Of Dookie. Demo available on Steam

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