Feature preview: IL2CPP Full Generic Sharing in Unity 2022.1 beta

https://blog.unity.com/technology/feature-preview-il2cpp-full-generic-sharing-in-unity-20221-beta

#il2cpp

Unit of work pattern

Helps with the data concurrency problem

https://youtu.be/5D4qHl3SeoA

#unitofwork #pattern #dataaccess

GPU-Fog-Particles: Textureless fog particles using a highly customizable shader to attenuate noise values.

The technique is the use of surface depth and camera fading. The opacity of the mesh will fade away when near rendered geometry and as the camera approaches. These values can be tweaked to give a fake volumetric effect to what are otherwise just flat / billboard particles facing the camera.
Surface depth fading in this case is commonly known as "soft particles".

https://github.com/MirzaBeig/GPU-Fog-Particles

#fog #softparticles #vfx #camerafading

Easy and effective way of randomizing Particle System textures

https://twitter.com/GerardBelenguer/status/1471515766990118929?s=20

#particles

Создание стилизованного окружения

https://dtf.ru/gamedev/966537-sozdanie-stilizovannogo-okruzheniya-opyt-avtora-assetov-dlya-unity

#stylized #vfx #nature

How to write smarter enums in C#

Java-like enums at a cost that "enum" in this package is a class

https://youtu.be/CEZ6cF8eoeg

#smarterenum #enum

Укрощение батчинга за счет оптимизации масок UI

Mask always tears batching, so the author shows how to use custom shader for Image to make UI using masks batch properly

https://habr.com/ru/company/pixonic/blog/596863/

#ui #optimization #shader #mask

Unit testing code that does File IO

A very basic example of writing unit tests with Moq library. It is surprising how many people in game dev haven't heard of Moq and what it allows to do

https://makolyte.com/csharp-unit-testing-code-that-does-file-io/

#unit #testing #automation #moq

Защита от читеров на примерах в Unity

https://habr.com/ru/post/589899/

#anticheat

Performance Testing in Unity. Step by step tutorial how to get it running

Probably you’ve heard about Performance Testing package made by Unity, but to be fair their documentation sucks and if you follow it straight your might face some issues. So I want to list the steps I did to have it running and especially how to get results from performance tests after run on a real device, because obviously we don’t want to measure performance of the game only inside the editor.

https://gamedev.center/setting-up-unity-performance-testing-package-and-performance-benchmark-reporter/

#performance #testing #benchmark

BitArrayX and LinearHashMapX

Util classes to store 8 bools in one byte and a simple blittable hash map to be used inside IComponentData

https://coffeebraingames.wordpress.com/2021/12/26/bitarrayx-and-linearhashmapx/

#blittable #hashmap #bitarray

Dialog System

Hyperbolica dev tells about the dialog system based on a custom noscripting language. He even created highlighting rules for Notepad++. Could be very convenient when dialogs are written and added to the game not by a programmer. You should consider time needed to create such system and amount of time you could save by removing the need in developer to integrate text assets.

https://youtu.be/DlL_20x0QH8

#dialog #dialogsystem

Unity-Style-Guide: This article contains ideas for setting up a projects structure and naming convention for noscripts and assets in Unity

Can be used as a base for your own conventions. It also has a good quote: "Arguments over style are pointless. There should be a style guide, and you should follow it."

https://github.com/justinwasilenko/Unity-Style-Guide

#codestyle #naming #preprocessor

The Unity Shaders Bible.
Learn shaders in Unity, starting with the basics and finishing with advanced concepts. The book includes a detailed explanation of languages like Cg, HLSL, ShaderLab, and Shader Graph.
More than nine years of experience and techniques used in such noscripts like Star Wars GD, Nom Noms, and Super Studio Frozen 2, exposed in a single book.

https://learn.jettelly.com/course/unity-shader-bible/usb-chapter-1/preface/

#shader #book #shadersbible

Работа с аудио в Unity — трассировка и облачные вычисления

https://habr.com/en/post/589007/

#audio #3daudio

GitHub - asc-community/HonkPerf.NET

Benchmarks show it allocates less than standard LINQ. And the author claims on habr.com that it works great in Unity. Ideally should be benchmarked there too on IL2CPP build.

https://github.com/asc-community/HonkPerf.NET

#linq #optimization #gc

Serialize Reference в Unity

https://habr.com/ru/post/582574/

#serilaizereference #serializable

Сжатые атласы в Unity Runtime

Texture atlas in runtime with custom code to compress texture in supported formats that saves time and memory compared to Unity's default GenerateAtlas()

https://habr.com/en/company/mygames/blog/598639/

#atlas #runtimeatlas #compression #meshbaker #optimization

You might be thinking about shader performance wrong

Another rant on how memory access is slow, but has absolutely stunning animations quality, which the author made in Unity. Not really sure if this approach is faster than doing the same in some video editor, but definitely looks awesome

https://youtu.be/7YPPFIqUN84

#gpumemory #performance

A basic addressables tutorial

https://youtu.be/LBOAMYHU2mg

#addressables