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Posted in Architecture, Unity Programming

The Type Object pattern with Scriptable Objects

bronson
posted on September 17, 2021September 17, 2021
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This article will demonstrate how to implement the Type Object pattern in Unity using Scriptable Objects. What problem does Type Object solve? There’s plenty of literature on the subject, but

Posted in Architecture, Unity Programming

The Scriptable Object Asset Registry Pattern

bronson
posted on September 11, 2021September 21, 2021
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This article describes a pattern to serialize prefabs or any complex data. Doing so allows us to store data to disk or send it over a network to either a game server or another game client. This

Posted in Unity Programming, Utilities

Save Data with BinaryWriter and BinaryReader

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posted on August 28, 2021August 28, 2021
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This article will explore saving and loading data to a binary format through BinaryWriter and BinaryReader. Additionally, I’ll provide tips for structuring your save data. Let’s get into

Posted in Editor Tools, UI, Unity Programming

Scene Selector Tool

bronson
posted on August 21, 2021August 21, 2021
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In this article, we’ll build a custom editor window to streamline scene navigation in our project. Along the way, we’ll learn about custom menu items and the ScriptableSingleton class and

Posted in Editor Tools, UI, Unity Programming

Unity Editor Tools: The Place Objects Tool part 2

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posted on August 14, 2021August 14, 2021
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In this post, we’ll complete the Place Objects Editor Tool from the previous post. If you haven’t read that post, you can find it here. In the last post, we covered the main tool

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Unity Editor Tools: The Place Objects Tool

In this article, we’ll develop a custom editor tool to streamline placing objects in the scene. We’ll cover several helpful editor APIs, including EditorTool, PrefabUtility, Handles and

Posted in Compute Shaders, Graphics, Unity Programming

Pixelate Filter in HDRP using Compute Shaders

In this article, we’ll complete the trifecta and port our Pixelate image filter to HDRP. If you haven’t yet, I recommend reading the first post first to understand the full

Posted in Compute Shaders, Graphics, Unity Programming

Pixelate Filter in URP using Compute Shaders

This article will use the pixelate image filter from the previous post but in URP, the Universal Render Pipeline. We’ll set up a ScriptableRendererFeature and ScriptableRenderPass to run the

Posted in Compute Shaders, Graphics, Unity Programming

Pixelate filter: post-processing in a compute shader

In this article, we explore post-processing by writing a pixelate filter using a compute shader. How does post-processing work? At its core, Post-processing, aka image processing or image filters,

Posted in Graphics, Unity Programming

Mesh Deformation in Unity

In this article, I explore mesh deformation using a custom vertex shader. Andy Saia’s GDC talk on mobile effects inspired this post. If you’re interested, I linked that talk at the end of