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This reading list groups some of the top technical blogs for devs from devs that we’ve shared to date. Whether posted in 2017 or 2023, each article in this list represents a resource our readers regularly return to.

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November 28, 2016

Free VFX image sequences and flipbooks

Thomas ICHÉ

It is not so common to have either resources or budget to author smoke, fire and explosion flipbooks in video game industry. Here are some image sequences we want to share with you under CC0 license. Feel free to use them in your projects. At Unity Labs Paris, we are work...

in Engine & platform | 2 min. read

Game scene with space soldier shooting a robot

February 23, 2021

Persistent data: How to save your game states and settings

Bronson Zgeb

Saving data is critical for any game. Whether you need to save high scores, preferences, or a game state, Unity offers a variety of methods – from PlayerPrefs to serializing data, encrypting it, and writing to a file.

in Games | 10 min. read

February 8, 2023

Addressables: Planning and best practices

Jeff Riesenmy

In this blog, Unity Senior Technical Product Manager Jeff Riesenmy offers a guide to the most important factors for developers to consider in order to get the most out of the Addressables system on a project.

in Engine & platform | 20 min. read

April 20, 2022

Getting started with UI Toolkit at runtime

Marina Joffrineau

UI Toolkit is a collection of features, resources, and tools made for developing user interfaces and Editor extensions. First introduced as UI Elements, UI Toolkit offers a retained-mode UI framework to facilitate the development of custom UI for Unity Editor extensions.

in Engine & platform | 20 min. read

March 13, 2019

How to setup your 2D project for retro 8-bit games

ByEduardo Oriz, Mike Geig

Many creators want to make a “retro” game but aren't sure how to acquire that look and feel. Read more to find out how to create an 8-bit retro game with Unity.

in Games | 23 min. read

July 16, 2020

Add deep links to your Unity mobile apps for better user experience

JC Cimetiere

Adding deep links within your Unity project is a simple way to drive users directly to specific content in a mobile app – no navigation required. That content becomes easily shareable and more interactive, bringing new users, guiding existing users to new content, and more. A dee...

in Engine & platform | 4 min. read

October 22, 2021

Get acquainted with HDRP settings for enhanced performance

ByMathieu Muller, Nancy LaRue, Vic Cooper, Victor Lui

Learn how to leverage High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP) settings to maximize performance and achieve powerful graphics all at once.

in Engine & platform | 13 min. read

March 18, 2019

Learn Isometric 2D environments with Tilemap

Alice Hinton-Jones

Unity's Isometric Tilemap system allows game creators to customize and iterate detailed 2D-level designs with hexagonal grid layouts, brush tools, and more!

in Engine & platform | 18 min. read

October 5, 2018

Art that moves: Creating animated materials with Shader Graph

John O'Reilly

In Unity 2018.2 we added the “Vertex Position” input to Shader Graph, allowing you to adjust and animate your meshes. In this blog post, I’ll demonstrate how you can create your own vertex animation shaders, and provide some common examples such as a wind and a water shader. If y...

in Engine & platform | 12 min. read

June 29, 2017

Spotlight Team best practices: Optimizing the hierarchy

William Armstrong

On the Spotlight Team, we work with the most ambitious Unity developers to try to push the boundary of what a Unity game can be. We see all sorts of innovative and brilliant solutions for complex graphics, performance, and design problems. We also see the same set of issues and s...

in Engine & platform | 4 min. read

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