Blog
A collection of all my blog posts (not by any particular category or order). If you’re looking for something specific then check out my posts on Photography, Travel Guides, and Unity Tutorials.
Best IDE for Unity
Choosing the right IDE for Unity can significantly enhance your programming productivity and game dev workflow. In this post I’ll go over the best options when it comes to IDEs for Unity. IDEs provide an interface for code editing but the best ones have many more features such as testing,…
Early May in the Tetons
May is one of the least busy months at Grand Teton National Park but I think it’s still one of the better times to visit, especially for photography. The snow is usually still thawing out and most of the trails will be snow covered but road access will be opening…
Easiest Way To Install Moq for Unity
Unit testing is a great tool to help you develop great games, and having the right frameworks in Unity makes that possible. Moq is a popular mocking library for C# that allows you to simplify your unit tests and mock behaviors of your dependencies. It can be a little tricky…
Dynamic Objective System Tutorial for Unity
Learn how to create a dynamic objective system for your game in this Unity Tutorial. An objective system provide players with goals and structure and can be a good way to guide players through your game. In this guide, we’ll look at how to structure and define objectives and create…
Unity 2023 Black Friday Sale
As the holiday season approaches, Unity is kicking things into high gear with a Black Friday/Cyber Week sale. Starting TODAY November 15, 2023, at 08:00 PT, over 500 assets on the Unity Asset Store will be 50% off. This sale will last 3 weeks, ending on December 6, 2023, at…
AI-Powered Unity Game Development with GitHub Copilot: Long Term Review
As a Unity developer, you know that creating great games and experiences takes a lot of hard work and dedication. But what if there was a way to make the coding process a little bit easier and more efficient? Well, there is and it’s called GitHub Copilot! GitHub Copilot is…
Best Unity Assets: Boost Your Productivity With These Essential Tools
Game development can be tedious and challenging. We spend a lot of time building tools and systems instead of actual gameplay mechanics and content. Fortunately, Unity’s Asset Store has tons of amazing resources that can really streamline your workflow and enhance your project. In this blog post, I’ll share my…
Easy Unity Ads & Mediation for Mobile Tutorial
Monetizing your mobile game is essential in generating revenue from your game and in this tutorial I will show you the easiest way I’ve found to integrate Ads & Mediation in Unity. We will take advantage of a really good asset to speed up our development and save time. We…
Unity Android Debug Symbols Too Large Fix / Tutorial
There is a 300MB file size limit for Unity Android Debug Symbols when uploading your apk/aab to the Google Play Console. These debug symbols are useful when debugging crashes from your players. The debug symbols that Unity generates is usually larger than the limit (500MB – 2GB). In my case,…
5 Perfect Places for Milky Way Photography in Washington State
Milky Way Season is almost upon us again and while you dust off your gear and prepare, I wanted to share my 5 favorite places for milky way photography in Washington State. These milky way spots are all easy to access and find. I will leave the more ‘secret’ locations…