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Learn how lights and shadows in the Happy Harvest demo were created using the Universal Render Pipeline (URP) in Unity 2022 LTS.
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This article provides an introduction to different testing practices that will help you ship a more stable project with Unity.
- Getting started with the High Definition Render Pipeline
- Anti-aliasing, volumes, and exposure with the High Definition Render Pipeline
- Lights and shadows with HDRP
- Reflections and real-time lighting effects
- Post-processing and ray tracing with HDRP
- Introduction to the VFX Graph in Unity
- URP Project & Quality settings: Learn from the URP 3D Sample
- Tips to optimize JetBrains Rider: A cross-platform C# script editor for game developers
- 10 ways to speed up your programming workflows in Unity with Visual Studio 2019
- Understanding Unity’s serialization language, YAML
- Speed up your programmer workflows
- Formatting best practices for C# scripting in Unity
- Naming and code style tips for C# scripting in Unity
- Create modular and maintainable code with the observer pattern
- Develop a modular, flexible codebase with the state programming pattern
- Use object pooling to boost performance of C# scripts in Unity
- Build a modular codebase with MVC and MVP programming patterns
- How to use the factory pattern for object creation at runtime
- Use the command pattern for flexible and extensible game systems
- A guide on using the new AI Navigation package in Unity 2022 LTS and above
- Tools for profiling and debugging
- Performance profiling tips for game developers
- Optimize your mobile game performance: Expert tips on graphics and assets
- Optimize your mobile game performance: Get expert tips on physics, UI, and audio settings
- Helpful tips on advanced profiling
- Profiling in Unity 2021 LTS: What, when, and how
- Performance optimization for high-end graphics
- Managing GPU usage for PC and console games
- Advanced programming and code architecture
- Enhanced physics performance for smooth gameplay
- Configuring your Unity project for stronger performance
- Helpful tips on advanced profiling
- How to optimize your game with the profile analyzer
- Profiling in Unity 2021 LTS: What, when, and how
- Speed up and improve QA testing with Unity's debug class
- Using memory profiling tools in Unity to analyze memory usage
- How to troubleshoot imported animations in Unity
- Tips for building animator controllers in Unity
- Mobile optimization tips for technical artists – Part I
- Mobile optimization tips for technical artists – Part II
- Systems that create ecosystems: Emergent game design
- Unpredictably fun: The value of randomization in game design
Game development
- The eight factors of multiplayer game development
- How to manage network latency in multiplayer games
- Nine use cases for Unity’s Game Backend tools
- Designing a balanced in-game economy
- How to build and design your multiplayer game
Player engagement
- Improve retention at every stage of the player lifecycle
- How to apply A/B testing to games
- In-game chat guide for developers
- How to use SQL Data Explorer to analyze game data
- 10 first-time user experience tips for games
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- How to monetize effectively and sustainably in mobile games
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Updated for Unity 2022 LTS, this guide covers the new water system, new Terrain tools, more capabilities for creating skies, clouds, lighting effects, and more.
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Updated for Unity 2022 LTS, this guide covers additions for areas such as decals, URP quality settings and converters, comparing rendering paths to include Forward+, Full Screen Shader Graph including custom post-processing, and more.
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Get tips for using Unity’s profiling tools, programming and code architecture, project configuration and assets, and more. Learn how to enhance your mobile game’s performance.
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Pick up great tips for extensive profiling of your console and PC projects, programming code and architecture, optimizing assets and graphics, UI, physics, and animation optimizations.
- Introduction to DOTS for advanced Unity developers
- Ultimate guide to profiling Unity games
- Create a C# code style guide
- Optimize your game performance for mobile (Unity 2020 LTS)
- Optimize your console and PC game performance
- Increase productivity with Unity 2020 LTS
- Version control and project organization best practices for game developers
- Level up your programming with game programming patterns
- Level up your code with design patterns and SOLID
- Create modular game architecture in Unity with ScriptableObjects
- Optimize your mobile game performance (Unity 2022 LTS)
- Optimize your console and PC game performance (Unity 2022 LTS)
- The definitive guide to animation in Unity
- Create virtual and mixed reality experiences in Unity
- Lighting and environments in the High Definition Render Pipeline (Unity 2022 LTS)
- Introduction to the Universal Render Pipeline for advanced Unity creators (Unity 2022 LTS)
- Introduction to game level design in Unity
- Recipes for popular visual effects using the Universal Render Pipeline
- User interface design and implementation in Unity
- The definitive guide to creating advanced visual effects in Unity
- The definitive guide to lighting in the High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP) Unity 2021 LTS
- The definitive guide to lighting in the High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP) Unity 2020 LTS
- 2D game art, animation, and lighting for artists
- Introduction to the Universal Render Pipeline for advanced Unity creators
- The Unity game designer playbook
- Unity for technical artists: Key toolsets and workflows (Unity 2020 LTS edition)
- Unity for technical artists: Key toolsets and workflows (Unity 2021 LTS edition)
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This official UI Toolkit project provides game interfaces that showcase UI Toolkit and UI Builder workflows for runtime games. Explore this project with its companion e-book for more great tips.
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QuizU is an official Unity sample demonstrating various design patterns and project architecture including MVP, state pattern, managing menu screens and much more using UI Toolkit.
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Gem Hunter Match is an official Unity cross-platform sample project that showcases the capabilities of 2D lighting and visual effects in the Universal Render Pipeline (URP) in Unity 2022 LTS.