Game Dev Digest Issue #96 - Programming and preparing your game by Mike Marrone on 05/28/21 11:59:00 am The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutras community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company.
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Short but sweet this week. Tons of great tips packed into the list this week. Enjoy!
Game Programming: Time Slicing - What if the job takes too long to fit in a single frame? Or what if the job is just taking longer than we’d like? Then we can split the work across multiple frames. This is the core idea of time slicing, another optimization technique I picked up at work and one of my longtime favorites.
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Game Dev Digest Issue #94 - Patterns, Math, and VFX by Mike Marrone on 05/14/21 11:17:00 am The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutras community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company.
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Dig into this week s issue with some programming patterns, 3D math techniques, VFX tutorials and ton more. Enjoy!
Model View Controller Pattern for in-game UI - This article describes an approach to structuring UI in Unity. This approach is based on the Model View Controller (MVC) pattern, but it’s slightly adapted for Unity. This isn’t the only way to structure your UI, but it has worked well for all my previous Unity games.
Game Dev Digest Issue #93 - Software craftsmanship by Mike Marrone on 05/07/21 10:14:00 am The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutras community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company.
Let s talk about structuring our code and project this week. Enjoy!
Unity Architecture Pattern: Structured Prefabs - This article shows a powerful Unity pattern that I’m calling Structured prefabs. Structured prefabs are a pattern I use to simplify prefab initialization and reduce bugs. They help to indicate the intention of the creator to other developers and lead to overall better maintainability.
Game Dev Digest Issue #92 - Delving Into The Arcane by Mike Marrone on 04/30/21 11:27:00 am The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutras community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company.
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Tips aplenty this week. Plus topics on HUDs and UIs, how to improve your code, performance, visuals, and much more. Enjoy!
The Uninomicon - Do you spend hours (or days) debugging arcane Unity bugs? Announcing… The Uninomicon. An encyclopedia of the dark technical corners of Unity.