Indirect Rendering With Compute Shaders

An example of rendering numerous instances in Unity3D using Compute shaders for culling and LOD'ing and Graphics.DrawMeshInstancedIndirect to draw.

https://github.com/ellioman/Indirect-Rendering-With-Compute-Shaders

#indirect #computeshader #rendering

URP Grab Pass: Replacement for GrabPass in Unity's Universal Render Pipeline (URP).

https://github.com/Haruma-K/URPGrabPass

Why grab pass is a heavy operation: https://forum.unity.com/threads/grabpass-and-multi-pass-shaders-in-urp.1342121/

#urp #grabpass

Safe ways to use defines

Some advice on how to properly manage preprocessor directives in Unity projects.

https://medium.com/hypemasters/safe-ways-to-use-defines-4cb53c43a882

#define

Dynamic destruction in Radio Viscera

Not a Unity game, but a great story about how wall destruction was implemented. Can be used as a reference for a custom destruction system.

https://fire-face.com/destruction/

#destruction

Toon Render Pipeline (Unity SRP): A Scriptable Render Pipeline (SRP) designed specifically for toon/stylized visuals.

https://github.com/Delt06/toon-rp

#toon #srp

AI powered fluid simulations

https://echoesofsomewhere.com/2023/04/06/ai-fluid-simulations/

#fluid #simulation

SPCRJointDynamics: A bone physics engine for cloth.

SPCRJointDynamics uses cross simulation algorithm (mass-spring-damper model) to animate the bones in real-time. For direct use for skirts and hairs, we mainly focused on the overall appearance rather than the physically accurate behaviors.

https://github.com/SPARK-inc/SPCRJointDynamics

#clothphysics #cloth

Unity-Textures-Hunter: Provides summary of all textures and atlases in Unity project

It makes an analysis of non-atlas textures to give some recommendations upon their compression settings.
It also helps to analyze all your atlases at once and highlights issues if their textures used in Resources and/or Addressables (which may lead to duplicated textures in build).

https://github.com/AlexeyPerov/Unity-Textures-Hunter

#editortools #optimization #texture

Unity Tip - You can 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 an 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 in Unity 🔍 by selecting it and pressing 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 + 𝗛

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/123fo56/unity_tip_you_can_𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲_an_𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁_in_unity_by/

#tips #editor

Screen Space Path Tracing for Unity's URP (Universal Render Pipeline). Using the full screen pass renderer feature in URP 14.

https://github.com/jiaozi158/UnitySSPathTracingURP

Difference between ray tracing and path tracing: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2022/03/23/what-is-path-tracing/

#pathtracing #urp #shadergraph

The World's Smallest Hash Table

An example how you can optimize an algorithm knowing the details of your particular problem

https://orlp.net/blog/worlds-smallest-hash-table/

#optimization

SebLague/Ray-Tracing

A very simple (and slow) ray tracer, coded in C# and HLSL in the Unity engine.

https://github.com/SebLague/Ray-Tracing

You can watch a video about the project here: https://youtu.be/Qz0KTGYJtUk

#raytracing #shader

EasyTimeSlicing makes it easy to slice heavy tasks into consequent game frames to execute and helps to keep the game running smoothly and avoid janks or spikes.

Time slicing is a useful technique for optimizing the performance and consistency of games, but should be used carefully to not affect the gameplay too much.

https://github.com/aillieo/EasyTimeSlicing

#slicing

Unity-Demo-Hair-Tests: Various tests of Unity's demo hair system, and Alembic particle grooms imported from Blender.

https://github.com/TCKingCeryn/Unity-Demo-Hair-Tests

#hair #physics

AmogusDither: A simple, customizable dither pixel shader for Unity3D, with an Amogus twist

https://github.com/nbarber20/AmogusDither

#dither #shader

Unity Localized App Title: Localize your Unity app's name and/or icon on Android & iOS

This plugin helps you localize your app's name and/or icon on Android & iOS. Note that the icon doesn't automatically change with the device language on iOS but it's possible to change it at runtime via scripting API.

https://github.com/yasirkula/UnityMobileLocalizedAppTitle

#localization #native

Checklist: How To Create a Unity Asset? (HQ PDF-file with Clickable Links in Comments)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/131qndv/checklist_how_to_create_unity_asset_hq_pdffile/

#assetstore

Unity3DCrossSectionShader: CG shader for unity3D to create a cross section through meshes

https://github.com/Dandarawy/Unity3DCrossSectionShader

#slice #crosssection #shader

Slicing away a mesh visually with just 1 line of code.

A simple technique to slice a mesh, but doesn't allow slicing into more than 2 parts that easy.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/137ggh4/slicing_away_a_mesh_visually_with_just_1_line_of/

#shader #slice

Mouse hover highlight for project window

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/138dp58/mouse_hover_highlight_for_project_window/

Script: https://pastebin.com/YY0qWwSW

#editortool

Popular Roguelike Creators on Design Choices

The article covers topics such as the definition of a roguelike game, the challenges of procedural generation, player choice and permadeath. The designers also share their thoughts on the importance of accessibility and how they approach balancing randomness and player agency in their games. The article provides a useful insight into the design philosophies and decision-making processes of successful roguelike game creators, making it a helpful resource for those interested in developing or understanding this genre of games.

https://80.lv/articles/80-level-digest-popular-roguelike-creators-on-design-choices/

#gamedesign #roguelike #postmortem