Here’s how to easily set custom icons for your Scriptable Objects in Unity with this attribute! It makes it easy to identify and also get a preview of your scriptable objects from the project view. I frequently use scriptable objects to define game data (things like items, skills, crafting recipes, etc) and while I make…
As a game developer, you know that finding or creating 2D assets and animations takes a massive amount of time and manual effort. But what if there was a way to streamline the art pipeline and generate game ready sprites in a fraction of the time? Well, there is, and it’s called PixelLab! PixelLab is…
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 been happy with how the…
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, at 8:59:59 PT. But that’s…
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 are five essential tools I…
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 visualization. The debugger and log…
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, debugging, linters, suggestions, and much…
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 to install for Unity, so…
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 a basic UI system to…
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 7:59:59 PT. But that’s not…