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Portals and Quake - Ever wanted to know how exactly did Quake’s precomputed visibility work? I did, so I wrote vis.py, a reimplementation of their algorithm in Python. This guide has all the inf…

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7 Things I Learned About Steam In 2024 - Really, what is my job? I am not a clairvoyant who can predicts what Steam will do or have some special intuition that gives you wishlists. All I do is I…

Hi everyone,

I'm a Unity developer with 5+ years of experience. My experience has mostly been in AR/VR and I would like to move into game development. I currently have lots of time on my hand and I'm looking to expand my games portfolio and bring some cool ideas to life!

I'm looking for hobby project…

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Making a Ground Indicator VFX in Unity Visual Effect Graph - Visual indicators are a staple in most game genres, serving a wide variety of purposes.
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I’ve been working on a personal project since January 2023—a multiplayer card and board games platform with over 20+ games, including classics like Tetris, PopStar, and GoldMiner. The project is built with a scalable backend and is designed for seamless multiplayer exper…

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How to get better fps on PC while porting games to consoles - In this article, we will discuss the best optimizing practices for console builds, which may also help you improve PC build performance.
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Edge Detection Outlines - How to draw edge detection outlines in Unity.
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Shoreline Shader Breakdown - There’s two main ways I’m discussing that can be used to map the waves to the s…

Hello, I would like to implement a puppeteer mechanic in Unity for VR. The controllers of the VR headset for the hands should serve as the sticks needed to move the puppet as a puppeteer. The puppet underneath, which I have modelled, should move like hanging on strings according to the movements of…

Hi everyone,

I'm hoping you can help me with a little problem I'm having. I'm using the DOTween library in my game and it seems to be causing some performance issues. I'd love to hear your ideas about what might be causing the problem. Here is a link to my post on Unity discussions forum.

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We are seeking talented Unity Developers and 3D Artists to join us in building Greater Powers, a next-generation fantasy steampunk RPG for PS5, XBOX Series X, and PC.

About the Project :

Greater Powers is inspired by The Treasure Planet and set in a dynamic multiverse that players explore after death…

If you search for SoulerCoaster, you will find a multitude of names for it. It is also named Curvemesh, Splinemesh, or Swoosh.

They describe a technique to visualize magic or energetic effects.

The SoulerCoaster is a path mesh with an overlapping UV map.

It is defined as two quads that are oriented …

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Check the original blog post at TheGameDev.Guru: Static Batching in Unity Like You Never Saw

Reason for this blog post is simple:

Most developers think they know how static batching truly works. But that’s a lie: they don’t.

They just know the basics Unity taught them, while ignoring all the low level…

Explore more options with the Localization package and learn how to localize a dynamic text.

Linear interpolation is everywhere. Games, 3D animation, image creation tools and much more all rely heavily on interpolation, so having a thorough understanding of linear interpolation is extremely important.

This text is somewhat geared towards game developers, however it's general enough to apply…

Check the original blog post at The Gamedev Guru: Don't Let Offscreen Objects Ruin Your Performance - Unity CullingGroup API

Learn how to make your expensive scripts cost nothing while they are offscreen.

Table of Content

• Offwhat GameObject?
• The Performance Cost(s) of Offscreen Objects
• You Have a Rogue…

Unity (NYSE: U), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D (RT3D) content, announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Weta Digital’s tools, pipeline, technology, and engineering talent. Ultimately, this acquisition is designed to pu…

Esenthel Engine - http://esenthel.com/ - the Free and Open Source Game Engine

Just got a Huge Update:

#1) Nintendo Switch™ support

Esenthel Engine Nintendo Switch™ support is now complete and available to all Nintendo Authorized Developers.

Download Esenthel Engine from - https://github.com/Esenth…

Following the recent announcement of AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR), AMD is today making the source code for its powerful spatial upscaling technology broadly available to game developers via GPUOp…

Join us in our weekly live webinars to learn more about SCILL - Gamification as a Service and how to gamify your Unity application.

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