Unity Async 👨‍💻, Ghost of Yōtei ⚡, RTS Traffic Jams 🚦
Unity Performance & Async ⚙️
Zero-Allocation Animations in Unity: PrimeTween Deep Dive
This tutorial showcases PrimeTween, a zero-allocation tweening library for Unity that keeps animations smooth and GC-free. Learn sequences, grouping, shakes, delays, callbacks, and real-time control, plus fine-tuning with TweenSettings, ShakeSettings, and custom AnimationCurves. It also covers async workflows using UniTask and object pooling for responsive, scalable animation systems. A concise, practical guide to clean, high-performance animation code on the main thread.
Async in Unity Explained: Coroutines vs Tasks vs UniTask vs Awaitable
Async isn’t parallel—and confusing the two can freeze your game. This video breaks down how async really works in Unity and compares Coroutines, C# Tasks, UniTask, and Unity 6’s Awaitable with clear pros and cons. Learn frame-friendly patterns, error handling tradeoffs, allocation pitfalls, and a simple decision tree: Tasks outside Unity, UniTask by default, Awaitable on Unity 6+, Coroutines on older versions.
Design, Difficulty, and Action 🎮
Silksong’s Difficulty Debate: Why Tough Games Are Great
Sparked by Silksong’s tough reception, Sasquatch B Studios makes the case for hard games. The video argues that challenge fuels mastery, satisfaction, and longevity—and deserves a place in players’ libraries. Rather than sanding down every edge, it advocates for fair, intentional difficulty as a legitimate design choice.
Inside Blood Typers: Chunk-Based Procgen, Horde Pacing, All-Keyboard Action
AI and Games dives into Blood Typers, a co-op survival horror where every action is typed—from moving to headshots. Outerbrain Studios breaks down its chunk-based procedural generation, flexible grid connections, and design-first fallbacks that keep levels playable. A global horde timer orchestrates spikes in tension, while curated spawners and Resident Evil–style locks and keys shape memorable encounters. It’s a practical masterclass in procgen, pacing, and co-op chaos.
World Simulation & Pathing 🌍
How Sucker Punch Built Ghost of Yōtei’s Living, Lightning-Fast Open World
Sucker Punch reveals the tech powering Ghost of Yōtei’s vast, reactive world on PS5 and PS5 Pro. Expect GPU-driven vistas, cuttable foliage, and tessellated snow that deforms in real time, plus parallax clouds and god-ray volumetrics. Characters feature layered GPU cloth and terrain-aware particles, while RTGI and PSSR boost fidelity and stability. A lean streaming pipeline loads only what the first frame needs—keeping exploration fluid and fast.
Cracking RTS Traffic Jams: Lessons from SC2, AoE4, and ZeroSpace
Marv from Zerpace explains why crowd simulation—not pathfinding—defines how RTS armies feel. He contrasts SC2’s smart but imperfect avoidance with AoE4’s pushing and formations, and shows why RVO fails at scale. ZeroSpace counters jams with line-drag formations, collision tiers, body blocking, and “magic box” behavior to support thousands of units.