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- How AI enables the creation of high-quality ads 2025-02-06In the world of mobile app advertising, your ability to convert users is as strong as the ads you produce. And creating high-quality ads requires winning creatives. But producing quality creatives at scale can be a huge challenge. This is where AI comes into play.Let’s break down how AI has improved Unity’s ad design studio’s […]
- The power of Q1: how to unlock maximum scale with on-device advertising in 2025 2025-02-06When it comes to maximizing your app’s performance, there is no better time than the present. In the first quarter of 2024, users spent $15.5 billion in app, a 19.4% rise year over year (Sensor Tower). Momentum in the app market is growing, and the best time to take advantage of it is the very […]
- Transforming concrete training: how ForgeFX creates VR training solutions 2025-01-20Somero Enterprises, a global leader in concrete leveling technology, partnered with ForgeFX to revolutionize operator training with an immersive virtual reality (VR) solution for their S-22EZ Laser Screed® machine. For concrete professionals, this immersive training solution reduces high training costs and logistical challenges, while equipping operators with a hands-on, safe, and engaging learning environment. By […]
- Revolutionizing the machinery and robotics industry: an insider’s view of Unity and the reality of digital twins 2025-01-16Thomas Strigl has 18+ years of experience in creating and distributing simulation and commissioning software solutions. He recognizes that the modern robotics and machinery industry requires innovative solutions. This is why Thomas founded realvirtual.io in 2018, with the aim to pursue opportunities to embrace gaming technology to solve the challenges of complex automation systems. In […]
- Games made with Unity: December 2024 in review 2025-01-13As 2024 came to a close, some of the most exciting releases of the year hit just in time for the holidays—many of them showcasing the power and versatility of what devs can do with Unity. From the long-awaited 1.0 release of Caves of Qud, a 14-year labor of love, to the retro-inspired MMORPG Pantheon: […]
- 2025 Mobile gaming trends: Unity perspectives 2025-01-07The mobile gaming industry experienced yet another transformative year in 2024, with the continuation of key trends and the emergence of new opportunities for growth in 2025. As Sensor Tower highlights in the industry perspectives part of this blog series, the mobile gaming industry is on the rise. According to Sensor Tower data, consumer revenue […]
- 2025 Mobile gaming trends: Industry perspectives 2025-01-072024 was a year of stability and back-to-basics for the mobile gaming industry. We saw more developers and publishers prioritize successful live titles within their genres of expertise, instead of launching new titles in different categories. This focus transformed the 2024 landscape, driving record-breaking growth for evergreen titles and making reliance on established IP and […]
- Games made with Unity: 2024 in review 2024-12-30Wondering what games were Made with Unity in 2024? We've done our best to collate as many as possible. This is a long list, so we’ve attempted to categorize projects by genre (including Action, Comedy, Horror, Metroidvania, and Survival) to make it easier to parse. Hopefully, you can find something that inspires what you’re making […]
- It’s a wrap: 2024 technical content roundup 2024-12-18A few years ago, we created our first 100+ page e-book on performance optimization for mobile games, and quickly followed up with a similar guide for PC and consoles. We wanted to share the insights and general best practices from Unity support engineers who have worked on numerous Unity games with the rest of the […]
- Celebrating Unity games this awards season 2024-12-18It’s December once again, which can only mean one thing – the video games award season is in full swing! Following the excitement of last week’s wins and reveals at The Game Awards, we wanted to round up some of the exciting news and the Unity games that have been honored at some recent events.Amid […]
- Spotlight on mobile game growth: 2024 customer successes and insights 2024-12-172024 was a monumental year for studios of all sizes in the gaming and app industry. Our customer stories highlight the achievements of these studios, while our industry reports and trend pieces provide data-driven insights to help studios of all sizes inform their growth strategies.Let’s dive into the customer success stories, reports, and articles that […]
- Google Play Indie Games Fund 2024 - Games Made with Unity 2024-12-16Google Play’s annual Indie Games Fund for LATAM is back with $2 million in funding and hands-on support to empower Latin America’s brightest game creators. Designed to uplift small studios, this program offers not only financial backing but also expert guidance and technical resources, ensuring developers can bring their creative visions to life. For the […]
- 6 ways to start building for Android XR with Unity 6 2024-12-12Today, Google unveiled Android XR, a new Android platform built for next-generation devices. We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with Google to provide experimental platform support for Android XR, including dedicated documentation and optimizations to help you provide comfortable, performant experiences for players and users. For extensive info on all the tools and features we […]
- Mobile Gaming’s Shift from Hyper to Hybrid-Casual Games 2024-12-12In the State of Play series, we share in-depth interviews with featured industry experts at Unity events.In our first interview, we sat down with Samantha Benjamin, Director of Growth and LiveOps at Supersonic from Unity. At Appfest 2024, Samantha analyzed mobile gaming’s industry-wide shift from hyper-casual to hybrid-casual games. Here, she shares her insights into […]
- Get our new technical e-book on multiplayer networking for Unity developers 2024-12-10Are you an experienced developer of single-player games that plans to make your first multiplayer project in Unity? Then be sure to check out our new technical e-book for multiplayer networking, which is now available to download.We made this all-new guide with a twofold aim: First, to provide you with a foundational, detailed explanation of […]
- Unity for Humanity 2025 grant now open 2024-12-02Real-time 3D (RT3D) is transforming how we approach social impact, and we’re excited to continue supporting creators who harness this technology to build a more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable world. Today, we’re thrilled to announce that applications are open for the Unity for Humanity 2025 Grant, an opportunity for creators to secure funding for their […]
- Get the most out of the VFX Graph in Unity 6 with our updated e-book for artists 2024-12-02To orchestrate their creations, visual effects artists need a sophisticated understanding of shape, lighting effects, color, volume of particle effects, speed of movement, and timing.The VFX Graph is Unity’s node-based visual logic system for creating visual effects in games. It provides all the capabilities you need to create GPU-accelerated visual effects.Now, you can get our […]
- Games made with Unity: November 2024 2024-12-02November was packed with game releases and some pretty sizable updates, including the new Undead update for DOTS-powered Diplomacy is Not an Option from our friends at Door 407. Want to use mountains of corpses as barriers? Now, you can!Steam curator list: Better TogetherWith many families coming together for the holiday season soon, we thought […]
- 6 Ways to Get Started with Unity 6 2024-11-25The exciting release of Unity 6 is here, marking a significant milestone in the world of game development and real-time 3D applications. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting out, Unity 6 offers a wealth of features and enhancements designed to unleash your creative potential. This blog will guide you through six effective ways […]
- Unity 6 UI Toolkit: News and updates 2024-11-19In the fast-paced world of game development, creating an engaging user interface (UI) is just as crucial as refining game mechanics or crafting stunning visuals. A well-designed UI serves as the bridge between players and the experience you've crafted – it can make or break immersion. As games grow in complexity, the need for intuitive, […]
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- Is The Quest 3S Meta’s Most Affordable Mixed Reality Headset? 2025-02-04When the Meta Quest 3 launched in October last year, it quickly established itself as more than just an upgraded Quest 2; it was a whole new ball game! Together with its wonderfully-responsive touch controls, the Meta Quest 3 offered far more than just a more streamlined, comfortable virtual reality headset with outstanding visuals and […]David Layzelle
- New Approaches to Providing Global Lighting for Your Worlds in Unity 6 2025-01-28With the much-anticipated Unity 6 release just around the corner, our delve into the preview has highlighted some major new features, including new ways to add light and illumination to your worlds. Lighting is so important in complex gaming systems and can be a real make-or break issue with users. Get the lighting right and […]David Layzelle
- CES 2025 Review 2025-01-21It is the 10th of January in the year 2025, and the location is Las Vegas. Over 141,000 people from all over the world visited the Consumer Electronics Show 2025 (CES 2025), which is widely considered to be the most important technology event in the world. More than 4500 exhibitors, including 1400 startups, and more […]David Layzelle
- Ray Ban Meta Smart Glasses: The Review 2025-01-14I have to admit that I have admired the Ray Ban smart-glasses range since they were first introduced in 2020. They represent at least three things that I like; Ray Ban sunglasses, Meta products, and wearable technology. What’s not to like? Of course, with us nearly being out of the first quarter of the 21st […]David Layzelle
- VR Aids Labour Pains 2025-01-10We have spoken at length before about how VR is being used in healthcare as both an educational and a training tool, but less so about how immersive systems can positively impact pain management. This, however, is a growing area of interest, and one that seems to have huge potential. Alternatives to Pharmaceuticals in Pain […]David Layzelle
- Wanderer on Meta Quest: Time to Get Wandering Again 2024-12-04Meta Quest was launched with some wonderful Apps, many of which have fallen by the wayside as new, more exciting experiences but with many being updated, there are plenty that are worth revisiting. Without a doubt, Meta’s “Wanderer” is one of those. Wanderer enables the integration of Google Street View into virtual reality, granting easy […]David Layzelle
- How AI and Spatial Computing Are Positively Impacting Education 2024-11-26A few decades ago, artificial intelligence was only a jargon phrase that was frequently used in science fiction. However, over the course of the past few years, it has gained widespread acceptance as it has become an increasingly integral part of our everyday life. The high-technology sectors of businesses such as healthcare, transportation, retail, and […]David Layzelle
- Protect Your Identity in the Metaverse 2024-11-19For most, the Metaverse represents an opportunity to integrate with others in a virtual universe, make new friends and experience the best of virtual interactions. However, for some, the Metaverse is just another budding area in which to steal data and hoodwink people into giving up their money. The Metaverse is a huge opportunity, but […]David Layzelle
- Apple Intelligence: AI For All 2024-11-12Apple have had an interest in AI applications for some time, but it seems that they are in no hurry to roll anything out. This is typical of the Cupertino company, which has a rich history of taking its time to get things going. Apple may have hit the ground with the touchscreen smartphone in […]David Layzelle
- What happened at Meta Connect 2024? 2024-11-05The 25th September saw the yearly and much anticipated Meta Connect event take place, and we had some cracking announcements from the Menlo Park company. Let’s delve right in and get to the bones of what is up and coming in the technology giant. Keynote Takeaways Mark Zuckerberg started the conference with an action-packed overview […]David Layzelle
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- L’IA générative (Midjourney / ChatGPT) au service du JV 2023-04-11L’intelligence artificielle générative comme ChatGPT pour le texte et Midjourney pour la création d’images, peut être utilisée dans le cadre du développement de jeux vidéo. En effet, un jeu vidéo a besoin de texte (histoire, scénario, dialogues, …) mais aussi … L’IA générative (Midjourney / ChatGPT) au service du JV Read More » L’article L’IA […]Anthony
- Comment modéliser des personnages 3D ? 2022-11-25Pour faire un jeu vidéo, il faut des assets, des modèles 3D pour les décors mais surtout des personnages 3D animés. Ces personnages sont essentiels pour créer des PNJ ou le héros principal de l’histoire de votre jeu vidéo. Pour … Comment modéliser des personnages 3D ? Read More » L’article Comment modéliser des personnages […]Anthony
- Créer des jeux mobile hyper casual avec Unity 2021-11-12Le tutoriel vidéo complet sur le développement de jeux hypercasual avec Unity ! Unity est le moteur de jeu le plus utilisé au monde pour le développement de jeux vidéo pour mobiles et tablettes. Plus de la moitié des jeux … Créer des jeux mobile hyper casual avec Unity Read More » L’article Créer des […]Anthony
- Modéliser des environnements 3D pour jeux vidéo avec Blender 2021-08-19Qu’est ce que Blender ? Blender est un logiciel de modélisation 3D libre et gratuit. Cet outil permet de modéliser en 3D pour créer des images de synthèse, des films d’animation, des modèles 3D pour jeux vidéo… La première version … Modéliser des environnements 3D pour jeux vidéo avec Blender Read More » L’article Modéliser […]Anthony
- Fiche mémo sur les PlayerPrefs avec Unity 2021-06-02La classe PlayerPrefs de Unity permet de sauvegarder sur le disque de l’utilisateur des données. Ces données sont enregistrées et conservées même après la fermeture du jeu ou l’extinction de l’ordinateur de l’utilisateur. Il est possible de sauvegarder (Set) des … Fiche mémo sur les PlayerPrefs avec Unity Read More » L’article Fiche mémo sur […]Anthony
- Dèv Vlog : Créer et commercialiser un jeu vidéo Unity 2021-02-02Je me suis lancé dans un petit projet qui me tient à cœur : Développer, optimiser et commercialiser un jeu vidéo mobile. Le tout en collaborant avec un éditeur de jeux et en réalisant des vidéos pour les partager avec … Dèv Vlog : Créer et commercialiser un jeu vidéo Unity Read More » L’article […]Anthony
- Comment devenir développeur de jeux vidéo ? 2020-09-12Devenir développeur de jeux vidéo et vivre de sa passion est possible et accessible à tous. Attention, avec un diplôme d’ingénieur et plusieurs références, plus de portes s’ouvriront à vous ; mais même sans diplômes, vous pouvez percer dans le … Comment devenir développeur de jeux vidéo ? Read More » L’article Comment devenir développeur […]Anthony
- Unity VS Godot : Quelles différences ? 2020-07-31Unity engine comme Godot engine sont des moteurs de jeux. Unity est plus ancien donc plus mature mais les deux logiciels se valent et permettent de développer des jeux vidéo 2D ou 3D pour toutes les plateformes. Cependant, quelques différences … Unity VS Godot : Quelles différences ? Read More » L’article Unity VS Godot […]Anthony
- Unity 2020.1 est enfin disponible ! 2020-07-23Ça y est, la version 2020.1 de Unity est désormais disponible au téléchargement en version finale. Vous allez pouvoir en profiter et créer vos jeux avec un outil à la pointe de la technologie ! Cela fait un moment que … Unity 2020.1 est enfin disponible ! Read More » L’article Unity 2020.1 est enfin […]Anthony
- 15 conseils pour améliorer vos jeux (Partie 3/3) 2020-07-17Voici le dernier article de la série. Ici je vous présente les 5 dernières astuces pour améliorer vos jeux. Si vous avez raté les précédents articles, voici le lien vers le premier : N’ayez pas peur d’abuser des effets de … 15 conseils pour améliorer vos jeux (Partie 3/3) Read More » L’article 15 conseils […]Anthony
Unity Coding – Unity3D
- MotionVector Effect: Object “disappears” when paused 2024-12-11Tried to make similar effect like this:https://x.com/80Level/status/1866460357566370049 Looks ok, took some effort to find motionvector info.. Source: (shader and blit script)https://gist.github.com/unitycoder/2b39d009505895169ef0fd34fe9b3aa2 Resources:– Noise texture generator: https://tools.unitycoder.com/RandomNoiseTextureGenerator/– 512×512 noise texture: https://github.com/unitycoder/GraphicsAndTexturesThatYouAlwaysNeed/blob/master/Noise/RandomGrayscaleNoise512x512.png Making of:mgear
- [GreaseMonkey] Unity Forum Fixer 2024-09-23Unitys new discourse forums are quite horrible.. so have to fix manually again: GreaseMonkey plugin script:https://github.com/unitycoder/UnityForumFixer Still long list to-do:https://github.com/unitycoder/UnityForumFixer/issues/1 Current Before & After Images:mgear
- UnityHub: Make Hub application background Translucent 2024-07-04You can modify UnityHub to enable Translucent Background!*Note Win10, you need to have transparent color enabled in settings: https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmagic/transparent-taskbar-win-10.html Steps:– Follow initial steps to unpack asar https://github.com/unitycoder/UnityHubModding– edit app/build/renderer/index.html, add line: html, body, #app {background-color: rgba(0.7, 0.7, 0.7, 0.2) !important;}– edit app/build/main/windowManager/baseWindow.js// find lineconst backgroundColor […]mgear
- Customize SpriteShapeRenderer quality (but has issues) 2024-05-26Tried using custom shader to have “bend” surface for SpriteShapeRenderer, and it works.. but the mesh is so low resolution, that it doesnt look nice.. Then tried to increase SpriteShape mesh resolution, which worked – but inner mesh and collider broke. (and didnt have time […]mgear
- Editor tool: Copy selected gameobject’s names into clipboard as rows (for Excel) 2024-05-17Small tool to copy selected gameobjects names into textarea (in correct hierarchy order),so you can copy paste them into Excel. Get source and place into Assets/Editor/ folder(then you can use it from Menu: Tools/Copy GameObject Names)https://github.com/UnityCommunity/UnityLibrary/blob/master/Assets/Scripts/Editor/BatchTools/CopyGameObjectNames.csmgear
- Editor tool: Replace string in selected gameobject’s names 2024-05-17small tool to replace string from selected gameobject names,download from here and place into Assets/Editor/ folder:https://github.com/UnityCommunity/UnityLibrary/blob/master/Assets/Scripts/Editor/BatchTools/ReplaceCharacterInGameObjectNames.cs Then you can use it from Menu: “Tools/Replace Characters in GameObject Names” ^This would rename “Cube|aaa” into “Cube@aaa” and so on.mgear
- UnityHub: Enable built-in Login Dialog (no more browser login/logout issues!) 2024-04-26Just noticed that Unity Hub has builtin login dialog system hidden inside! Steps– Unpack your app.asar, see info https://github.com/unitycoder/UnityHubModding– Open Unity Hub\resources\app\build\main\services\authService\AuthService.js// Find lineif ((0, appDefaultProtocolClientHelpers_1.isUnityHubProtocolHandled)()) {// replace with (to make this “if” be false, so that createLoginWindow gets called instead)if (1==0 && (0, appDefaultProtocolClientHelpers_1.isUnityHubProtocolHandled)()) […]mgear
- Use TikTok-TTS in Unity (with WebRequest) 2024-04-24Was watching some weird physics based game developed at https://www.twitch.tv/clayman_dev and they used node.js+tiktok TTS to play funny text-to-speech sounds! Then found this library, https://github.com/Steve0929/tiktok-tts (took a while to get it working as node.js, due to sessionid+server mismatch, but posted solution here https://github.com/Steve0929/tiktok-tts/issues/17 ) Then […]mgear
- Create Scene Thumbnail Image using OnSceneSaved & OnPreviewGUI 2024-04-07Testing about creating Scene Preview image from Scene Camera view, when scene is savedand then display that preview image when scene is selected! Resources:– https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SceneManagement.EditorSceneManager-sceneSaved.html– https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Editor.OnPreviewGUI.html Forum thread: (where i got the idea to try)https://forum.unity.com/threads/2024-and-still-no-snapshot.1575175/ Source:https://gist.github.com/unitycoder/b740b9db92e454d83ade8528d5e1f382 VIDEO: (making of) New: One other alternative,can use RenderStaticPreview […]mgear
- webgl+javascript TTS 2024-03-18Quick TTS test, uses jslib to call js SpeechSynthesisUtterance. sample project:https://github.com/unitycoder/webgl-js-TTS webgl demo:https://unitycoder.com/upload/demos/webglTTSjs/ References:https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/webgl-interactingwithbrowserscripting.htmlmgear