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Unity Garbage Collection
https://i2.wp.com/magiteker.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Garbage_Collector.png?fit=1920%2C1080When programming games one common design aspect any developer must keep in mind is that of memory management, since if forgotten or done improperly it will slow down your game and ruin the experience for your players. With this is mind the Unity development team has constructed their engine to operate using Managed Languages which […]
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Unity Design Patterns: Optimization
https://i0.wp.com/magiteker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Unity_Pattern_Logo2.png?fit=1920%2C1080Some low level optimizations present at Unite Los Angeles and Unite Europe 2016. Unite Los Angeles 2016 Move configuration data to Scriptable Objects. Utilize the new instantiate call when parenting an object. Don’t needlessly parent objects in production. Batch changes to Transforms in order to save on transform change message calls. Optimize game object transforms […]
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Unity Design Patterns: Scriptable Objects
https://i0.wp.com/magiteker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Unity_Pattern_Logo2.png?fit=1920%2C1080An interesting use of Scriptable Objects within Unity as demonstrated at Unite 2016. video Data Scriptable Object Data Scriptable Manager Instanced Scriptable Object
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Unity Audio Wave Tutorial
https://i0.wp.com/magiteker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/SynthEffect.png?fit=1154%2C418Games are dynamic systems responding on different types of data inputs to create interesting results for the player. One such source of data is Audio which can at its best help the player have an emotional connection to what’s happening on screen. So with this in mind utilizing audio is many different ways can improve […]
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Unity Shader Primer
https://i1.wp.com/magiteker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/shader_experiment.png?fit=822%2C463Shaders are one of the more obscure technologies within the Unity game engine, and while the documentation covers most of the shader language and functions it fails to provide comprehensive techniques that would result in compelling graphics. They’re core focus appears to be that of treating shaders as a black box with which materials are […]
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Fluid Simulation
https://i2.wp.com/magiteker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/fluid0.png?fit=513%2C321Using cellular automata I implemented a simple fluid simulation into the Unity Engine. Each cell in this implementation represents a unit in space containing either fluid, air, or solid mass. For each frame of the simulation a calculation is made attempting to move all the fluid into a state of equilibrium, where the fluid in […]