Unity Programming Patterns

A collection of programming patterns in Unity with examples when to use them. These are primarily from the book "Game Programming Patterns," but translated from C++ to C#

https://github.com/Habrador/Unity-Programming-Patterns

#pattern

UnityTutorials-RTS: The code for series of tutorials on how to make a real-time stategy (RTS) game in Unity

https://github.com/MinaPecheux/UnityTutorials-RTS

#rts #strategy

Sidekick: Inspect all fields, properties and methods in Unity editor, fire methods and events, inspect hidden objects

https://github.com/sabresaurus/Sidekick

#editortools

Unity-Editor-Toolbox: Tools, custom attributes, drawers, hierarchy overlay, and other extensions for the Unity Editor

https://github.com/arimger/Unity-Editor-Toolbox

#editortools

LCD Display Shader Effect

I have seen this vfx in various games like Valorant or BF 2042, and every time it's eye-catching.

https://www.alanzucconi.com/2016/05/04/lcd-shader/

#shader #lcd

Particle-based loading spinner!
Takes about a minute in realtime for great results.

https://twitter.com/TheMirzaBeig/status/1546852234608123904

#loading #spinner

Using Indirect Multipliers To Balance Lighting Costs And Results

https://vintay.medium.com/using-indirect-multipliers-to-balance-lighting-costs-and-results-d75fa16fef8e

#lighting #optimization

How to find the minimum enclosing circle of a set of points. It can be used to dynamically figure out where to center your camera and with how much zoom to keep everything you want in view.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/x1ei22/how_to_find_the_minimum_enclosing_circle_of_a_set/

Source code: https://pastebin.com/b3dDL7Ju

#enclose #circle #algorithm

Art production for games: Best practices and optimization

A very good list to follow. And I like that the author mentions that every solution has pros and cons to consider. E.g. tip 5 may go poorly without using sprite atlas for a splitted asset. So always tune solutions for your use case.

https://medium.com/ironsource-levelup/art-production-for-games-best-practices-and-optimization-5b651a167be8

#techart #assets #import #optimization #buildsize

Unity-RTS-Selection: Unity RTS-style unit selection

https://github.com/lexonegit/Unity-RTS-Selection

#rts #unitselection

Have you ever wanted to smoothly go from perspective to orthographic? [Code in the comments]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/wxpdsd/have_you_ever_wanted_to_smoothly_go_from/

#camera #transition

Car Paint Shader: Thin-Film Interference

https://www.alanzucconi.com/2017/10/27/carpaint-shader-thin-film-interference/#more-6823

#shader #vfx #interference

A simple fog of war effect in Unity, github repo available

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/x554i9/i_created_this_simple_fow_of_war_effect_in_unity/

Repo: https://github.com/platinio/FowSample

#fogofwar

World position reconstruction from depth texture for image effects/blit.

https://twitter.com/Cyanilux/status/1269353975058501636

A use case example: https://cyangamedev.wordpress.com/2019/12/05/fog-plane-shader-breakdown/

#worldposition #depthtexture #shadergraph

The performance boost for LINQ in .NET 7

An example how vectorization improves performance

https://youtu.be/zCKwlgtVLnQ

#optimization

Graphy - Ultimate FPS Counter - Stats Monitor & Debugger (Unity)

Graphy is the ultimate, easy to use, feature packed FPS counter, stats monitor and debugger for your Unity project.

https://github.com/Tayx94/graphy

#graph #fpscounter

URP Toon Shader

https://github.com/ChiliMilk/URP_Toon

#urp #toon #shader

VFX Breakdown : Lightning Particles + Shader(Graph)

https://www.patreon.com/posts/vfx-breakdown-71191108

#vfx #lightning #shadergraph

Do I need to dispose of Tasks? - .NET Parallel Programming

Short answer: No.
The only time you may want to dispose a Task is when you are explicitly using IAsyncResult.AsyncWaitHandle which causes an allocation of a disposable resource. But even in that case you may not bother disposing it.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/pfxteam/do-i-need-to-dispose-of-tasks/

#tpl #async

Retro3DPipeline: A minimal example of a custom render pipeline with the Retro3D shader.

https://github.com/keijiro/Retro3DPipeline

#srp #renderpipeline

Simplex Derivatives

How to calculate derivatives of simplex noise and use them to generate normal and tangent vectors for procedurally generated meshes. Allows offloading the work from the main thread, since built-in RecalculateNormals() method runs only on the main thread.

https://catlikecoding.com/unity/tutorials/pseudorandom-surfaces/simplex-derivatives/

#normals #jobsystem #tangents #pcg