https://gamedevjelly.com/Unity guides, tutorials and repos, hand-filteredenhttps://jettelly.com/blog/building-a-fire-tornado-with-ring-particles-in-unityhttps://jettelly.com/blog/building-a-fire-tornado-with-ring-particles-in-unitySun, 11 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Breakdown of a fire tornado made from stacked rising ring particles in Unity's particle system.Fire, magic & impactsParticles & VFX Graphhttps://jettelly.com/blog/shooting-holes-through-walls-in-unity-with-manifoldcsghttps://jettelly.com/blog/shooting-holes-through-walls-in-unity-with-manifoldcsgFri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000How each shot cuts a hole through a wall mesh at runtime using ManifoldCSG.Gameplay systems & mechanicsVertex displacement & animationhttps://catlikecoding.com/unity/custom-srp/7-3/https://catlikecoding.com/unity/custom-srp/7-3/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Custom SRP tutorial converting shadow passes to raster render passes.Lighting & shadowsRender pipelines & SRPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCyuLvA_g74https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCyuLvA_g74Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000What Unity's move from Mono to CoreCLR changes in practice, including what may break builds or workflows.Builds, version control & DevOpsC# & architecturehttps://jettelly.com/blog/giving-a-simple-fighter-personality-in-unityhttps://jettelly.com/blog/giving-a-simple-fighter-personality-in-unityThu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Breakdown of procedural animation that gives a legless, faceless fighter character and weight.Animation, rigging & IKhttps://unity.com/blog/echo-weaver-time-loop-unityhttps://unity.com/blog/echo-weaver-time-loop-unityThu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Chunk streaming, loop-reset architecture and 2D optimization tips from a time-loop Unity 6 game.2D gamesGameplay systems & mechanicsPerformance & optimizationhttps://blog.febucci.com/2026/10/dialogue-sounds-toolkit-for-unity-is-out/https://blog.febucci.com/2026/10/dialogue-sounds-toolkit-for-unity-is-out/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000A toolkit for dialogue blips, typewriter sounds and customisable voice-like sound palettes for Unity characters.AudioGameplay systems & mechanicshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq_LS3lIRbUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq_LS3lIRbUTue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Backdrop Filters are a brand new (in Unity 6.6) feature in UI Toolkit that allow us to attach special effects to the "backdrop" of visual elements. This enables us to have really cool effects like a bAudioUI & UI Toolkithttps://minionsart.github.io/tutorials/Posts.html?post=spooky_particleshttps://minionsart.github.io/tutorials/Posts.html?post=spooky_particlesMon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Tutorial post with files for animating mesh particles using vertex colors, updated with axis fixes.Particles & VFX GraphVertex displacement & animationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFyHcozTF3Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFyHcozTF3YSun, 04 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000NavWorld is Unity 6.6’s way to query a NavMesh from a job. This video covers what that handle actually is, how it picks up the surfaces and links you already loaded, and why CalculatePath on the main AI, pathfinding & boidshttps://jettelly.com/blog/a-stylized-take-on-eldritch-blast-vfx-in-unityhttps://jettelly.com/blog/a-stylized-take-on-eldritch-blast-vfx-in-unitySat, 03 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Breakdown of a stylized magic blast whose inner eyes are fully procedural.Fire, magic & impactsParticles & VFX Graphhttps://catlikecoding.com/unity/hex-map/5-6/https://catlikecoding.com/unity/hex-map/5-6/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Hex Map 5.6 update converting climate creation into a Burst job.DOTS, ECS, Jobs & BurstProcedural generationhttps://jettelly.com/blog/making-dark-roll-2-s-pillow-feel-soft-in-unityhttps://jettelly.com/blog/making-dark-roll-2-s-pillow-feel-soft-in-unityFri, 02 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000How a mesh deformation script for a soft landing pillow was reused for the game's sludge.Physics & collisionsVertex displacement & animationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyNWDzO6kKQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyNWDzO6kKQThu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Libraries, packages & assetshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbwsoergiGEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbwsoergiGEThu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Backdrop filters apply to what's BEHIND the UI element, while the filters apply to the UI element itself!UI & UI Toolkithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPNjjCOjxB4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPNjjCOjxB4Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000✅ 50+ Tools and Elements to help you make games BETTER and FASTER!Libraries, packages & assetshttps://bsky.app/profile/freya.bsky.social/post/3mwqvwetixc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/freya.bsky.social/post/3mwqvwetixc2rWed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Raising a quaternion to a power scales its rotation: square doubles, square root halves, qˣ scales by x.Math for game devshttps://unity.com/blog/external-dependency-managerhttps://unity.com/blog/external-dependency-managerTue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000How the External Dependency Manager replaces EDM4U for Android and iOS SDK dependencies.Builds, version control & DevOpsMobilehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmewSft0Z70https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmewSft0Z70Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Backdrop Filters are a new cool UI Toolkit feature with Unity 6.6! We can now apply filters to what's behind our UI elements!UI & UI Toolkithttps://unity.com/blog/scaling-scritchy-scratchy-across-platformshttps://unity.com/blog/scaling-scritchy-scratchy-across-platformsMon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Porting a game across PC, mobile and Switch while keeping performance and tactile gameplay.MobilePerformance & optimizationhttps://jettelly.com/blog/making-two-million-soldiers-move-in-unityhttps://jettelly.com/blog/making-two-million-soldiers-move-in-unitySun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000How compute shaders and flow fields drive two million units at about 11 ms per frame.AI, pathfinding & boidsCompute shaders & GPUhttps://bsky.app/profile/freya.bsky.social/post/3mwedrkwlk227https://bsky.app/profile/freya.bsky.social/post/3mwedrkwlk227Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000A unit vector as a pure quaternion gives a half-turn around it, with no trig or euler conversion.Math for game devshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dut0od_YuG4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dut0od_YuG4Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Backdrop Filters are a new cool UI Toolkit feature with Unity 6.6! We can now apply filters to what's behind our UI elements!UI & UI Toolkithttps://unity.com/blog/rust-ltd-hot-dogs-horseshoes-hand-grenades-2https://unity.com/blog/rust-ltd-hot-dogs-horseshoes-hand-grenades-2Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000ECS ballistics, custom firearm physics and Quest 3 frame budgeting in a VR firearm simulator.DOTS, ECS, Jobs & BurstPhysics & collisionsAR & VRhttps://unity.com/blog/build-for-meta-vr-glasses-with-unityhttps://unity.com/blog/build-for-meta-vr-glasses-with-unityThu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000What Unity 6.6 offers for Meta VR Glasses: OpenXR, XR Interaction Toolkit, hands, eye tracking and quad views.AR & VRhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojM9tgbcbwUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojM9tgbcbwUWed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Explains Unity's scripting backends, Mono versus IL2CPP, and why the CoreCLR move is coming.Builds, version control & DevOpsC# & architecturehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNZjEP39uXAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNZjEP39uXATue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Backdrop Filters are a brand new (in Unity 6.6) feature in UI Toolkit that allow us to attach special effects to the "backdrop" of visual elements. This enables us to have really cool effects like a bUI & UI Toolkithttps://unity.com/blog/content-directories-beyond-the-assetbundlehttps://unity.com/blog/content-directories-beyond-the-assetbundleTue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Unity 6.6 content directories as a faster, more granular AssetBundle replacement with smaller builds and quicker loads.Addressables, assets & loadingBuilds, version control & DevOpshttps://catlikecoding.com/unity/custom-srp/7-2/https://catlikecoding.com/unity/custom-srp/7-2/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Custom SRP tutorial introducing separate shadow passes.Lighting & shadowsRender pipelines & SRPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XEKPxONR1chttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XEKPxONR1cFri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000- 0:00 - Hello Unity SailorsDOTS, ECS, Jobs & Bursthttps://unity.com/blog/optimizing-deep-rock-galactic-survivor-for-mobilehttps://unity.com/blog/optimizing-deep-rock-galactic-survivor-for-mobileFri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Mobile port techniques: flow field navigation, KD-tree queries, GPU-driven rendering, Burst jobs and Addressables.AI, pathfinding & boidsDOTS, ECS, Jobs & BurstPerformance & optimizationhttps://danielilett.com/2026-09-17-tut9-13-official-terrains/https://danielilett.com/2026-09-17-tut9-13-official-terrains/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Uses Unity 6.3's new Terrain Lit graph type and terrain nodes in Shader Graph.Terrain & landscapeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XID2zfC8T-whttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XID2zfC8T-wThu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Resources.Load = in build. Using Unity's new Content Directories you can lower build size, improve load speed, and lower memory usage!Performance & optimizationhttps://unity.com/blog/5-tips-for-speeding-up-your-xr-dev-workflows-with-unity-clihttps://unity.com/blog/5-tips-for-speeding-up-your-xr-dev-workflows-with-unity-cliThu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Meta developer tips for speeding up XR development workflows using the Unity CLI.Builds, version control & DevOpsEditor tools & extensionsAR & VRhttps://unity.com/blog/cicd-made-easier-with-unity-clihttps://unity.com/blog/cicd-made-easier-with-unity-cliTue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Replacing custom CI/CD scripts with the Unity CLI to manage installs and run tests.Builds, version control & DevOpshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9y7Eq1eJxchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9y7Eq1eJxcMon, 14 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Unity Content Directory (new with Unity 6.6) is a powerful tool that allows you to swap the CONTENTS of your build without rebuilding the entire player - making faster iteration times.Editor tools & extensionsGameplay systems & mechanicshttps://jettelly.com/blog/barely-breathing-a-new-procedural-puddle-generatorhttps://jettelly.com/blog/barely-breathing-a-new-procedural-puddle-generatorSat, 12 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Updated procedural puddle generator that spreads around obstacles and follows environment shape.Procedural generationWater, waves & rippleshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KvLFpLokEAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KvLFpLokEAFri, 11 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Shows a useful feature Unity lacks and how to add it.Editor tools & extensionshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psaiM8ki07Ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psaiM8ki07EFri, 11 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Unity Content Directories (new in Unity 6.6) are a MUCH MORE optimized way to approach loading dynamic content at runtime!Performance & optimizationhttps://danielilett.com/2026-09-10-tut10-10-dissolve-noise/https://danielilett.com/2026-09-10-tut10-10-dissolve-noise/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Builds dissolve and noise effects in hand-written Unity code shaders rather than Shader Graph.Dissolve, holograms & sci-fi FXNoise & procedural textureshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x27tdjs7lkohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x27tdjs7lkoWed, 09 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Shows practical uses of the Unity CLI for everyday developers beyond AI agents and CI.Builds, version control & DevOpsEditor tools & extensionshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acOJUAjwM0Mhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acOJUAjwM0MTue, 08 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Unity Content Directory is a powerful new tool in Unity 6.6 to help us optimize how we load assets at runtime. This is a first look at using it to replace using Resources.Load to optimize build size aEditor tools & extensionsPerformance & optimizationhttps://unity.com/blog/drakkenridge-building-open-world-mobile-vr-rpg-unity-ecshttps://unity.com/blog/drakkenridge-building-open-world-mobile-vr-rpg-unity-ecsTue, 08 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Building a large open-world mobile VR RPG using Unity's Entity Component System.DOTS, ECS, Jobs & BurstMobileAR & VRhttps://jettelly.com/blog/building-a-lightning-shader-in-unity-using-a-single-materialhttps://jettelly.com/blog/building-a-lightning-shader-in-unity-using-a-single-materialSat, 05 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000One material produces main bolt, smaller branches and glow in a single lightning effect.Fire, magic & impactshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkKsISM6Ygghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkKsISM6YggFri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Adds multiplayer to a Unity game.Multiplayer & netcodehttps://danielilett.com/2026-09-03-tut10-09-post-processing/https://danielilett.com/2026-09-03-tut10-09-post-processing/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Writes grayscale and other post-process effects in URP using the newer Render Graph API.Post-processing & image effectshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlTXhUx8WMghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlTXhUx8WMgThu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000⌚ Time stamps for key topics ⌚DOTS, ECS, Jobs & BurstPerformance & optimizationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K4kNHLswmwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K4kNHLswmwTue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Templates when you need simple functionality or display only, Custom Controls when you need more complex functionality!UI & UI Toolkithttps://catlikecoding.com/unity/hex-map/5-5-0/https://catlikecoding.com/unity/hex-map/5-5-0/Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000Hex Map 5.5 update converting a mock job into a Burst job.DOTS, ECS, Jobs & BurstProcedural generationhttps://jettelly.com/blog/creating-a-procedural-wall-system-like-stoneworks-in-unityhttps://jettelly.com/blog/creating-a-procedural-wall-system-like-stoneworks-in-unityMon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000Procedural stone wall building and real-time damage, inspired by StoneWorks.Gameplay systems & mechanicsProcedural generation