Issue #318 - RenderTexture Drawing, Tools, UI, and more
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Rendertexture Drawing Example: Cleaning Prototype - In this post I am sharing a little playable Object-Cleaning Prototype setup. [Also from Minions Art, UI Background Shader]
Minions Art
What Exact Products Do Games Sell, Two Case Studies - One of the things I’ve always said about the game biz is, “Never forget what product you’re selling.”
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How to get your game category on Twitch and YouTube. - You’ve no doubt seen Twitch streamers or YouTube video creators tag their content with a specific game and clicking on it brings you to all the other videos ever created for that title. But how do you get your game visible for them, so they can select it from an easy auto-complete field? We’ll tell you in this article!
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Al Lowe on model trains, funny deaths and working with Disney - You know he did other things than Larry, right?
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Videos
Sprite Atlas best practices in Unity 6 - Mastering Sprite Atlases is one of the most effective ways to optimize 2D game performance in Unity for all platforms. We dive into the essential best practices, including advanced features to help you manage Sprite Atlases using Unity 6.3 LTS and Unity 6.4 – and note that the majority of the tips shown in this video will apply to previous and future versions as well.
Unity
Unity Input System: Assets, Maps & Interactions (Part 2) - Learn how to create your own Input Action Asset in Unity's Input System. This tutorial covers Action Maps, bindings, composite inputs for movement, and how to use interactions like Hold to bind multiple actions to the same button. By the end, you'll have full control over your input configuration.
Gamedev Engine Room
5 Unity Tools I’ve Added to Reduce Friction in Development - 5 Asset Store and open-source tools that improve everyday Unity workflows, from small quality-of-life improvements in the editor to cleaner patterns for structuring runtime code and reactive systems. Each tool is demonstrated with practical examples, focusing on how they reduce friction, cut down boilerplate, and make projects easier to work with as they grow.
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Unity Multiplayer Made Simple: 16 Ways PurrNet Improves Workflow - We’ve been asked a few times: "Why PurrNet? Why should I use this over [X] system?"
Bobsi Tutorials
UI Toolkit Series: Drag-and-Drop Manipulator - Learn how to implement draggable UI elements by handling pointer events and translating them into drag start, drag move, and drag end behavior in Unity 6 UI Toolkit. We will be looking at the Pointer lifecycle and managing states like Down, Move, and Up events for smooth dragging. We also look at snapping Logic and how to calculate distances to snap items into inventory slots UI example. …
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Assets
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UILineDrawer - Spline-based line renderer for Unity UI Canvas.
Lamonin Open Source
NativeVoxReaderForUnity - A high-performance native .vox importer for Unity. Supports MagicaVoxel hierarchy, greedy meshing optimization, and automatic texture baking. No external dependencies. Fast and optimized MagicaVoxel .vox importer for Unity
miventech Open Source
CMUMocap - Unity humanoid animations converted from the Carnegie Mellon University Motion Capture Database
keijiro Open Source
VNovelizer - An Excel-Driven Unity Visual Novel Plugin
Fakecorps Open Source
AmaMotionAutomatiser - A plug-in to easily move objects around in Unity.
TasDeNeige Open Source
UnityNotebook - Interactive coding in the Unity Editor using Jupyter Notebook files.
mstevenson Open Source
ballistic-solver - Native C/C++ numerical launch-angle solver for moving targets under quadratic air drag
ujinf74 Open Source
unity-sprites-shader-graph - Project with Sprite Shaders created in Unity Shader Graph for URP
JMoisesCT Open Source
URP-ScreenSpaceReflection - The ScreenSpace Reflection package for Unity URP renderer.
mseonKim Open Source
Unity.UIToolkit.Extensions - Extension Methods to better build UI through code using Unity UIElements
ltmx Open Source
VitalRouter - A fast, zero-allocation, in-memory messaging library. Declarative async pipeline with source generator for Unity and .NET.
hadashiA Open Source
Alchemy - Provides a rich set of editor extensions and serialization extensions for Unity.
annulusgames Open Source
AmplifyBloom - Amplify Bloom is a complete, fast and powerful Bloom Post-Process extension for Unity
AmplifyCreations Open Source
UnityRuntimeTransformHandles - Runtime Transform Handles for Unity
manaporkun Open Source
UnityTilemapMask - SpriteMask component but for Tilemaps
justcoredev Open Source
SDFTextureGenerator - Signed Distance Field (SDF) texture generator for Unity.
cecarlsen Open Source
FixedMathSharp-Unity - FixedMathSharp-Unity: Integrates a high-precision, deterministic fixed-point math library into Unity. Ideal for simulations, games, and physics engines requiring reliable arithmetic without floating-point inaccuracies.
mrdav30 Open Source
ContentManagementSystem - Unity Editor extension for data-driven content management, adapted from XK’s CMS implementation. Simplifies structured content editing and serialization
megurte Open Source
unity-twitch-chat-interactions - A Unity tool that will allow you to easily implement Twitch chat commands into your game!
danqzq Open Source
UnityURP-FakeRealGlass - Fast glass shader that doesn't require any RayTracing or RayMarching
Youssef-Afella Open Source
Free 99 Materials/Textures Vol.5! - Just finished the last pack for this round. Tried to do some bark textures, but they came out kinda ok. I want to make the next 99 full stylized as a challenge, so that's going to be interesting.
Julio Sillet 3D Art
instatileset - A tool for drawing and editing 47-tiles tilesets easily. Made in Godot.
escualina Open Source
FAB.com Free Assets - Platformer 8 Underworld - Low Poly, Advanced Phone System, and Medieval Modular Wall Pack
fab.com
Unity-AI-Animation - AI-powered tools for Unity animation workflow. Create and modify AnimationClips and AnimatorControllers directly through natural language commands.
IvanMurzak Open Source
Unity-AI-ParticleSystem - AI-powered tools for Unity Particle System. Create and modify Particle System directly through natural language commands.
IvanMurzak Open Source
unity-cli - CLI tool for controlling Unity Editor via command line - Play Mode, console logs, tests, scenes, GameObjects and more
bigdra50 Open Source
Package2Folder - Allows to import Unity packages into specified folder to avoid your project's root bloating.
Code-Stage Open Source
UnityInspectorStandalone - Runtime Inspector for Unity Games Mono/Il2Cpp
PicoShot Open Source
FileBasedPlayerPrefs - Unity lib for json file based PlayerPrefs.
richardelms Open Source
Unity Build Optimization Tool - This tool optimizes Unity WebGL builds, automates build workflows, and reduces package size to the minimum possible.
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Spotlight
Connected - Connected is a casual, co-op puzzle game. It follows two robots that are connected by a cable and have a mission: to find and collect batteries throughout the scenario to keep the power towers charged. Cooperation and strategy are key!
[You can get the demo on Steam]
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My game, Call Of Dookie. Demo available on Steam
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