All of our Unity Tips

#UnityTips Another very simple use of ScriptableObjects is a self-contained variable stored in your assets.

It lets you define new GameVars directly in the editor.#gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/v4Ny8Tf6rF

— Binary Impact (@BinaryImpactG) April 21, 2020

#UnityTip If you need to check if a GameObject is active, mind the difference between activeSelf and activeInHierarchy. You might get unexpected results.

More Details in the image.#gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/IaTvsGL4w4

— Binary Impact (@BinaryImpactG) April 14, 2020

#UnityTips Use collider geometry you can see in your scene and this snippet to hide it in play mode and build.

That way its visible while you work on it and you cant forget to hide it manually.

Of course here it makes no sense, it is just an example 😉#indiedev #gamedev pic.twitter.com/VkndgLkieD

— Binary Impact (@BinaryImpactG) April 7, 2020

#UnityTips Do not forget to set an object to dirty when modifying public data with an editor script.

Switching to Play Mode or restarting will NOT serialize it!

Find a hidden bonustip in the #code 🙂#gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/p0snwnc0yA

— Binary Impact (@BinaryImpactG) March 31, 2020

#UnityTips Pimp up your particle effect with texture sheet animations. 💨

Set the texture, enable texture sheet animation and set the correct tile size.

The example is from our game 🙂#gamedev #indiedev #vfx pic.twitter.com/fU4S8TRSUL

— Binary Impact (@BinaryImpactG) March 24, 2020

#UnityTips A little #code heavy today.
How to store control overrides made in the new input system to the PlayerPrefs and load it again.
Call LoadControlOverrides on Awake. Call StoreControlOverrides after the UI rebinding calls as in the sample #unity provides.#csharp #gamedev pic.twitter.com/cC82sjOKVp

— Binary Impact (@BinaryImpactG) March 17, 2020