Unity best practices
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Technical e-books
Sample project: Gem Hunter Match
2D
Graphics & rendering
- 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
DevOps
C# programming in Unity
- 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
- How to use the Model-View-ViewModel pattern
- How to use the strategy pattern
- How to use the Flyweight pattern
- How to use the Dirty Flag pattern
- A guide on using the new AI Navigation package in Unity 2022 LTS and above
- Get started with the Unity ScriptableObjects demo
- Use ScriptableObject-based events with the observer pattern
- Use ScriptableObject-based enums in your Unity project
- Separate game data and logic in Unity with ScriptableObjects
User Interface (UI)
Performance optimization
- 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
- Performance optimization: Project configuration and assets
- Tips for performance optimization in Unity: Programming and code architecture
Art & game design
- 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
Industry
Unity Gaming Services
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
Player engagement
- Improve retention at every stage of the player lifecycle
- How to apply A/B testing to games
Unity Ads
- How to monetize effectively and sustainably in mobile games
Testing, debugging, and quality assurance
New e-books
UI Toolkit for advanced Unity developers (Unity 6 edition)
Read this major new guide that focuses on UI Toolkit features, with sections covering Unity 6 capabilities like data binding, localization, custom controls, and much more.
Create popular shaders and visual effects with the Universal Render Pipeline (Unity 6 edition)
Download this e-book to learn about how to create versatile shaders and visual effects with URP in Unity 6.
Ultimate guide to profiling Unity games (Unity 6 edition)
Read this e-book to get close to 100 pages of tips for profiling, memory management, and power consumption optimization with Unity 6 tools.
Introduction to DOTS concepts, features, & samples for advanced Unity developers (Unity 6 edition)
This guide is a valuable primer for experienced Unity developers who are considering implementing Unity’s Data-Oriented Technology Stack (DOTS) in their projects.
Technical e-books for programmers
- Ultimate guide to profiling Unity games (Unity 6 edition)
- Introduction to DOTS concepts, features, & samples for advanced Unity developers (Unity 6 edition)
- Use a C# style guide for clean and scalable game code (Unity 6 edition)
- The ultimate guide to multiplayer networking for advanced Unity developers
- Optimize your game performance for mobile, XR, and the web in Unity (Unity 6)
- Optimize your game performance for consoles and PCs in Unity (Unity 6)
- Best practices for project organization and version control (Unity 6)
- 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)
Technical e-books for artists and designers
- UI Toolkit for advanced Unity developers (Unity 6 edition)
- Create popular shaders and visual effects with the Universal Render Pipeline (Unity 6 edition)
- The definitive guide to creating advanced visual effects in Unity (Unity 6 edition)
- Introduction to the Universal Render Pipeline for advanced Unity creators (Unity 6)
- 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)
New sample projects
Dragon Crashers - UI Toolkit Sample project
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.
QuizU - A UI toolkit sample
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.
Gem Hunter Match - 2D Sample Project
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.