Issue #322 - URP, Publishing, Roadmap, and more
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Terrain/Mesh Blending URP - In this post I'll show you how to set up a blending shader for Terrain and non-terrain meshes in URP. [Also Interactive Snow w/ Tessellation for URP by Minions Art]
Minions Art
Build on Roblox and reach millions - We’re launching two new programs to back ambitious creators building the next generation of novel games. Join and we’re ready to help you build, launch, and scale.
create.roblox.com
An interactive intro to quadtrees - Quadtrees are everywhere spatial data exists. Mapping services use quadtree-like tile pyramids to serve map tiles at different zoom levels (Bing's quadkey system, for example, addresses tiles as base-4 paths). Game engines use them for collision detection and visibility culling.
growingswe.com
snakes.run: rendering 100M pixels a second over ssh · eieio.games - snakes.run is a massively multiplayer snake game that uses the Secure Snake Home (SSH) protocol. It can render 100M pixels a second.
eieio.games
Indie Game Publishing and Funding Resources - If you are developing an indie game and are looking for help with publishing or financing your project it can be incredibly confusing. Today we have gathered together some of the best resources to help you through this difficult process.
gamefromscratch.com
Videos
GDC Unity Product Update - Join our Product Team for a pre-session reveal of the latest tech and Engine updates. This is the ultimate briefing for developers looking to stay on the cutting edge of game development.
Unity
15 Minutes - One Texture - In this Blender 5 tutorial, I build a stylised 3D scene in just 15 minutes using only one texture. With basic modelling and simple UV unwrapping, you can create detailed environments quickly without complicated materials.
Grant Abbitt (Gabbitt)
NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Bennett Foddy - NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Bennett Foddy
twitch.tv
A Better Alternative to Singletons in Unity - Singletons are one of the easiest ways to get a Unity project off the ground - and one of the fastest ways to turn your codebase into spaghetti.
Gamedev Engine Room
5 Unity Certification Questions That Catch Developers Off Guard - Over the past two years we’ve been posting Unity certification quiz questions on the channel’s community page, and some of them had a surprisingly high percentage of incorrect answers. In this video we revisit several of the lowest-scoring questions and walk through the real behavior in Unity. Topics include Canvas performance, networking edge cases, ScriptableObject icons, and Unity’s property bag system. Instead of just giving the correct answer, we recreate the scenarios in Unity and explain what’s actually happening under the hood.
git-amend
Developer & Publisher Homepages - New Customization Tools - We've introduced powerful new tools for developers and publishers to customize their store homepages. Now you can customize your page colors and imagery while organizing your games in the best way for your collection. Capture the essence of your brand and highlight titles to best align with announcements, launches, and special promotions.
Steamworks Development
The craft of voice acting with Jennifer Hale - GDC Side Quest - - Today Hale is swinging by the show to discuss the modern landscape of voice acting, how developers can collaborate with performers to make better games, and discuss the impact of generative AI in the aftermath of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
Game Developer
Assets
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UnityFastCompiler - Possibility to decide when to have Unity compile, avoiding blocking the main thread at the slightest change
Kekko16004 Open Source
UnityStarter - A production-ready, modular Unity project template that provides a solid foundation for game development. Inspired by Unreal Engine architecture patterns, this template integrates proven gameplay systems, high-performance infrastructure, and modern development workflows.
MaiKuraki Open Source
TextureMerge - pack/merge textures into image channels.
fidifis Open Source
uLayout - A simple UI layout system for Unity uGUI.
pokeblokdude Open Source
univoice - Voice chat/VoIP solution for unity.
adrenak Open Source
neovim-unity - This is a guide alongside a set of projects on how to setup Neovim >= 0.11 for Unity development tasks on both Linux and Windows (and, to some degree, WSL2 under Windows). By the end of this you should have an IDE like experience without any propretiary tools/third party libraries. All 3rd party utilities are licensed under the permissive MIT License.
walcht Open Source
Unity_DropArea - Editor GUI extension for drawing a drop area.
XJINE Open Source
Unity-PlayerPrefsEx - Lightweight package with variables, custom data model support and optional encryption. Under the hood it uses the same PlayerPrefs system, but creates flexible wrapper on top.
IvanMurzak Open Source
UnityPathTracing - A real-time path tracing rendering system built in Unity URP
Kuan-Mi Open Source
VisualStateMachineV2 - A Unity C# visual node-based state machine editor. Design, visualize, and manage finite state machines (FSM) directly in the Unity Editor. UPM package.
PaulNonatomic Open Source
VNovelizer - An Excel-Driven Unity Visual Novel Plugin
Fakecorps Open Source
UnityVoxelEngine_v2 - Unity Voxel Engine v2 is an experimental voxel engine that separates responsibilities between Unity scripts and native C++ code. Unity handles project structure, scripting, and engine integration, while performance-sensitive logic is implemented in a compiled native library.
BloodyFish Open Source
GridForge-Unity - A high-performance, deterministic spatial grid management system for simulations and game development.
mrdav30 Open Source
Shop up to 50% off ReversedInt - Publisher Sale - Reversed Interactive prides itself on providing high-quality assets at affordable prices. From city packs to prop packs, with upgrade paths between similar assets to keep you on the latest release. PLUS get Mega Props: Vintage Collection for FREE with code REVERSEDINT2026
Unity Affiliate
UnityPSDLayoutTool2 - This project is explicitly based on the original UnityPSDLayoutTool and adds compatibility fixes and workflow improvements for newer Unity versions.
mesakas Open Source
UnityRuntimeCompressedTexturePacker - A Unity runtime utility that dynamically packs compressed textures to atlases to optimize VRAM and draw calls.(currently .astc only support)
wotakuro Open Source
Unity-URP-Outline - A Unity package that includes a outline render feature for Unity 6 URP and rendergraph. Integrated with URP volume system. Perfect for fast prototyping.
CristianQiu Open Source
Buttr - Buttr uses lazy instantiation and expression trees at its core, minimising reflection through compile-time source generation for attribute injection. It's designed to be lightning fast at resolving dependencies and is extendable to allow for reusable, configurable packages.
FriedCrumpets Open Source
DxCommandTerminal - Unity Command Terminal: In-Game Console
wallstop Open Source
HeightmapOnTheGPU - A dynamically tesselating, deforming terrain map made in Unity using Compute shaders
TarAlacrin Open Source
Easy-Text-Effects-for-Unity - An open-source Unity package for animating TextMeshPro text with customizable effects. Includes ready-to-use samples, real-time previews, and per-vertex animation capabilities.
LeiQiaoZhi Open Source
Stylized Grass & Dirt - A downloadable Free Texture Pack
juliovii.itch.io
SimpleTools-RuntimeCrashHandler - A small asset for Unity, that catch up all game exceptions and errors, stops game and show window with options.
ligofff Open Source
MTree - A powerful procedural tree creation tool for Unity. Now it is completely Open Source (MIT).
Warwlock Open Source
The Complete Cinematic Game Audio Bundle - Cinematic sounds at your fingertips. We’ve partnered with the experts at Audio Hero Inc. to curate The Complete Cinematic Game Audio Bundle! Engineer the perfect soundtrack for game trailers, cinematic reveals, boss battles, action scenes, dark sci-fi settings, and beyond. Upgrade to our Tier 2 collection and unlock even more amazing audio assets. Armed with 10+ SFX packs—each containing hundreds of unique assets—this bundle covers every possible sonic situation your project could run into. Pay what you want for the tones the pros use and help support the Starlight Children
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Spotlight
Go Groundshel! - What if your significant other is in danger, but you have to deal with an urgent call of nature on the way to the rescue? “Go Groundshel!” is a “Super Maria” puzzle adventure game in which a groundhog girl endeavors to save her male partner from the villain. Awkwardly stepping out of her comfort zone, she becomes a heroine who confronts enemies despite lacking combat training.
[You can get the demo on Steam]
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My game, Call Of Dookie. Demo available on Steam
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