Issue #327 - Retro Graphics, Render Graph, Spring Sale and more

Creating fake 3D characters in a 2D engine - How I've created a somewhat 3D looking top-down shooter without using a 3D engine. remvst.substack.com Game Devs Explain The Tricks Involved With Letting You Pause - Developers provide some insight into how they all make games stop and start when you press a button kotaku.com Indie Game Subscription Service for Developers | Earn Revenue with Indie Pass - Indie Pass helps developers earn revenue and reach new players through a curated game subscription service. Join a growing network of indie titles and expand your audience. indiepass.com A Style Guide for NES-inspired Pixel Art in your Retro Game - In computer graphics, there is a concept called the “uncanny valley”.  eirifu.wordpress.com How solo dev SlugGlove built 102 million spell combinations in Unity for Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times - Learn how solo developer SlugGlove used prefab variants to build a modular magic system with 102 million spell combinations for their RPG, Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times. 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 Migrating to Render Graph: Understanding the Render Graph Samples - Part 1 - This video provides an introductory walkthrough of the Render Graph API in Unity’s Universal Render Pipeline (URP) using the Render Graph samples.  Unity So you want to make an Incremental Game? - My tips, tricks, and things to consider when trying to make a successful incremental game. Aarimous How To Know If A Game Is Worth Making - Should I Make This Game? Acrylic Pixel Games Volumetric Lighting in Pixel Art?! | Pixel Perfect - Clouds, Godrays and Volumetrics Ep.4 Pixel Perfect ~ We'll explore shader programming and coding techniques within Unity Red Giraffe Getting Started with Addressables - Unity Addressables makes it easy to manage and load your game assets asynchronously.  Unity There's a Better Way to Organize Unity Game Actions - Command pattern, undo system, memory allocation - a different way to architect Unity C# code. Gamedev Engine Room Radial Menu Systems in Unity | Shapes, Gradients & Interaction - In this video, we build a radial menu in Unity using UI Toolkit, drawing the wheel with the Painter API and taking advantage of gradient features introduced in Unity 6.3. We walk through the math that drives the layout, segment spacing, and input selection, then layer icons and interaction on top to create a fully functional menu.  git-amend Learn Showcase: Get Started with Shader Graph - Want to dive into Shader Graph but don’t know where to start? Unity Why Bad Art Makes Great Games - NVIDIA ultra core ray tracing 8k max AI powered buzzword buzzword is cool and all, but I am growing tired of the endless pursuit of realism. This is a love letter to low-poly and stylized games, and why they tend to stick with me way more than the most realistic ones ever do. Juniper Dev Debugging Across Time and Platforms: The Power of Determinism - In this talk you will learn how determinism, and in particular cross-platform determinism, can help game developers implement better tooling for recording player sessions and reproducing issues. From running fast math operations on different CPU architectures, to managing deterministic multi-threading models, and dealing with compiler bugs, learn practical tips to implement cross-platform determinism in your game. AI and Games Conference Eight Level Design Guidelines - These are the most important details to remember to include in every map. Timothy Cain Assets Spring Sale & Flash Deals! - 50% off popular assets + up to 95% off Flash Deals Unity Affiliate MIGHTY TASKS - Kanban, Gantt, Tasks, Mindmaps, Users and more! - Stop alt-tabbing to web boards while your due date burns. Mighty Tasks is a ruthless in-editor command center. Anchor the schedule to your game, execute the backlog, and take your weekend back. ShrinkRay Entertainment Affiliate unity-texture-packer - Utility to combine color channels from different textures into a single output. andydbc Open Source Unity-Game-Utilities - A modular Unity utility package providing reusable runtime systems, editor tooling, and experimental gameplay modules editor utilities (events, save system, extensions, projectiles, currency, and more. mRemAiello Open Source Unity-Package-CoSequencer - A package allowing easy Coroutine sequencing through both Inspector and code Kmiecis Open Source funplay-unity-mcp - The Most Advanced MCP Server for Unity Editor with execute_code, prompts/resources, input simulation, screenshots, and play mode automation. FunplayAI Open Source Unity-Skills - AI automation skills specifically designed for Unity Besty0728 Open Source Mathfs - Expanded Math Functionality for Unity FreyaHolmer Open Source Yogurt - Async Managed Component-Oriented framework for Unity Hoodrij Open Source LOD-generator - Batch LOD generation and FBX export for Unreal Engine and Unity — Blender addon Colosyn Open Source unity-isometric-pixel-pipeline - Pixel art isometric render pipeline for Unity 6 URP — toon shading, GPU grass, outline, sharp upscale bababuyyy Open Source Unity-AI-ProBuilder - AI-powered 3D modeling tools for Unity ProBuilder. Enables AI assistants to create and manipulate editable meshes through natural language commands.  IvanMurzak Open Source AudioConductor - Audio Conductor is a tool that enhances the usability of audio features (AudioClip/AudioSource) in Unity, providing greater convenience in managing and controlling audio assets. 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