Light in Unity 2 - Shader Coding in Unity from a to z

How Phong lighting works and implementation in a shader

https://medium.com/shader-coding-in-unity-from-a-to-z/light-in-computer-graphics-2-3b2a5b04ac6d

#shader #phong #lighting

Rendering Pipeline In Unity - Shader Coding in Unity from a to z

Simple denoscription of unity rendering pipeline (looks more like a general rendering pipeline)

https://medium.com/shader-coding-in-unity-from-a-to-z/rendering-pipe-line-f0471aa0904b

#rendering #pipeline

Shader Variables Data Types - Shader Coding in Unity from a to z

https://medium.com/shader-coding-in-unity-from-a-to-z/shader-variables-data-types-da31d16dba98

#shader #datatypes

Implement Sand balls mechanics

https://medium.com/@hemanthvanam/implement-sand-balls-mechanics-5557effd3195

Repo: https://github.com/Hemanth759/sand-balls-game

#mesh #deformation #sand #balls

Push Unity to its Maxium Performance | Art Optimization Tips | Game Design | Unite Now | Unity

https://resources.unity.com/unitenow/onlinesessions/optimization-tips-for-maximum-performance-part-1

More detailed manuals from Unity https://learn.unity.com/project/optimizing-for-performance-2019-3

#optimization

Custom memory profiler. Can be used along with default memory profiler for better analysis.

GitHub - pschraut/UnityHeapExplorer: A Memory Profiler, Debugger and Analyzer for Unity 2019.3 and newer.

https://github.com/pschraut/UnityHeapExplorer

#heap #explorer #memory #profiler

Simulating Liquids in Bottles with a Shader

https://80.lv/articles/simulating-liquids-in-a-bottle-with-a-shader

#shader #liquid #vfx

Announcing Microsoft.IO.RecycableMemoryStream

Microsoft.IO.RecyclableMemoryStream is a MemoryStream replacement that offers superior behavior for performance-critical systems. In particular it is optimized to do the following:

Eliminate Large Object Heap allocations by using pooled buffers
Incur far fewer gen 2 GCs, and spend far less time paused due to GC
Avoid memory leaks by having a bounded pool size
Avoid memory fragmentation
Provide excellent debuggability
Provide metrics for performance tracking

https://www.philosophicalgeek.com/2015/02/06/announcing-microsoft-io-recycablememorystream/

Repo: https://github.com/Microsoft/Microsoft.IO.RecyclableMemoryStream
Nuget: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.IO.RecyclableMemoryStream/

#optimization #performance #recycable #memorystream

How we applied SOLID principles on Sniper 3D

Part 1 about S & O: https://medium.com/tech-at-wildlife-studios/solid-principles-wildife-studios-gaming-815623fdbbde
Part2 about L, I, & D: https://medium.com/tech-at-wildlife-studios/solid-principles-sniper-3d-1c48023bd66e

#solid #architecture

Unity Grass Shader Tutorial - Roystan

Awesome grass shader tutorial: step by step and very detailed

https://roystan.net/articles/grass-shader.html

Repo: https://github.com/IronWarrior/UnityGrassGeometryShader

#shader #grass

Dynamic 3D Sprite Lighting in Unity

https://medium.com/swlh/dynamic-sprite-lighting-in-unity-1fa6de78b3b8

#lighting #sprite

Free textures

https://gumroad.com/juliosillet?sort=page_layout#vqAxP

#free

Bit Hacks in C#

https://leveluppp.ghost.io/bit-hacks-in-c/

#bithacks

Optimizing Unity's Build Size for Mobile Games | BusyBytes Blog

https://busybytes.com/blog/game-development/optimize-build-size-mobile-games-unity/

#build #optimization #size

How Signals saved my architecture - Dev Genius

At first seems like a good solution, but as a number of signals grows it becomes hard to maintain and debug. In a big teams it is easy to miss existing signals and add a similar new one which makes the problem worse. Also additional debug tools become a requirement to work with a massive amount of signal to understand what is going on.


https://medium.com/dev-genius/how-signals-saved-my-architecture-39aa1274aa5

#architecture #signal

Made a 122 page Level Design document where I gather useful senior dev knowledge. The goal was to gather up all this knowledge in one place. Both for learning and as reference

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fAlf2MwEFTwePwzbP3try1H0aYa9kpVBHPBkyIq-caY/preview?pru=AAABcuufkH4*Vdgru1SP1Rzk19T_jd5eGA

#leveldesign #level

Unity Pattern: Stateless Scenes

Good idea, but not so clean implementation.

https://corepox.net/devlog/unity-pattern:-stateless-scenes

#stateless #scene

Save Memory on Disabled GameObjects using Addressables. Can be quite handy when you are running low on memory, but loading/unloading assets is a lot slower than just enabling/disabling hierarchies.

https://thegamedev.guru/unity-addressables/save-memory-ondisable/

#memory #optimization

'Witcher 3' on the Nintendo Switch: CPU & Memory Optimization

Hardcore Witcher 3 optimization for Switch.
A lot of old and new games are ported to Nintendo Switch; this talk will show that Switch is a capable platform that can run even the most demanding today's games with little loss in fidelity. We describe in detail CPU, Memory and Build size optimizations and tradeoffs we made during the development of Switch version of Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt.

https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1026635/-Witcher-3-on-the

#switch #optimization #cpu #gpu #memory

Gamasutra: Mahesh Athirala's Blog - Practical Tips: Maximizing Your Unity Game's Performance [Part-1]

Super basic article about batching, light mapping, and occlusion culling.
Can be a startling point for looking at optimization of your game.

https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MaheshAthirala/20200624/365278/Practical_Tips_Maximizing_Your_Unity_Games_Performance_Part1.php

#optimization

How to Analyze the Performance Cost of Your Unity Shaders

https://thegamedev.guru/unity-gpu-performance/shader-cost-analysis-mali-offline-compiler/

#gpu #profiling