The Evolution of Aiming in Voyager
Voyager is a game is about science. Not just in the “you’re launching a space probe” sense, but in that the core loop is about experimentation. Make a hypothesis (I …
MonoBehaviour Singletons
The Singleton pattern is often used overused abused in Unity to take advantage of its global access properties. I find it is usually better practice to address those requirements through …
Dependency Provider
NOTE: I no longer use, or recommend, the DependencyProvider. There are a number of reasons why this is the case, not the least of which because it didn’t work on …
Locating Dependencies
Most components don’t exist in isolation. Sooner or later, they’re going to need to talk to each other, which raises the question of how they should acquire references to one …
Scene Name Attribute
Lots of times, I have scripts that need to be configured with the name of a specific scene. A button might need the name of the menu it loads when …
Pool Manager
When I started to understand the importance of object pooling in Unity, I had a hard time finding an implementation that fit my needs. I love the asset store and …
Hide in Inspector
Editor scripting in Unity is one of the more powerful tools available for improving workflow. It’s great to be able to write my own editor window to add new features …
Bindable Values
Let’s say I want Script B to perform some logic whenever a variable in Script A changes. It’s a pretty basic problem, but unfortunately, one that is rarely given the …
Custom Script Templates
I hate busywork. Whenever I add a new script to a Unity project, it comes with some requisite amount of whitespace cleanup, re-commenting, and other housekeeping I need to do …
Setting up a Framework Directory
The first step to creating a great reusable development framework is to have a way of effortlessly sharing code across multiple projects. This is a little trickier than one might …