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Scene setup for art direction - When I work on a project, I always create test-scenes to showcase everything in a tiny handy place. I line-up all the NPCs to check their relative height, compare their idle animation, see how they react when I move around them, etc.
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The Sims Design Documents - [Also, Grim Fandango Puzzle Document (pdf) from jmac.org]
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What Works For Getting Wishlists? - This might be the most-asked question I get from indie devs who have upcoming Steam games. Wishlists are how we get our games into popular lists on Steam that get loads of traffic. They're important!
valadria.com
Asynchronous Programming - Since the introduction of async/await in C# 5 asynchronous programming has become mainstream. Modern frameworks (like ASP.NET Core) are fully asynchronous and it's very hard to avoid the async keyword when writing web services. As a result, there's been lots of confusion on the best practices for async and how to use it properly.
davidfowl
Team Fortress 2 Source - Mod makers, rejoice! We've just released a massive update to the Source SDK, adding all the Team Fortress 2 client and server game code. This update will allow content creators to build completely new games based on TF2.
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Videos
Understanding URP settings and essentials - Get an overview of all of the configuration options available with the Universal Render Pipeline (URP) in Unity 6. This video explains what’s available in the URP Asset, including settings for URP shaders, render paths, shadows, global illumination, post-processing and Renderer Features.
Unity
Improve your Game Architecture with Scriptable Objects - SOAP (Scriptable Objects Architecture Pattern) is a Unity architecture pattern that leverages ScriptableObjects to create a more maintainable and decoupled game structure. In this video, we refactor a traditional singleton-based score system and tightly-coupled health system into a more flexible architecture using ScriptableObjects for both variables and events.
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Manage Your GameDev Projects with Trello/Kanban - When you're making games you are eventually going to hit a point where you have to do something along the lines of of proper project management
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2D Player Controller built in 10 minutes/1 hour/1 day - Crunch Time - Turn your videos into live streams with https://restream.io
Unity
Assets
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LINQ-to-GameObject-for-Unity - LINQ to GameObject - Traverse GameObject Hierarchy by LINQ
neuecc Open Source
Editor-Tools - This project lets you change default folder icons in unity
CompilerDestroyer Open Source
LaserSystem - Neat Laser System in Unity with laser beam propagation and scalable optical elements
sstaty Open Source
Stencil Debugger for Unity's Universal URP - Stencil Debugger is a utility for visualizing the stencil buffer in Unity URP. This is useful for debugging purposes when working on rendering effects that make use of the stencil buffer.
alexanderameye Open Source
Unity-URP-Outline - A Unity package that includes a outline render feature for Unity 6 URP and rendergraph. Integrated with URP volume system. Perfect for fast prototyping.
CristianQiu Open Source
Unity-Textures-Hunter - Provides summary of all textures and atlases in Unity project
AlexeyPerov Open Source
StatusEffectsFramework-Unity - Status Effect Framework is a framework for implementing status effects into any game. It is easy to use, and fully customizable.
maraudical Open Source
basic-inventory-system-unity - The purpose of this package is to provide a versatile and extensible solution for creating inventories in Unity. Its design allows developers to quickly set up functional inventories while offering the flexibility to adapt to custom use cases. The framework supports a variety of inventory types, making it suitable for a wide range of games.
dcroitoru Open Source
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ShaderGlass - Overlay for running GPU shaders on top of Windows desktop
mausimus Open Source
DOTS-Hybrid-Simulation-Worlds - A framework for using FixedUpdate in a simulation world which is linked to a GameObject-based presentation layer.
tbg10101 Open Source
2dset-jelly-sprite - This is a set of shaders for 2D games and UI. The kit includes shaders: Jelly Sprite, Pixelation, Offset Wall, Sprite (with additional settings), Unlit Cutout.
nvjob Open Source
SerializeReferenceDropdown - (Unity) Editor dropdown for SerializeReference Attribute with Copy/Paste. RefTo (Reference to SerializeReference)
AlexeyTaranov Open Source
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Spotlight
Abyssal Wrath - Abyssal Wrath is a frenetic, merciless top-down shooter, set on a eldritch science fiction universe.
[You can get the demo on Steam]
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My game, Call Of Dookie. Demo available on Steam
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