Generating Optimized 2D Art in Unity: Procedural Generation for Stylized and Optimized 2D Foliage

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/blogs/generating-optimized-2d-art-in-unity-procedural-generation-for-stylized-and-optimized-2d-foliage

#pcg #foliage #generation

Not really a tutorial but a brief explanation of how a mimic effect is achieved

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/varqlv/not_really_a_tutorial_but_a_brief_explanation_of/

#proceduralanimation #mimic

Fire Tornado VFX

https://youtu.be/gLWe_Wzc8Xc

#tornado #vfx #shadergraph

Unity Tips: Properties and the Inspector

https://dev.to/jayjeckel/unity-tips-properties-and-the-inspector-1goo

#serialization #inspector #editortips

Watchers is a collection of handy windows and extensions that will speed up your workflow and make your life easier.

https://www.gbrosgames.com/posts/Watchers/

#editortool #watchers

Detecting performance bottlenecks with Unity Frame Timing Manager | Unity Blog

https://blog.unity.com/technology/detecting-performance-bottlenecks-with-unity-frame-timing-manager

#profiler #frametiming

Instancing and Material Property Blocks

https://www.ronja-tutorials.com/post/048-material-property-blocks/

#instancing #shader #mpb #materialpropertyblock

Arm Guide for Unity Developers - Optimization opportunities in Unity

A list of tips, most are pretty basic and well-known, but still you may find something new there

https://developer.arm.com/documentation/102314/0100/Overview

#optimization #tips

Adding Post Processing Profiles in Unity

Post Processing in Unity can completely change the look of your game. An author shows just one small difference they made in a scene using a few and then go over what's available and what they do.

https://medium.com/@arkantose.dc/adding-post-processing-profiles-in-unity-c1561316b913

#vfx #postprocessing

Selectively deep profile single methods in Unity's Profiler

Runtime deep profile individual methods
With selective profiler you can choose individual methods to profile from Unity Profiler. Just select a method in the Profiler window and choose Profile to automatically get more precise information.

https://github.com/needle-tools/selective-profiling

#profiling #deepprofiling

JTRP : Unity HDRP ToonShading Render Pipeline (Preview)

An example of Scriptable Render Pipeline usage

https://github.com/JasonMa0012/JasonMaToonRenderPipeline

#srp #hdrp #toonrenderpipeline #toon

Exponentially Better Rotations – Max Slater – Computer Graphics, Programming, and Math

https://thenumbat.github.io/Exponential-Rotations/

#rotation #math #quaternion

Wave function collapse

One of the simplest examples of how WFC works

https://youtu.be/2SuvO4Gi7uY

#wfc #wavefunctioncollapse #pcg #generation

Post-Processing: Unity post processing pipeline and shaders

https://github.com/GarrettGunnell/Post-Processing

#shader #postprocessing

2d Visibility
In a 2D top-down map it is sometimes useful to calculate which areas are visible from a given point. For example you might want to hide what’s not visible from the player’s location, or you might want to know what areas would be lit by a torch.

https://www.redblobgames.com/articles/visibility/

#2dvisibility #vision #2dlighting

Command design pattern for flexible controls schemes

A command pattern + new input system

https://pavcreations.com/command-design-pattern-for-flexible-controls-schemes/

#inputsystem #command #pattern

NativeGrid: Container class that helps work with NativeArray<T> as a 2D data. Adds few utilities and QOL improvements.

https://github.com/andrew-raphael-lukasik/NativeGrid

#nativegrid #dots

FrameRateBooster: Optimizer for Unity's Mono assemblies

Replaces Unity properties' unoptimized calls

https://github.com/ehakram/FrameRateBooster

Details: https://forum.unity.com/threads/vector3-and-other-structs-optimization-of-operators.477338/

#optimization #framerate #booster

Scripts to fix the Polygon Collider 2D problems

The Box2D Physics Engine doesn't support concave shapes. Instead, It generates multiple convex shape. In this way our objects may get stuck between these convex shapes.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity2D/comments/vlvr1t/i_wrote_some_noscripts_to_fix_the_polygon_collider/

Asset store (free): https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/physics/polygon-collider-2d-solver-224620

#physics #physics2d #meshcollider

How We Used dotMemory to Optimize dotMemory

Not exactly Unity related case, but I love posts like this one where an author shows an engineering approach to problem solving. A good example of how to profile and validate that changes improve performance

https://blog.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2022/05/23/how-we-used-dotmemory-to-optimize-dotmemory/

#profiling #dotmemory #dotpeek

In The Games Of Madness: 9 Years, 9 Lessons on Horror

Lessons by horror genre veterans

https://frictionalgames.blogspot.com/2019/10/9-years-9-lessons-on-horror.html

#horror #narrative