Courses, series & lectures
Longer structured material: full courses, multi-part series and conference lectures. These are good when you want a guided path through a subject instead of single tutorials. 114 hand-picked Unity guides, tutorials, videos and repos, kept current.
- Maths Archives - Alan Zucconi
Archive of Alan Zucconi's math tutorials for games.
alanzucconi.com · Aug 2026 - Unity Performance Expertise
Performance-focused Unity site with guides and tutorials by The Gamedev Guru.
thegamedev.guru · Feb 2026 - 10-Part Tutorial Series to Integrate Unity Gaming Services into Mobile Games
Ten-part tutorial series on integrating Unity Gaming Services features into a mobile game.
unity.com · Nov 2025 - Shader basics
Beginner-friendly reference of individual shader techniques like sparkles, fresnel and normal tricks.
bobacupcake.com · ~Apr 2025 - Simonschreibt.
Simonschreibt's blog of game visual breakdowns and technical details.
simonschreibt.de · Mar 2025 - Code a Zombie FPS Game in Unity - Creating Materials | Unity Fundamentals
Zombie FPS fundamentals lesson on creating materials in Unity.
youtube.com · Sep 2024 - Code a Zombie FPS Game in Unity - Manipulating Game Objects | Unity Fundamentals
Zombie FPS fundamentals lesson on manipulating game objects.
youtube.com · Sep 2024 - Create a Zombie FPS Game in Unity - Fly Through Scene Mode | Unity Fundamentals
Zombie FPS fundamentals lesson on the fly-through scene mode.
youtube.com · Sep 2024 - Create a Zombie FPS Game in Unity - Challenge Review: Creating Game Objects | Unity Fundamentals
Zombie FPS fundamentals challenge review on creating game objects.
youtube.com · Sep 2024 - Create a Zombie FPS Game in Unity - Creating Game Objects | Unity Fundamentals
Zombie FPS fundamentals lesson on creating game objects.
youtube.com · Sep 2024 - Create a Zombie FPS Game in Unity - A Better Layout | Unity Fundamentals
Zombie FPS fundamentals lesson on setting up a better editor layout.
youtube.com · Sep 2024 - Create a Zombie FPS Game in Unity - Creating a New Unity Project | Unity Fundamentals
Zombie FPS fundamentals lesson on creating a new Unity project.
youtube.com · Sep 2024 - Start learning data-oriented design in Unity with these resources
Curated articles, samples and templates for learning data-oriented design and DOTS in Unity 2022 LTS.
unity.com · Feb 2024 - 3D Math Primer for Graphics and Game Development
Landing page of a 3D math textbook for graphics and game development.
gamemath.com · Nov 2023 - Technical blog by Alexander Ameye.
Alexander Ameye's blog about Unity, shaders and graphics engineering.
ameye.dev · ~Jul 2023 - Learn game development w/ Unity | Courses & tutorials in game design, VR, AR, & Real-time 3D | Unity Learn
Unity's hub of free tutorials, courses and guided pathways for games, VR, AR and real-time 3D.
blog.unity.com · ~Jul 2023 - Shaders Archives - Alan Zucconi
Archive of Alan Zucconi's shader tutorials.
alanzucconi.com · Jun 2023 - Writing Unity URP Shaders with Code (series intro)
Intro to a tutorial series on writing Unity URP shaders in code.
nedmakesgames.medium.com · Apr 2023 - 10 Shaders Explained Quickly
Quickly explains ten shader effects from inverted-hull outlines and silhouettes to vertex animation.
danielilett.com · Apr 2023 - The Unity Tutorial For Complete Beginners
Beginner Unity course building a Flappy Bird clone covering GameObjects, scripting, prefabs and UI.
youtube.com · Dec 2022 - Math for Game Devs [2022, part 10] • Abstract Algebra, Procedural Animation & Splines
Math for game devs part 10 covering abstract algebra, procedural animation and splines.
youtube.com · Nov 2022 - Math for Game Devs [2022, part 9] • Solutions to the final assignments
Math for game devs part 9 reviewing solutions to the final assignments.
youtube.com · Nov 2022 - Math for Game Devs [2022, part 8] • Trajectories & Derivatives
Math for game devs part 8 on trajectories and derivatives.
youtube.com · Nov 2022 - Math for Game Devs [2022, part 7] • Interpolation & Point Physics
Math for game devs part 7 on interpolation and point physics.
youtube.com · Nov 2022 - Math for Game Devs [2022, part 6] • Solutions for Assignments 7-11
Math for game devs part 6 reviewing solutions for assignments 7-11.
youtube.com · Nov 2022 - Math for Game Devs [2022, part 5] • Trigonometry & Rotations
Math for game devs part 5 on trigonometry and rotations.
youtube.com · Oct 2022 - Math for Game Devs [2022, part 4] • solutions for assignments 4-6
Math for game devs part 4 reviewing solutions for assignments 4-6.
youtube.com · Oct 2022 - Math for Game Devs [2022, part 3] • Matrix4x4 & Cross Product
Math for game devs part 3 on Matrix4x4 and the cross product.
youtube.com · Oct 2022 - Math for Game Devs [2022, part 2] solutions for assignments 1-3
Math for game devs part 2 reviewing solutions for assignments 1-3.
youtube.com · Oct 2022 - Math for Game Devs [2022, part 1] • Numbers, Vectors & Dot Product
Math for game devs part 1 on numbers, vectors and the dot product.
youtube.com · Oct 2022 - Simon’s Tech Art Learning Materials | Simonschreibt.
Simon's tech art course learning materials and slides.
simonschreibt.de · Aug 2022 - VR Development Pathway - Learn Unity VR Game Development | Unity Learn
Unity Learn pathway of tutorials for VR game development.
learn.unity.com · ~Jul 2022 - Resources
Cyanilux list of useful links to Unity and gamedev resources.
cyanilux.com · ~Jan 2022 - The Uninomicon [Uninomicon]
Uninomicon wiki documenting Unity Engine internals and tricks.
uninomicon.com · ~Apr 2021 - ShaderQuest Part 5: Shader code syntax & Colors – Harry Alisavakis
ShaderQuest series part covering shader code syntax and colors.
halisavakis.com · ~Apr 2021 - ShaderQuest Part 4: Shader Environment Architecture – Harry Alisavakis
ShaderQuest series part on shader environment architecture.
halisavakis.com · ~Mar 2021 - Normal Maps, Tangent Space & IBL • Shaders for Game Devs [Part 3]
Shaders for game devs part 3 on normal maps, tangent space and image-based lighting.
youtube.com · Feb 2021 - Healthbars, SDFs & Lighting • Shaders for Game Devs [Part 2]
Shaders for game devs part 2 on healthbars, SDFs and lighting.
youtube.com · Feb 2021 - Shader Basics, Blending & Textures • Shaders for Game Devs [Part 1]
Shaders for game devs part 1 on shader basics, blending and textures.
youtube.com · Feb 2021 - ShaderQuest Part 3: Shaders and Materials – Harry Alisavakis
ShaderQuest series part on shaders and materials.
halisavakis.com · Feb 2021 - ShaderQuest Part 2: Introducing Shaders – Harry Alisavakis
ShaderQuest series part introducing shaders.
halisavakis.com · Jan 2021 - Shaders — Travis Reid
Portfolio page showing shader highlights.
lindenreid.com · ~Jan 2021 - ShaderQuest Part 1: Graphics Concepts – Harry Alisavakis
ShaderQuest series part on core graphics concepts.
halisavakis.com · ~Jan 2021 - ShaderQuest Part 0: Series Introduction
Introduction to the ShaderQuest series on learning shaders.
halisavakis.com · Jan 2021 - Interpolation & Velocity • Math for Game Devs [Part 4]
Math for game devs part 4 on interpolation and velocity.
youtube.com · Nov 2020 - Trigonometry • Math for Game Devs [Part 3]
Math for game devs part 3 on trigonometry.
youtube.com · Nov 2020 - Spaces & Cross Product • Math for Game Devs [Part 2]
Math for game devs part 2 on spaces and the cross product.
youtube.com · Nov 2020 - Vectors & Dot Product • Math for Game Devs [Part 1]
Math for game devs part 1 on vectors and the dot product.
youtube.com · Nov 2020 - Jettelly · YouTube channel
Jettelly's YouTube channel with Unity shader and game art tutorials.
youtube.com · ~Oct 2020 - Real-time Animated Storytelling
Unity Learn course on real-time animated storytelling.
learn.unity.com · ~Jul 2020 - Lexdev: Shader Case Studies
Lexdev's shader case study tutorials index.
lexdev.net · ~May 2020 - Intro to Tool Dev in Unity [part 4/4]
Part 4 of 4 of an intro to Unity editor tool development.
youtube.com · May 2020 - Intro to Tool Dev in Unity [part 3/4]
Part 3 of 4 of an intro to Unity editor tool development.
youtube.com · May 2020 - Intro to Tool Dev in Unity [part 2/4]
Part 2 of 4 of an intro to Unity editor tool development.
youtube.com · Apr 2020 - Intro to Tool Dev in Unity - An Improvised Live Course [part 1/4]
Part 1 of 4 of an improvised live course on Unity editor tool development.
youtube.com · Apr 2020 - Game Dev Guide · YouTube channel
Game Dev Guide YouTube channel with Unity game development videos.
youtube.com · ~Mar 2020 - Remote Math class for Game Devs (Stream Recording)
Stream recording of a remote math class for game developers.
youtube.com · Mar 2020 - Freya Holmér · YouTube channel
YouTube channel with Unity-related videos.
youtube.com · ~Mar 2020 - List of Online Game Dev Learnings
Google Doc listing online places to learn game development.
docs.google.com · ~Mar 2020 - gamedev:hq · YouTube channel
gamedev:hq YouTube channel with game development tutorials.
youtube.com · ~Mar 2020 - YouTube playlist (Unity videos)
YouTube playlist of Unity videos; page content is unreadable.
youtube.com · ~Mar 2020 - Kristin Lague · YouTube channel
Kristin Lague's YouTube channel with Unity game development tutorials.
youtube.com · ~Mar 2020 - My VFX Tutorials/Ideas
Twitter events page collecting VFX tutorials and ideas.
twitter.com · ~Mar 2020 - A Journey Into Journey’s Sand Shader
Part one of a series recreating Journey's sand rendering.
alanzucconi.com · Oct 2019 - Math for Game Dev - An Improvised Live Course
Improvised live course on math for game development.
youtube.com · Sep 2019 - Ultra Effects | Series Introduction
Introduction to a series on image effects such as fisheye lenses.
danielilett.com · Sep 2019 - Community Store Patreon post
Patreon community store post.
patreon.com · ~Sep 2019 - Procedural Geometry - An Improvised Live Course
Improvised live course on procedural geometry in Unity.
youtube.com · Aug 2019 - Intro to Shader Coding in Unity - An Improvised Live Course
Improvised live course introducing shader coding in Unity.
youtube.com · Aug 2019 - Shader Series 2 – Basic Shaders
Basic shader samples that teach shader concepts by example.
gamedevbill.com · Aug 2019 - Shader Series 1 – High Level Concepts
High-level concepts to get started writing shaders.
gamedevbill.com · Jul 2019 - Shader Basics
Ronja's beginner shader basics series for Unity.
ronja-tutorials.com · ~Jul 2019 - Cel Shading | Series Introduction
Introduces a series on cel shading, the stylized look of games like Wind Waker.
danielilett.com · May 2019 - GitHub - lettier/3d-game-shaders-for-beginners: 🎮 A step-by-step guide to implementing SSAO, depth of field, lighting, normal mapping, and more for your 3D game.
Repo: step-by-step guide to 3D game shaders such as SSAO, depth of field and lighting.
github.com · May 2019 - Mix and Jam · YouTube channel
YouTube channel, likely Unity tutorials.
youtube.com · ~Mar 2019 - Shader Tutorials by Ronja
Ronja's shader tutorials for Unity made easy to understand.
ronja-tutorials.com · ~Mar 2019 - Matt MirrorFish · YouTube channel
Matt MirrorFish's YouTube channel with Unity game development content.
youtube.com · ~Feb 2019 - Unity Basics Tutorials
Catlike Coding index of beginner tutorials on working with Unity.
catlikecoding.com · ~May 2018 - tutorial
Ronja's tutorial series on Unity shaders, listed by the tutorial tag.
ronja-tutorials.tumblr.com · Mar 2018 - Learning Shaders
Curated online resources for learning shaders effectively.
alanzucconi.com · Jan 2018 - Makin' Stuff Look Good · YouTube channel
YouTube channel, likely Unity tutorials.
youtube.com · ~Jan 2017 - Tutorials
Mirza Beig's collection of video and written Unity tutorials.
mirzabeig.com · Jun 2016 - Tutorials - Alan Zucconi
Alan Zucconi's tutorial index covering game development and programming.
alanzucconi.com · Oct 2015 - Render Hell 2.0
Updated look at Render Hell, a visual guide to the stages of rendering.
simonschreibt.de · Aug 2015 - Render Hell – Book I
Render Hell book one, an illustrated tour of rendering.
simonschreibt.de · Aug 2015 - Render Hell – Book II
Render Hell book two, an illustrated tour of rendering.
simonschreibt.de · Aug 2015 - Render Hell – Book III
Render Hell book three, an illustrated tour of rendering.
simonschreibt.de · Aug 2015 - Render Hell – Book IV
Render Hell book four, an illustrated tour of rendering.
simonschreibt.de · Aug 2015 - Render Hell – Book V
Render Hell book five, concluding the illustrated rendering series.
simonschreibt.de · Aug 2015 - Sykoo · YouTube channel
Sykoo's YouTube channel with Unity game development content.
youtube.com · ~Aug 2015 - Unity C# and Shader Tutorials
Catlike Coding index of in-depth Unity C# and shader tutorials.
catlikecoding.com · ~Sep 2011 - Shader Primer
Primer on shaders.
allenchou.net · Feb 2011 - Tutorials & Posts
Ned Makes Games blog index of Unity game dev tutorials and videos.
nedmakesgames.github.io - Newsletter Database - Jendrik Illner
Newsletter database of graphics and rendering articles including Unity topics.
jendrikillner.com - Minionsart Tutorials
Minionsart's index of shader and VFX tutorials.
minionsart.github.io - Games | Shaders | Tutorials
Creator's site hub of Unity shader and game tutorials.
danielilett.com - Gamedev Tutorials Series | Ming-Lun "Allen" Chou | 周明倫
Index of tutorials on game math, physics and programming by a game developer.
allenchou.net - Game Programming Series | Ming-Lun "Allen" Chou | 周明倫
Index of game programming tutorials covering linked lists, resource management and more.
allenchou.net - Game Physics Series | Ming-Lun "Allen" Chou | 周明倫
Index of game physics tutorial posts by a game developer.
allenchou.net - Game Math Series | Ming-Lun "Allen" Chou | 周明倫
Index of game math tutorials covering trigonometry and more.
allenchou.net - Game Dev Digest
Weekly newsletter archive of Unity game dev news, articles, tips and assets.
gamedevdigest.com - Game Dev Bill
Site with Unity game dev tutorials and tips.
gamedevbill.com - Game Art Tricks | Simonschreibt.
Overview of game art tricks explained by the author.
simonschreibt.de - Febucci's Unity Tips - Twitter Collection
Collection of Unity tips posted by Febucci on Twitter.
twitter.com - DeepSpaceBanana Art - Art
Technical artist portfolio page including a rainy surface shader breakdown for Unreal Engine.
deepspacebanana.github.io - Cyan
Cyan's blog home with Unity shader and Shader Graph articles.
cyangamedev.wordpress.com - Coding Adventure: Portals
Video experimenting with building seamless portals in Unity.
youtube.com - Catlike Coding
Catlike Coding home page with Unity and Godot tutorials.
catlikecoding.com - @GameDevBill: profile, shaders and VR dev
Bill Ramsour's X profile, a shader and VR developer.
twitter.com - Arm & Unity Presents: 3D Art Optimization for Mobile Applications
Arm and Unity course on optimizing 3D art for mobile applications.
learn.unity.com - Archive – Harry Alisavakis
Harry Alisavakis's archive of shaders, scripts and resources.
halisavakis.com - Andy Green – Principal Technical Artist
Technical artist and programmer's portfolio homepage.
andytech.art - #unitytips Museum
Searchable museum of #unitytips posts.
diegogiacomelli.com.br - Technical links
Collection of technical links and bookmarks on graphics and game programming.
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