Issue #271 - C#, Technical Art, and more

Xor - When I got started in computers, you had to do low-level bit twiddling to get anything very interesting done, so you pretty much couldn’t avoid learning about XOR. chiark.greenend.org.uk Using 'in' C# Keyword as a Parameter Modifier - After discovering some of what in can allow, however, I plan to fold it into my toolbox of useful features C# has to offer. Let’s explore what it does, how you can use it, and when one should probably avoid using it! blog.nimblepros.com How To Get Content Creators' Attention! - What does an effective outreach email look like? And is there anything you can do to stand out when pitching for coverage? impress.games How to Avoid Wishlist Flatlines With Organic Social Media - Discover how early marketing and social media can drive consistent wishlist growth for your game. Learn data-driven strategies to avoid wishlist flatlines, maximize Steam exposure, and build an engaged audience. Implement proven tactics to grow your game's reach and boost visibility before launch. glitch.ghost.io Cryptical Path: When developing a roguelike feels like playing one - After months of production, we had to make a drastic pivot – all in pursuit of that elusive "one more run" magic. Here’s what we learned along the way. unity.com Jobs Get Unity Certified! Take aim at your dream job! A a certification that will help you stand out from the crowd. Videos How to Create Beautiful Games in Unity - Programmer art doesn't have to suck! In this video I show how you can code your way to better graphics in Unity using shaders, lighting, reflections, and post processing to overcome lacking art skills. Kyle Banks TypeScript types can run DOOM - Yep. We got the Doom engine running purely in TypeScript types. Like. For real. We’ve prepared two more videos, one answering “why we did this” (storytime format) and another answering “how we did this” (technical deep-dive). Michigan TypeScript Everything Wrong with DeltaTime in Games - Just multiplying by DT isn't always good enough. Why do we have constant update? Where does the shaking come from? why can't AAA games make physic's hair work? Ombarus NPCs Triggering Each Other - I talk about NPCs reacting to other NPCs reactions, and along the way I will talk about events that trigger NPC reactions and what those reactions can be. Timothy Cain Is Reflection Dead in Unity? - Using reflection to find which methods have a certain attribute throughout your entire Unity project is a slow process, but what if I could show you how to make it run in less than a second. Warped Imagination How Game Engines Make Shaders Easy - Shaders are difficult to get a handle on but modern commercial engines have done as much as they can to make them as easy as possible! Today we learn how shaders work under the hood and how we can recreate Unity's shader APIs. Acerola How to find amazing game ideas - The first step to making your next game is to come up with an idea. But where do game designers get their ideas? And how do you know if the idea is worth pursuing? Let's find out, in part one of Game Dev 101. Game Maker's Toolkit Fix Your Unity Projects FAST with this FREE Tool - Optimize your Unity projects with Project Auditor, a powerful static analysis tool designed to identify performance bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and areas for improvement. In this video, I provide an overview of how Project Auditor scans your project's codebase and settings to highlight potential issues, help you improve performance, optimize build sizes, and streamline the development process. git-amend Subpixel Rendering | Useless Game Dev - As we talk about 8K gaming, we need to remember we can go the opposite direction: 5 pixels gaming. Let's dissect the pixel and see what's inside. Useless Game Dev How to create a Unity button you can right click - In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a button component that not only supports left click, middle click and right click events, but also displays them in the inspector. Christina Creates Games Citizen Sleeper 2's narrative tools and "no-code" approach - Creator Spotlight - Chatting with Gareth Damian Martin about creating Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, the follow up to the 2023 hit. Unity Assets Becoming a C# And Unity Game Developer - Software Bundle - A+ courses to master C# and more Become a C# and Unity game developer with our latest super bundle by Packt! Our comprehensive collection will help you level up your skills in game creation, with hot course like Build an Endless Runner Game in 3D - Unity 6 Compatible and Create Minecraft-Inspired Voxel Worlds - Unity 6 Compatible. 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SharpAdb Open Source BlendShare - BlendShare is an Unity tool designed for creators who need to share blendshapes without distributing the original FBX files. This tool enables the extraction of blendshapes from FBX files and stores them in a custom asset format. These assets can be easily shared and applied to compatible FBX files. Tr1turbo Open Source SdfManipulator - unity project for working with SDFs easily T3sT3ro Open Source FPCSharpUnity - Functional Programming with C# in Unity Game Engine Library FPCSharpUnity Open Source Flexy.AssetRefs - Flexy.AssetRefs provides an efficient way to indirectly reference assets and scenes, offering cleaner alternative to Unity Addressables. Designed for flexibility, it is easy to use right from the prototyping stage. FlexyTools Open Source Frent - A high performance C# ECF/ECS. While Frent's implementation is an archetype based ECS, thats not why Frent was made. Frent is primarily an ECF - Entity Component Framework - that allows you to easily use composition for code reuse rather than inheritance with minimal boilerplate. Think Unity's Monobehavior powered by the principles and speed of an ECS, as well as less boilerplate. itsBuggingMe Open Source CnC_Red_Alert - Command and Conquer: Red Alert. This repository includes source code for Command & Conquer Red Alert. electronicarts Open Source log4uni - log4net wrapper and UnityEngine.Debug appender for Unity HolyShovelSoft Open Source NavMeshPlus - Unity NavMesh 2D Pathfinding h8man Open Source tarject - Tarject is a framework for Unity that eliminates tight coupling, offering an easy-to-use, readable, flexible, and highly optimized solution for modular and maintainable game development. tariksavas Open Source MirrorVR - A VR system for Mirror Networking, that makes it easier to develop VR games with Mirror in Unity. TheTechWiz5305 Open Source Nino - Ultimate high-performance binary serialization library for C#. JasonXuDeveloper Open Source unity-flex-ui - Flexbox layout support for Unity UI using the Yoga layout engine gilzoide Open Source UnityVATBaker - Vertex Animation Texture tool in unity for skinned characters. Mamantenok1599 Open Source Shop up to 50% off FreshCan3D - Pubiisher Sale - Freshcan 3D's expertise lies in a variety of 3D environment settings, including wild forests spreading along mountains, countryside farms, industrial regions, and abandoned military areas created in popular game engines, including Unreal Engine and Unity. PLUS get Abandoned Post Apocalyptic City Pack for FREE with code FRESHCAN3D Unity Affiliate Infinite Echoes Ultimate Sound And Music Bundle - Supersize your soundscape today. How your audience interacts with the sound design of your work is extremely important—add the best sounds possible to your vision with our latest bundle! 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