Issue #276 - UI, Fonts, Modeling, and more

Pentiment director explains how going all-in on fonts helped elevate the medieval Detective RPG. - Game director Joshua Sawyer talks about knowing when to 'go big,' and the many ways you can make text-reading dynamic and exciting in games. gamedeveloper.com Hex Map 4.0.0 - UI Toolkit - It is time to migrate our Hex Map project to Unity 6. catlikecoding.com Top Unity Lighting Tips: Boost Your Mobile Game’s Visuals and Atmosphere - In this blog post, we’ll cover essential Unity lighting tips that will help you enhance your game’s aesthetics and atmosphere. medium.com Valve Animator Talks about Hitting Poses in Animation - Jamaal Bradley shares some wisdom. 80.lv 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 Avoid MAJOR Pitfalls of Skill Tree Design ft. Kayla Shults, UI Expert - We're reviewing MAJOR dos and don't of video game Skill Trees and using Unity's UI Toolkit to create our own! Unity Make a custom rope (with collisions) using VERLET Integration (Unity Tutorial) - In this video we will use 100% custom physics to simulate amazing rope physics. No rigidbodies, hingejoints, distance joints, or anything like that. You can do some REALLY awesome stuff with this once you have it in your toolbox. I hope you enjoy! Sasquatch B Studios Colour Palettes aren't that important - It feels as if too many people tend to talk about how valuable constrained colour palettes are (especially given the prevalence of pixel art), which in a sense can be meaningful. But as a person who generally does HD graphics and never actually save any colour I use (I don't use a palette) I feel that there is value to not "preemptively" using a palette. Nonsensical 2D The Most Famous Algorithm In Computer Graphics - Perlin noise is something many of you have heard of, but how does it actually work? Acerola ZLinq Revolutionizes Unity Game Development With ZERO ALLOCATIONS - Zero Allocation LINQ expressions, filtering, and querying—this video introduces ZLinq, a high-performance, zero-GC LINQ alternative from the creator of UniTask and R3. We explore how ZLinq eliminates memory allocations in common LINQ pipelines by using struct-based enumerators, making it ideal for tight update loops and performance-critical Unity projects. git-amend Why 3D Trees SUCK for Artists, and How I Fixed It with TREEBOX! - I put a lot of love and time into making this procedural add-on for the blender scene! Half tutorial, half rant, this how-to video essay goes over trees, foliage, and anything green that gets me mean. ShinGidora BlockBench - Stupidly Easy 3D Modeling App! - Today we revisit Blockbench, a completely free and open-source cross platform low poly 3d modelling, texturing and animating application for Mac, Windows and Linux (and web!). 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David-63 Open Source Scenes-Loading - Scenes Management System based on ScenesContext assets making changing Unity scenes more smooth and error-free Kosmik123 Open Source IKFootPlacement - Free IK foot placement script for Unity. plonkabartosz Open Source Become a 3D Artist - Mega Tutorial Bundle - Creativity unlocked with a digital paintbrush. Unlock new beauty of creating vast digital worlds—Artists, it's time to become a 3D artist with this outstanding bundle of tutorials from FastTrackTutorials! Our high-quality collection features 30+ tutorials focusing on environments, characters, models, textures, and more for use in Unreal Engine, Unity, Blender, Zbrush and many more. Get the education you need to bring your art to life, and help support the World Wildlife Fund with your purchase! 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Explore real-world locations, and uncover secrets in a twist-filled story with evolving gameplay [You can wisthlist it on Steam] Omnaya Studios My game, Call Of Dookie. Demo available on Steam Have a question, comment, or request? Please let us know! Would You Mind Helping Us Out? Forward A Marrone Games project.