Issue #274 - A Look Ahead
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Unity's 2025 roadmap, plus more. Enjoy!
What’s next: A look at Unity’s 2025 roadmap - At this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC), we shared an overview of the Unity Engine roadmap for 2025. We highlighted our commitment to making Unity more stable and production-tested for game development and live operation for all users. We also provided clarity on how Unity 6.0 will be supported, a preview of what’s coming in Unity 6.1, and a look ahead to what’s next.
Unity
How Assassin's Creed Shadows makes environments look great up close and at a distance - Assassin's Creed shadows is upgrading from low-poly assets to dynamic 'virtual geometry.'
gamedeveloper.com
Unity Graph Toolkit Update (Q1 2025) - We are excited to announce the upcoming experimental package release of Graph Toolkit, a graph authoring framework designed to help you build custom node-based tools more easily and efficiently. This toolkit provides all the front-end elements and behaviors you need ready out-of-the-box, while remaining flexible enough to adapt to your project’s unique requirements.
discussions.unity.com
Videos
The Unity 2025 GDC Roadmap - At this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC), we shared an overview of the Unity Engine roadmap for 2025. We highlighted our commitment to making Unity more stable and production-tested for game development and live operation for all users. We also provided clarity on how Unity 6.0 will be supported, a preview of what’s coming in Unity 6.1, and a look ahead
Unity
Unity's NEW MeshLOD is HERE: Game-Changing Performance Improvement! (Alpha Testing) - In this video, I dive into Unity’s new MeshLOD update—currently in its Alpha phase (version 6000.2.0a7)! I’ll show you how to enable and use the MeshLOD feature, which automatically generates multiple LODs for your assets, significantly optimizing your game’s performance.
Mythmatic
Tutorial: SURVIVORS-LIKE w/ Unity DOTS & ECS - What you are seeing behind me is DOTS Survivors a complete game developed by me using Unity's data oriented technology stack and their entity component system and it's available right now for free on Steam. However DOTS Survivors is more than just a game it's actually a massive learning resource to help you learn about creating a game using unity DOTS and ECS
Turbo Makes Games
10 Little Known Unity Tips and Tricks - 10 tips to improve your Unity development workflow! In this video, I’ll cover essential insights for Unity developers, including how to leverage Unity Developer Notes to stay organized, the Uninomicon for referencing strange and undocumented Unity behaviour, and how to enhance your custom inspectors using Property Drawer default properties in Unity 6.
git-amend
Game Dev Advice I Changed My Mind On - I started giving game dev advice on YouTube over 7 years ago and have learned a lot since. Here are some beliefs about game development, that I changed my mind on!
Jonas Tyroller
Unity CEO Q&A hosted by Larry Hryb (Major Nelson) | GDC 2025 - Please join us for an exclusive Q&A with Unity’s CEO, Matt Bromberg. Our very own Larry Hryb (Major Nelson) will be sitting down with Matt to provide you with a chance to learn more about Unity’s vision, strategy, and future straight from the top!
Unity
Assets
Legendary Game Dev Environments Bundle - Game developers—it’s time to build new and unique worlds with this bundle of 5000+ legendary game assets from Leartes Studios!
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Get the assets you need to help bring your game to life, and help support Care.org with your purchase!
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$20 Asset Sale - The $20 Asset Sale will begin this week! Customers can save big as over 200 art packs, tools, hidden gems and much more will be on sale at an exceptional value.
Including Heathen Toolkits for Unity Bundle 2025, Visual Fidelity Pro Bundle, PATCH - Updating System [Plus], Infini GRASS GPU Vegetation, Edgar Pro - Procedural Level Generator, Mega-Fiers, MeshKit - Mesh Decimation, Separation, Combining and Editing Tools, and much more!
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The Best of Synty Game Dev Assets #4 Bundle - Turbo charge your game dev skills.
Game developers, build amazing worlds with this bundle of Synty polygon assets and more! Bring your projects to life quicker and make your dream game a reality while supporting a great cause. Synty assets are fully customisable and easy to use, making them accessible for game developers of all levels. Compatible with Unity and Unreal game engines—this high-quality collection features environments, characters, meshes, models, animations, and more for use. These Synty game dev assets are sure to inspire beginners and seasoned developers alike!
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FullscreenWindowTemplate - Unity WebGL template that scales to the entire browser window.
forcepusher Open Source
URPFog - Simple fog effects for URP
meryuhi Open Source
TMP-Image - Script for drawing sprite from Text Mesh Pro atlases in UGUI
codewriter-packages Open Source
Frictionless - A lightweight, simple service locator and message router framework for Unity apps
Claytonious Open Source
Unity-Grass-Instancer - Unity multiple approaches for GPU instanced grass (+ occlusion/frustum culling)
MangoButtermilch Open Source
Inputs-Manager - A new customizable and dynamic Input alternative for Unity, based on the New Input System
BxB-Studio Open Source
Free Music for your Games! - Ever since working on a few tracks for the Numina Soundtrack, I've always been jamming and experimenting around with new music.
starlit.itch.io
MasterMemory - Source Generator based Embedded Typed Readonly In-Memory Document Database for .NET and Unity.
Cysharp Open Source
ZeroAllocJobScheduler - A high-performance alloc free c# Jobscheduler.
genaray Open Source
ZLinq - Zero allocation LINQ with Span and LINQ to SIMD, LINQ to Tree (FileSystem, Json, GameObject, etc.) for all .NET platforms and Unity.
Cysharp Open Source
Shop up to 50% off Clawbear Games - Publisher Sale - We're an indie game development team with more than 5 years of making unity games for mobile, focused on the development of all kinds of creative, excellence, simple but fun and high quality games. PLUS get Maze Rotator - Complete Mobile Game Template for FREE with code CLAWBEARGAMES
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VHProject - Virtual human (avatar and agent) procedural animation toolkit for Unity.
GeoffreyGorisse Open Source
Become a 3D Artist - Mega Tutorial Bundle - Creativity unlocked with a digital paintbrush. Unlock new beauty of creating vast digital worlds—Artists, it's time to become a 3D artist with this outstanding bundle of tutorials from FastTrackTutorials! Our high-quality collection features 30+ tutorials focusing on environments, characters, models, textures, and more for use in Unreal Engine, Unity, Blender, Zbrush and many more. Get the education you need to bring your art to life, and help support the World Wildlife Fund with your purchase!
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RPG Maker Beyond Expectations Bundle - The magic of RPG Maker unleashed. Love RPGs? Start making your own with the all new RPG Maker Beyond Expectations Bundle by Gotcha Gotcha Games. Unlock your creativity through the powerful medium of video games—you’ll be surprised how user-friendly RPG Maker is too. Within this amazing bundle, you’ll gain access to premium engine tools like RPG Maker Unite, Pixel Game Maker MV, RPG MAKER VX Ace, and more! Feel the freedom of expressing your personal style through game development—show off your love for anime, high-fantasy, steam-punk, and more. Make your own games and help support Extra Life with your purchase!
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Spotlight
Primal Fray - Primal Fray is a turn-based strategy roguelite. Enter the Rift and fight your way through enemies while building a team of primals and collecting buffs along the way. Outmaneuver your foes and surprise them with powerful combos of a well-built and synergistic team to learn the truth about the Rift.
[You can get the demo on Steam]
Tymoteusz Pietruszka
My game, Call Of Dookie. Demo available on Steam
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