The need for speed — Experimenting with message serialization

An interesting performance test for json, message pack, and protobuf. Message pack wins for medium and big payloads

https://medium.com/@hugovs/the-need-for-speed-experimenting-with-message-serialization-93d7562b16e4

#serialization #performance #messagepack #protobuf

Performance matters

A talk about Coz and Stabilizer. Profiling and optimization under another angle

https://youtu.be/r-TLSBdHe1A

#coz #stabilizer #profiling #optimization

Pure gradient Textures don't need to be 1K or higher, they look just as good at 64x64 or even 32x32 resolution. Just set their Compression to None afterwards to avoid color banding.

https://twitter.com/yasirkula/status/1464671313256194048?s=20

#gradient #texture #memory #optimization

Loopholes in Game Design

A loophole can be defined as a flaw in the system that users can exploit to gain an unfair or unintended advantage. Check the article to learn well-known loopholes

http://devmag.org.za/2012/05/07/loopholes-in-game-design/

#gamedesign #loophole

Procedurally Generated Dungeons

A custom algorithm to generate dungeons in 3D with plausible stairs

https://vazgriz.com/119/procedurally-generated-dungeons/

#pcg #dungeons #generator

Terrain optimization

A short and filled with tips video about terrain settings and standard grass. Terrain can also be replaced with less polygonal mesh created right inside the editor with a simple noscript

https://youtu.be/bT9Ney7slFg

#terrain #optimization

Publish Asset Store UPM package on which LTS version?

TL;DR: Author suggests to use 2019 LTS as the best compromise between new features and the adoption rate

https://gametorrahod.com/asset-store-upm-package-lts/

#upm #package #assetpublishing

10000 Update() calls

Old, but gold. Check it if you have missed that article and still using MonoBehaviours on such large scales to learn about Update() calls overhead Unity has internally

https://blog.unity.com/technology/1k-update-calls

#update #calloverhead

Fastest way to enumerate a List<T>

Another synthetic test on list enumeration: don't use List<T>.ForEach(), use Span if possible. But most likely you would be fine with ordinary for or foreach.

https://www.meziantou.net/fastest-way-to-enumerate-a-list-t.htm

#enumeration #list

What can be gained from long-term rapid development - say, making 100 games in 5 years? Here, we’ll condense and sort that experience into 10 compact lessons.

Old, but still actual in the current hyper casual era with very short CTR tests prototypes and generally small development time

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/10-lessons-from-making-100-games-in-5-years

#hypercasual #rapiddevelopment

UnityScreenNavigator: Library for screen transitions, transition animations, transition history stacking, and screen lifecycle management in Unity's uGUI

You can either use it straight away or take it as a reference when developing own UI solution for Unity

https://github.com/Haruma-K/UnityScreenNavigator

#uilibrary #ui #navigator #modal

Hidden IDisposable Issues in Microsoft .NET

I have seen a lot of issues with IDisposable usage over years in different projects, sometimes even experienced developers forget or don't know how to work with it. The author says that using statement makes life easier

https://dotnettips.wordpress.com/2021/10/06/hidden-idisposable-issues-in-microsoft-net/

#disposable

Fact or fiction? Mythbusting 3 common netcode misconceptions

https://blog.unity.com/games/netcode-facts-fiction

#netcode #book

Unity right to left localization

Suggested plugin is not really convenient as you have to add a separate text component for it to work. Another layer of abstraction can help to avoid this hassle

https://habr.com/ru/post/590735/

#localization #rtl

Shader Variant Stripping — Get Rid of That Performance Waste

https://thegamedev.guru/unity-cpu-performance/shader-variants-stripping/

#optimization #shadervariant #stripping

Что такое ECS и с чем его компилят

LeoEcs usage example

https://habr.com/ru/company/mygames/blog/590953/

#leoecs #ecs

Альтернативные методы использования Animation Curves в Unity

https://dtf.ru/gamedev/943158-alternativnye-metody-ispolzovaniya-animation-curves-v-unity

#animationcurve #curve

Unity Raycast Commands: A New Era

Raycasting via jobs

https://thegamedev.guru/unity-cpu-performance/raycast-commands/

#raycast #jobs

Incredibly small finite state machine for .NET languages, written in C#. Useful for UIs and games. Runs in .NET, mono, Xamarin and Unity.

https://github.com/wakingviolet/FSMsharp

#statemachine #pattern

Unity - Introducing System Metrics Mali package

Not a release version, but still allows to be one step closer to native profiling inside the editor without hassle with 3rd party profilers. And generally it becomes easier to profile stuff when you can do everything inside the editor.

https://forum.unity.com/threads/introducing-system-metrics-mali-package.1126178/

#nativeprofiling #profiling #mali