Unity - Export tips - The following tips may help you to reduce the final build size and increase the performance of your game, thus increasing your revenue. Don't forget to also have a look at the WebGL Optimizer utility that the CrazySDK provides by default.
docs.crazygames.com

Custom Transparency Scene Color Renderer Feature (URP Render Graph)A custom Render Graph Renderer Feature that allows for transparent objects in the scene color
MinionsArt

How to make a glass/refraction shaderRefraction will ultimately have the effect that whatever is behind your mesh should appear distorted by the surface of the mesh itself. We're not going for external caustics projection, just modelling glass-like, distorting "transparency".
Mirza Beig @TheMirzaBeig

5 Lessons to Learn From a Failed Game - Emily Pitcher, a game developer and a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, has shared five lessons she learned from the unsuccessful launch Gold Lining and explained how to avoid them when developing your first game.
80.lv

Explore the Steam database - A supercharged research tool for observing the Video Game market. View the entire Steam catalog, track market trends, and make data-driven decisions with our comprehensive analytics platform.
gginsights.io

Skin Deep Release Trailer — Derek Lieu Creative - Game Trailer Editor - I wanted to make the game feel incredibly substantial. Fun gameplay systems, lots of levels, story cutscenes, voice acting, and a breadth of player experiences from quiet and tense moments to hectic seat-of-your-pants ones.
Derek Lieu Creative

How Our Indie Studio Picked Its Next Game After Releasing a Lovecraftian Doctor SimTL;DR: This post talks about a process of selecting a new game, after making a semi-successful one already. If it's interesting please read, as I'm not sure how I could summarize the process in one sentence.
reddit.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 STUNNING Water in Unity's Shader Graph ft. @BenCloward - Ben is back, this time, showing us how to create beautiful, realistic, living bodies of water in Shader Graph using: reflection, refraction, depth fog, edge transparency, surface ripples, and wetness decals!
Unity

Game Optimization - Introduction & General Principles - Episode 1 - Today we begin a new series of videos about optimizing games. We're going to cover all kinds of optimization topics in the series over the next few months. Today I start by introducing the topic, explaining why you should optimize, who should optimize, and when you should optimize. I also discuss measuring performance in frame rate vs frame time, and go over what not to do.
Ben Cloward

Graph Toolkit Features Overview - Graph Toolkit is Unity’s new framework to create custom editor-based graph tools. Now available as an experimental package! This video will go over all the features available out-of-the-box.
Unity

Game-Changing Serverless Functions using Unity Cloud Code - Serverless game logic with Unity Cloud Code lets you run secure, backend-powered features without managing infrastructure or pushing new builds. In this video, we build a fully working Cloud Code module that tracks a global score across all players, batching updates in memory and writing them to Cloud Save. Along the way, you'll learn how to use dependency injection, safely share state between requests, expose functions, and call them from your Unity project using generated bindings.
git-amend

Blender 4.5 is Here - Best New Features Hands-On - Blender 4.5 has arrived, and the star of the show is the new Vulkan graphics backend. This should result in faster EEVEE rendering, faster shader compilation, faster scene loading and much more.
Gamefromscratch

Monster Train 2 Devs on what makes GREAT deckbuilder game design? - Andrew and Albert from Shiny Shoe explain how to elevate good game design to GREAT game design when creating a deckbuilder game, using Monster Train 2 as a backdrop!
Unity

Assets

The Summer Sale Is Live! - The Asset Store Summer Sale is live, and it's got a fresh new twist. For a limited time, customers can save 50% on an array of assets- from Editor Extensions and Visual Scripting tools to VFX, Animations, Environments, Characters, and more.

Daily Flash Deals are also back, and their discounts drop every 24 hrs.

70% for 24 hrs, then 60% then 50% for good. Bonus: Themed Flash Deals every day

Including: AI Tree - Behavior Trees for Unity, VertExmotion Pro, Easy Character Movement 2, cyberpunk - Cyber City (HDRP + BIP), Dreamscape Village - Stylized Fantasy Open World, and tons more!

Unity Affiliate

Audio Odyssey Bundle - Embark on an audio odyssey. Want to level up the sound design on your next game or creative project? Stop wasting time and call in the heavy hitters with powerful asset packs like the Anime Music Pack, Mutated Beings Sound FX Pack, Orchestral Ambient Music Pack, and more. Set sail for savings and stellar sound with the Sound Odyssey Bundle from Ovani Sound—your go-to source for crafting the perfect audioscape. Pay what you want for this ultimate audio asset collection and help support the Children's Miracle Network with your purchase!
Humble Bundle Affiliate

save-async - A Unity package for asynchronously handling save game data.
buck-co Open Source

Medicine - Collection of tools for working with components in Unity.
apkd Open Source

unity-tinybvh - An example implementation for tinybvh in Unity and a foundation for building compute based raytracing solutions.
andr3wmac Open Source

PoolManager - PoolManager is a lightweight and async-compatible object pooling system for Unity, designed to reduce instantiation overhead and improve runtime performance. Easily integrates with Addressables and custom asset loaders.
BatuhanKanbur Open Source

Sardinject - The simple DI (Dependency Injection) library for Unity C#, VRChat Udon(U#).
ikuko Open Source

nativefileso - Unity - Native file dialogs and file type associations on Windows, macOS, iOS and Android
keiwando Open Source

unity-poor-gi - Poor Global Illumination implementation for Unity URP.
alexmalyutindev Open Source

XatlasLightmap - Better lightmap packing for Unity
z3y Open Source

Easy_UI_Nav - Making Simple Unity Navigation easier
Walker-Industries-RnD Open Source

NavMesh-Cleaner - Tool for generating meshes to remove inaccessible NavMesh islands in Unity
Acissathar Open Source

hackbox-unity - A Unity Package that leverages Hackbox to provide Jackbox-style interactive gameplay for Unity games.
ashbash1987 Open Source

glitch-package-installer - Service helping to create installers for Unity packages
needle-tools Open Source

Shop up to 50% off Amazing Аssets - Publisher Sale - At Amazing Assets, we can confirm that all tools work with Unity 6 :-). PLUS get Resize Pro for FREE with code AMAZINGASSETS2025
Unity Affiliate

LuaFlow - Unity Cutscene System + Lua Script
Snow0406 Open Source

Unity.Prefs - Retrieve list of EditorPrefs/PlayerPrefs
jcs090218 Open Source

URP_RetroCRTShader - A shader graph which replicates some retro tv/monitor/vhs effects. CRT warping, scanlines, static, distortion, etc.
Cyanilux Open Source

Unity-Package-CoSequencer - A package allowing easy Coroutine sequencing through both Inspector and code
Kmiecis Open Source

Unity-Water-Shaders - A simple water shader for Unity URP
Parrot222 Open Source

MacacaViewSystem - ViewSystem is a element based UI management system based on Unity GUI
MacacaGames Open Source

blua - bLazing fast native Lua for Unity!
blua-devs Open Source

com.northernrogue.cccp.spacetimedbserver - Cosmos Cove Control Panel is a Unity interface for your SpacetimeDB server
strosz Open Source

Pixel-Art-Creator-2.0 - A program for making pixel art, including layers, animation and tilesets.
MrWoafer Open Source

unity-animation-system - A robust Unity animation manager that enables smooth crossfade transitions, queuing, looping, and layer locking with callback support.
amirhoseinjfri Open Source

Simulates excavation and sand fall using texture blur[Link to project files]
reddit.com

2DURP-GodRays - GodRays Post-Processing Shader for Unity URP 2D Scenes
ItsTanPI Open Source

The Ultimate SFX and VFX Bundle - Turn up the volume with powerful assets Crank up the volume on your next game or creative project with The Ultimate SFX & VFX Bundle. Create the perfect audio-visual vibe with this massive library of royalty-free assets—featuring 100+ sounds and effects, from realistic medieval combat clinks and clanks to spot-on gunfire and more. Pay what you want for the tools you need to dial in your project’s SFX & VFX—and help support the Breast Cancer Research Foundation with your purchase!
Humble Bundle Affiliate

Game Spotlight

Queen's Cards - Roguelike deck-building strategy game. Combine decks compatible with your chosen playstyle, deliver satisfying damage, and cast powerful spells to defend your territory in this card-themed strategy game.

[You can play the demo on Steam]

Ninja Grub Games

Call Of Dookie - Demo Available Now!

My game, Call Of Dookie. Demo available on Steam

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