Feb 25Member-onlyUnity: Post-Processing — Creating a Simple GlowCreating a glow can add a lot. It can draw attention or make an object more noticeable in the scene. One great use case is for science fiction blaster shots. This article is going to be a quick guide to making a capsule glow like a blaster shot from Star…Unity4 min readUnity4 min read
Nov 22, 2022Member-onlyUnity: The Command PatternThe Command Pattern is a GoF, or Gang of Four, design pattern. This design pattern’s goal is to encapsulate method calls allowing you to decouple the class that invokes a method from the class that holds the method. The Command Pattern also allows you to “undo” or “redo” commands. This…Unity5 min readUnity5 min read
Nov 21, 2022Member-onlyUnity: The Singleton PatternThe Singleton pattern is a design pattern created by the Gang of Four, GoF. The purpose of this pattern is to create a single instance of a class that can coordinate actions across a system. This article will explain how to create the Singleton Pattern in C#, and how to…Unity5 min readUnity5 min read
Nov 18, 2022Member-onlySTUPID Versus SOLID ProgrammingSOLID is an acronym that stands for the five fundamental concepts in software design. Similarly STUPID is also an acronym that stands for 6 of the most common ways programmers write bad code. This article will attempt to explain both in an easy to understand way. STUPID STUPID stands for the…Game Development4 min readGame Development4 min read
Nov 17, 2022Member-onlyUnity: Debugging Part 3 — Try/CatchBugs are inevitable and if you don’t know how to debug, then you will be doomed. …Unity4 min readUnity4 min read
Nov 16, 2022Member-onlyUnity: Debugging Part 2 — Break PointsBugs are inevitable and if you don’t know how to debug, then you will be doomed. …Unity6 min readUnity6 min read
Nov 15, 2022Member-onlyUnity: Debugging Part 1 — LogsBugs are inevitable and if you don’t know how to debug, then you will be doomed. …Unity4 min readUnity4 min read
Nov 14, 2022Member-onlyUnity: The Power of InheritanceFor any Unity developer, you may be intrinsically familiar with inheritance. The ability for any script to be a component, or utilize any Unity messages, it must inherit from the MonoBehaviour class. What Is Inheritance? Inheritance is one of the four pillars of object-oriented programming, or OOP, and is an incredibly useful concept…Unity3 min readUnity3 min read
Nov 10, 2022Member-onlyUnity: Creating XR Projects For Meta Quest DevelopmentXR is one of the fastest growing sectors within IT and Unity is an established name when it comes to XR development. This article will be a quick guide as to how to setup a new project for XR development and specifically for the Meta Quest 2. Using The Right Engine Ensure that you…Unity6 min readUnity6 min read
Nov 9, 2022Member-onlyUnity: Working With The Terrain SystemCreating a level design and world design can be daunting and creating it outside, with uneven ground and vegetation may seem a herculean task. That’s why Unity has created and constantly updated their Terrain System. Unity’s Terrain System is a built-in set of features that allow you to create a…Unity6 min readUnity6 min read
