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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.
Quickly Improve Unity Terrain Textures With MicroSplat
The terrain system in Unity is easy to learn and use but is awfully dated in terms of features and visually needs a lot of work to look great. I’m no expert in Unity Terrain but I’ve been working on a new game that uses the Terrain system and haven’t…
Unity 2024 Black Friday and Cyber Week Sale
As the holiday season approaches, Unity is kicking things into high gear with a Black Friday/Cyber Week sale. Starting on Wednesday November 20, 2024, at 08:00 PT, over 300 assets on the Unity Asset Store will be 50% off. This sale will last 12 days, ending on December 1, 2024,…
Top Tools for Staying Organized and Productive in Game Development
When it comes to game development, staying organized and on track is crucial for bringing your game to life. Managing game design documents, building game mechanics and systems, balancing game play, and filing bug reports can quickly become overwhelming. That’s why having the right productivity tools is a game-changer. Here…
Visual Unity Debugging with ALINE
In Unity game development, debugging is often time-consuming, especially when it comes to visualizing game data and interactions in real-time. If you’ve ever found yourself trying to debug game logic such as unit pathing, combat, or other in-game mechanics, you know it can become a juggling act between coding and…
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…