I teach middleware (practical programming) to game design students and here's my ✨Top 7 Universal Technical Game Dev Tips✨ I mostly work in Unity, but these should generally apply to all engines. Please add more, if you have some ideas! 🧵 #gamedev #indiedev #programming #UnityTips #Unity3d - ThreadSky

ondrejpaska.bsky.social • 137 days ago

I teach middleware (practical programming) to game design students and here's my

✨Top 7 Universal Technical Game Dev Tips✨

I mostly work in Unity, but these should generally apply to all engines.

Please add more, if you have some ideas!
🧵 #gamedev #indiedev #programming #UnityTips #Unity3d

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uk-resistant.bsky.social•137 days ago

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ondrejpaska.bsky.social•137 days ago

1] Use a SCM tool (git, plastic, etc...) - never be afraid to delete old, obsolete stuff from your project. You can't reason about your code if it's just a big mess.

ondrejpaska.bsky.social•137 days ago

2] Mess with geometry on the fly. The engines make it seem very static - import mesh from a 3D program and that's it. But be aware that you can also construct meshes on the fly or mess with vertices/UVs in scripts and in shaders. It's fun 😊

ondrejpaska.bsky.social•137 days ago

3] Extend your editor - add tools to help with repetitive tasks and to catch errors. Investing effort early will pay off near the finish line.

ondrejpaska.bsky.social•137 days ago

4] Connect google sheets - some things are better edited with google sheets, especially helpful with multiple collaborators, for things like translations or game design parameters (e.g. weapon stats). Connecting to google sheets is easy using their Javascript API

ondrejpaska.bsky.social•137 days ago

5] Measure before Optimizing - some things are fast, some things are slow, without profiling how can you be really sure you've made things faster? see also: premature optimization is the root of all evil.

ondrejpaska.bsky.social•137 days ago

6] Make it work, than make it fast - connected to the last point, try to first validate your game design ideas, before spending time optimizing their code. You might cut them entirely and that time would be wasted.

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