Game DevelopmentEdit

Engines, per-engine resources, game dev tools, game assets (dual-listed from §1), design theory, learning, communities, and jams. Engine software tables live in §12.

Godot: Official Resources

Official documentation and asset libraries.

• Godot Asset Store. Official addon, plugin, and asset marketplace (beta). Replaces the legacy Asset Library.
• Godot Documentation. Official docs. GDScript, C#, 2D/3D, shaders, physics, networking.
• Godot Proposals. Feature request tracker and roadmap.
• Godot Shaders. Community shader library with visual previews.

Godot: Key Plugins & Addons

Essential Godot addons.

• Dialogic 2. Full-featured dialogue and timeline system.
• GdSpy. Unofficial fSpy importer for Godot.
• Godot 4 glTF runtime import. Godot 4 glTF runtime import.
• Godot Package Manager. Package manager for Godot using npm.
• GodotSteam. Steamworks SDK integration.
• Gut. Unit testing framework for GDScript.
• Limbo AI. Behavior trees and state machines.
• Phantom Camera. Dynamic camera system (Cinemachine-inspired).
• SmartShape2D. Intelligent 2D terrain/shape tool.

Godot: Learning

Godot-focused learning channels and courses.

• Brackeys (Godot). Returned in 2024 with Godot content.
• DevDuck. Dev logs and tutorials.
• GDQuest Freemium. Premium courses plus free YouTube tutorials.
• GDScript.com. Interactive GDScript learning.
• Introduction into the new Godot OpenVR Asset. Bastiaan Olij YouTube. Godot OpenVR and XR tutorials.
• KidsCanCode Godot Recipes. Clear beginner-friendly guides.
• Miziziziz. Tutorials and game dev challenges.
• The Shaggy Dev. Godot-focused tutorials.

Godot: Communities

Godot forums and chat.

• Godot Discord. Official Discord.
• Godot Forums. Official forum.
• r/godot. 350k+ members, very active.

Unity Engine: Resources

Unity community add-ons, tools, and learning resources.

Related:

• 2D Rope System Paid. Scripts for creating 2D ropes in the editor or at runtime.
• 2D Tech Demos. Official Unity tech demos for 2D features.
• 3DBuzz. Video tutorials on Unity, including its UI system.
• 50 Unity Tips. Fifty Unity tips spanning editor tools, serialization, and UI shortcuts, with a mobile focus.
• A Crack In The Slab. Recreation of a Dishonored 2 effect in Unity.
• A Star Pathfinding for Unity. Multithreaded 3-axis A* pathfinder for Unity.
• A* Pathfinding Project Pro Paid. Fast pathfinding system for Unity with grid, navmesh, and point graphs.
• Actors Unity3d Framework. Decouples data from behavior in Unity.
• Adic. Lightweight dependency injection container for Unity.
• AdMob Unity Plugin. Unity extension for placing AdMob banners in Android games.
• AI Companion. Unity 5 AI learning project with behavior trees and A* pathfinding.
• AirPeer. WebRTC-based networking plugin for Unity.
• Akka.Unity.Sample. Sample running Akka.NET in Unity.
• AngryBots2. Example Unity project from Unity Technologies demonstrating several features.
• Animation Texture Baker. Bakes legacy animations into textures, targeting ECS.
• Animator Timeline. Timeline editor for Unity.
• AR Foundation Docs. Manual for Unity's cross-platform AR framework (ARKit, ARCore).
• Artimech. Open-source visual scripting and state machine system for Unity.
• Asset Auditing Tools. Official Unity editor tools to audit project assets and fix errors.
• Astar Pathfinding. 2D A* pathfinding for Unity.
• Atlas Unity. Gradle plugin to run Unity batchmode commands and unit tests and export .unitypackage files.
• AudioRecorder. Audio recorder component for Unity.
• AudioTexture. Generates a Unity Texture2D from an AudioClip.
• Auto Save Scene. Unity editor helper that auto-saves the scene to minimize lost work.
• Autoya. Thin application framework for Unity.
• Barebones Master Server. Master server framework for Unity.
• Beautiful Text Outline for Unity UI. Text outline and vertex effects for Unity UI.
• Bep In Ex. Unity game patcher and plugin framework for modding shipped games.
• Better Defines. Manage preprocessor directives in Unity.
• BetterDefines.cs. Gist: improved scripting define symbol management for Unity.
• BezierCanvas. Illustrator pen-tool style bezier editor for Unity.
• BitpackingTools. Bitpacking and serialization libraries behind the NetworkSyncTransform and TransformCrusher Unity assets.
• Bitstrap. BitCake's collection of Unity workflow tools.
• Bullet Pattern Editor Unity. Editor for authoring shoot-em-up bullet patterns.
• CAFU Core. Clean-architecture framework for Unity.
• CameraLib4U. Third-person chase-camera system for Unity.
• CarPaint. Car paint material for the Unity Standard Assets car.
• Chanquo. Partial Go-channel implementation for Unity.
• CharacterController2D. 2D controller that behaves like Unity's CharacterController component.
• Charon Unity3D. Charon game data editor plugin for Unity to define data structures, edit data, and access it from code.
• Cheatography Unity Cheatsheet. Hotkey reference for the Unity editor.
• Chest Of Property Drawers. Collection of small reusable Unity property drawers.
• ClassTypeReference for Unity. Serializable references to System.Type with a custom property drawer for dropdown class selection.
• CO2. Android plugin generator for Unity.
• ColorPalette. Lightweight color palette asset for Unity.
• Colorus. Coloring book game for web and iOS made with Unity.
• Command Terminal. In-game console and command terminal for Unity.
• Complete Unity 2018 Game Development. Companion code for the Complete Unity 2018 Game Development book.
• Constellation. Visual scripting language for Unity, no code required.
• Coop Design. Prototype for runtime cooperative level design in Unity.
• CoroutineChain. Chainable coroutine helper for Unity.
• CosineGradient. Cosine gradient generator for Unity.
• Cpp Unity TCP Client Server. Sample Unity TCP client with a C++ (Boost) server.
• CropTexture. Crop and resize textures in the Unity editor.
• Crystal AI. Utility-based AI framework for C# and Unity.
• CUDLR. Console for Unity debugging and logging remotely.
• CurveTexture. Encode arbitrary curves into textures and apply them to materials or shader properties.
• Custom 2D Colliders. Custom 2D colliders for Unity.
• DataRenderer2D. Generates line and polygon meshes in Unity.
• DeadSimple Pixel-Perfect Camera. Pixel-perfect orthographic camera script for 2D Unity scenes.
• Deform. Deformer system for Unity meshes.
• DeltaDNA Unity SDK. deltaDNA analytics and smartads mediation SDK for Unity games.
• Devdog UnityTips Compilation. Collected Unity tips and tricks posted by developers.
• Dissonance. Real-time voice chat asset for Unity multiplayer.
• DownloadManager.cs. Download manager gist for Unity.
• DT Compile Time Tracker. Unity editor extension that tracks compile time.
• DTCommandPalette. Command palette for Unity to run methods and open scenes.
• Dual Quaternion Skinning for Unity. Dual quaternion skinning implementation for Unity.
• EasingCore. Simple easing-function implementation for Unity.
• EasyMOBA. MOBA game template for Unity.
• ECS Tween. Unity tweening system built on ECS that also works with GameObjects.
• ECSRx.unity. Reactive ECS framework for Unity built on UniRx.
• Edge Detect Post Processing Unity. Unity legacy edge-detect image effect ported to Post Processing Stack v2.
• Enhanced Scroll View. 3D scroll view for Unity (NGUI and uGUI support).
• EnumDispatcher. ECS-backed C# enums as Flux/Redux actions in Unity.
• EpPathFinding3D.cs. 3D jump-point-search pathfinding for cube-based games in C#.
• EZ Item Editor. Game data editor for Unity for entering, maintaining, and consuming game data.
• EzySlice. Mesh slicer framework for Unity, written in C#.
• Firestorm. Makeshift Cloud Firestore C# API for Unity over REST. Basic functions only.
• Fixed Function States from Materials (gist). Aras Pranckevicius gist on driving fixed-function render states from materials and scripts in Unity.
• FlexibleUI Unity. Multiple GUI theme system for Unity.
• Fluid Behavior Tree. Code-first behavior tree micro-framework for Unity.
• Flurry Unity Plugin. Flurry analytics library for Unity on Android and iOS.
• FrameDump. Exports image sequences from Unity.
• Fungus. Unity library for building illustrated interactive-fiction and visual-novel games.
• Futile. A code-first 2D framework for Unity.
• Game View Maximizer. Maximizes the Unity game view with a keyboard shortcut.
• GameAI Movement. NPC movement algorithms built in Unity for an AI-for-games university course.
• GameFramework (EllanJiang). Game framework for Unity that encapsulates common game modules and standardizes the development process.
• GameFramework (FlipWebApps). Free Unity framework adding common game systems and features.
• Gamekit3D. Official Unity 3D game kit sample project from Unity Technologies.
• Gendarme. Mono rule-based static analysis tool, usable on Unity project assemblies.
• Get Social Deep Linking Activity.java. Gist activity that captures onNewIntent deep links missed by Unity when backgrounded.
• GetSocial Unity SDK. GetSocial social SDK and demo for Unity.
• GitHub: mob-sakai. GitHub profile with open-source Unity tools and effects.
• GitHub: mrzapp. GitHub profile with open-source Unity tools and utilities.
• Gizmos. Draw runtime gizmos in builds and the editor in Unity.
• GOAP. Goal-oriented action planning AI for Unity.
• Good Coding Practices in Unity. Trello board of good coding practices for Unity.
• Google Analytics Plugin for Unity. Google Analytics plugin for Unity.
• Google Mobile Ads Unity Plugin. Official Unity plugin for the Google Mobile Ads SDK.
• Google Sheets Unity. Read data from private Google Sheets into Unity (read-only).
• Graphmesh. Graph-based procedural mesh generation inside the Unity editor.
• Green Mamba Stealth. Stealth system for Unity that detects how well-lit a character is, so they can hide in dynamic shadows.
• Guitar Hero Unity. Guitar Hero fan game made in Unity.
• HermodToolkit. A set of 2D tools for Unity.
• HexTiles. Hex tile editor for Unity.
• HiSocket. Lightweight socket library for Unity and C# projects.
• Hogwarts. Open-source Harry Potter sandbox game made in Unity.
• How to Set Up Unity's VR Editor (EditorVR). Tutorial on setting up Unity's experimental EditorVR.
• Hydrogen CSharp. C# framework for Unity providing collections, utilities, and helpers.
• Ico Sphere Creator. Icosphere mesh creation tool for Unity.
• Imgui Unity. Dear ImGui integration for Unity.
• In-Game Editor UI. In-game runtime Hierarchy and Inspector for Unity, like the built-in editor.
• InfinityScroll. Makes Unity ScrollRects scroll infinitely.
• iOS Unity Vuforia Guide. Guide to integrating Unity + Vuforia into a native iOS app.
• iTween Expansion. Expansion of Bob Berkebile's iTween tweening plugin for Unity.
• Jitter Physics. C# real-time physics engine ported into Unity.
• JourneySand. Unity project reproducing the sand rendering style of Journey.
• JSONObject. JSONObject parsing library for Unity.
• JWT for Unity. JSON Web Token implementation for Unity / .NET 3.5+.
• KEngine. Unity asset bundle framework (LGPL).
• KinoBloom. Bloom post-processing effect for Unity.
• KinoObscurance. Screen-space ambient obscurance image effect for Unity.
• KlakHap. HAP video player plugin for Unity.
• KlakSyphon. Syphon video-sharing plugin for Unity on macOS.
• Knight Windjson. JSON parser for Unity.
• Knowledge Representation. Small Unity project showing AI responding to changes in the game world.
• Koch's Fractals. Koch fractals demo for Unity.
• kode80SSR. Open-source screen-space reflections for Unity 5.
• L Systems In Unity. L-system rewriting for modeling plants, letting you generate plants in Unity games.
• Leading Ones (LeadingOnesVR). Quick look at Unity's EditorVR.
• LibPdIntegration. libpd (Pure Data) audio wrapper for Unity.
• Light Probes Placement. Unity project showing automatic light probe placement via the LightProbesVolumes package.
• LINQ to GameObject for Unity. Traverse the GameObject hierarchy using LINQ.
• Live2D with Unity. Imports Live2D models and reads mtn motion files in Unity.
• Lochie Westfall. YouTube channel with Unity VR tutorials.
• log4net.unity. log4net helpers and a UnityEngine.Debug appender for Unity.
• Loxodon Framework. MVVM framework for Unity with data binding, localization, and uGUI support.
• LuaProfiler For Unity. Profiler for Lua inside Unity.
• MafiaUnity. Open-source Mafia game framework for Unity.
• Marschner Hair Unity. Marschner hair shading model implemented in Unity.
• MassiveNet. Unity UDP networking library for high-CCU, multi-server architectures.
• Master Unity Handles. Examples of custom handles in the Unity editor.
• MeshDecimator. Mesh decimation library for .NET and Unity.
• Message Pack Grid View. MessagePack data viewer built on MessagePack-CSharp and Unity TreeView.
• MessagePack CSharp. Fast MessagePack serializer for C# (.NET, Unity, Xamarin).
• Metaverse Standards Forum. YouTube channel of the Metaverse Standards Forum, with talks and panels.
• Minesweeper. Tile-based Minesweeper with high scores made in Unity.
• MiniMap. Minimap and radar system for Unity.
• Missing References Unity. Unity editor extension for finding missing object references.
• MLAPI. Game networking framework for Unity (now Netcode for GameObjects).
• MMD for Unity. MikuMikuDance model and motion importer for Unity.
• MOBA CSharp Unity. MOBA game framework for Unity with a Unity-independent server that runs on Linux.
• Msgpack Unity3D. MessagePack and JSON serializer for Unity.
• MVPScriptGenerator4Unity. MVP script generator for the Unity editor.
• My S7 Pro Sim Lib. Connects Unity to Siemens PLCSim via COM interop (S7PROSimLib).
• Nakama Unity. Unity client for the Nakama game server.
• Naphier Gists. Collection of reusable Unity code gists.
• NATPunchthroughClient. Example NAT punchthrough combined with Unity's UNet HLAPI.
• NAudio Unity. Port of NAudio to the Mono subset used by Unity.
• NaughtyAttributes. Inspector attribute extensions for Unity.
• NaughtyCharacter. Third-person character controller for Unity.
• NDocumentation. Documentation window for the Unity editor that displays rich-text pages.
• Net Peeweek Console. Interactive runtime console for Unity, distributed as a package.
• NGTools. Unity editor extensions and tools by Napland Games.
• Node Inspector. Node graph editor extension for Unity.
• NPBehave. Event-driven behavior trees for Unity.
• NVIDIA Hair Works Integration. NVIDIA HairWorks hair simulation integration for Unity.
• OpenConvo. Open-source dialogue framework for Unity.
• OpenEd. Open-source runtime editor for Unity.
• OpenFile. Open-source serialization for Unity.
• OpenFramework. Lightweight Unity framework with dependency injection.
• OpenGUI. Open-source GUI framework for Unity.
• Openpath. Open-source pathfinding for Unity.
• OpenStash. Open-source inventory framework for Unity.
• OSMTrafficSim. Traffic simulation built on Unity ECS.
• P2P.NET. Peer-to-peer networking in Unity using WebRTC with a free signaling server (formerly UnityP2P).
• Pacman. Pacman clone with original AI made in Unity.
• Path. Pathfinding library for Unity.
• PBD Fluid in Unity. Position-based-dynamics fluid simulation running on the GPU in Unity.
• Pedometer API. Native pedometer API for Unity on mobile.
• PerfAssist. Performance and profiling components for Unity development.
• Perfect Spheres. System for rendering spheres cheaply and accurately in Unity.
• Physical Camera. Official Unity component describing physical camera attributes.
• Pitaya. Go game server framework with clustering and client libraries, including Unity via the C SDK.
• Pixel Camera 2D. Pixel-perfect camera with scaling options for 2D games.
• Pixel Render Unity3D. Real-time rendering of 3D scenes as 2D pixel art in Unity.
• Pixel Sprite Generator Unity. C# port of PixelSpriteGenerator for Unity.
• PNGCS. PNG encoding and decoding for Unity.
• Pomelo Unity Client. Unity client for the Pomelo distributed Node.js game server.
• PPOL. Crowd simulator using Unity ML-Agents and PPO reinforcement learning.
• ProbePolisher. Light probe editor for Unity.
• Procedural Level Generator Unity. Unity plugin for procedural dungeon generation.
• ProceduralMesh. Simple procedural mesh generation for Unity.
• ProjectRider Unity. JetBrains Rider integration for Unity.
• Protobuf3 for Unity. Protocol Buffers v3 runtime for Unity (.NET 3.5).
• Psd2UnityImporter. PSD importer for Unity.
• QuadWarp. Quad-warp projection sample for Unity.
• Quickfracture. Mesh fracture and destruction effect for Unity.
• Ray Marching. Ray marching of signed distance functions in Unity, by Sebastian Lague.
• Raywenderlich.com Unity Cheatsheet. Cheatsheet of common Unity development problems and fixes.
• RecyclerKit. Object pool manager for Unity.
• Reflected Inspector. Inspector system for Unity that serializes non-Unity types, similar to SerializedProperties.
• Reign Unity Plugin. Cross-platform unified API plugin for Unity.
• Render Queue. Render queue editor extension for Unity.
• Reorderable Inspector. Automatic reorderable lists for Unity component inspectors.
• Reorderable List Editor Field for Unity. Drag-to-reorder list field for Unity inspectors.
• Resharper Unity. JetBrains ReSharper and Rider plugin for Unity.
• RestClient (proyecto26). Promise-based HTTP and REST client for Unity, with callback support.
• RestClient (Unity3dAzure). REST client for Unity with JSON and XML parsing, including nested arrays and abstract types.
• Restifizer Unity3D. Restifizer SDK for Unity to build RESTful services backed by MongoDB.
• RiderProxy. Unity support for both ReSharper and Rider.
• RPGCore. Framework for building RPG games and mechanics in Unity.
• Runtime Unity Editor. In-game inspector and debugging tools for Unity applications.
• San Andreas Unity. Open-source port of GTA San Andreas to Unity.
• SceneHistory Unity. Open scenes quickly from a custom scene history, with additive support.
• Script Templates for Unity. Editor window that generates C# source stubs for Unity.
• ScriptableObject Architecture. Makes ScriptableObjects a core part of your Unity architecture.
• ScriptFinder. Unity editor extension to find script references across a project.
• SDF Gen Unity. Signed distance function generator running inside Unity.
• SearchTools. Search tools for the Unity editor.
• Selection History Navigator. Unity editor extension to navigate between object selections.
• SerializableCallback. Serializable callbacks for Unity that return values, blending UnityEvent and System.Func.
• Serialized Parameter Unity. Attribute that persists field data between Unity play-mode sessions.
• SetProperty. PropertyAttribute/PropertyDrawer combo for exposing C# properties in the Unity inspector.
• Settings Unity. Settings management utility for Unity.
• Shapes. Hand-drawn meshes and vector shapes for Processing and Unity.
• Shortcuter. Shortcut utility for Unity.
• Show Toast Unity Android.cs. Gist showing native Android toast messages from Unity.
• Signals (UnityPatterns). Editor-driven signal/event system for Unity.
• Signals (yankooliveira). Type-safe lightweight messaging library for Unity.
• Simple ECS. Example of Unity's Entity Component System, inspired by Roll-a-ball.
• Simple Light Probe Placer. Simple tool for placing light probes in Unity scenes.
• SmartData. Editor-driven Unity framework for connecting data and events, designer-friendly.
• Smrvfx. Example passing skinned-mesh data into the Unity VFX Graph.
• SonarFx. Sonar scanning effect for Unity.
• SpacePuppy Unity Framework 3.0. Collection of tools for making games in Unity.
• SpatialOS GDK for Unity. SpatialOS game development kit for Unity. Discontinued.
• Spine Runtimes. Spine 2D animation runtimes, including a Unity runtime.
• SpriteDicing. Unity extension for reusing sprite texture areas to cut memory.
• SpriteMaker. Tool for making sprites inside Unity.
• Sproto Unity. Demo of using sproto-csharp in Unity.
• Static Blured Screen. Static (non-realtime) screen blur for Unity, handy as a dialog background.
• Strange Io C. Lightweight extensible inversion-of-control (IoC) framework for C# and Unity.
• StyleBrowser. Editor window to browse all built-in Unity GUI styles.
• Super Character Controller. Custom character controller for Unity.
• Super Mario Bros AR Game. Channel showing an AR Super Mario game built with Microsoft HoloLens and Unity.
• Terrain Tool Samples. Official Unity terrain tools and brush asset samples.
• Texture3DPreview for Unity. Interactive previews of Texture3D assets in the Unity inspector.
• TexturePanner. Unity shader for scrolling-texture effects like neon signs and conveyor belts.
• ThreeDScans. Scanned statue models from the Three D Scans project, optimized for real-time use.
• Tidy Up. Keeps Unity projects organized by sorting assets into designated folders.
• Time Flow Shiki. Timeline GUI skeleton for the Unity editor.
• TsiU AIToolkit CSharp. AI toolkit for Unity.
• TTConsole. Runtime debug console for Unity.
• Typogenic. Signed-distance-field text rendering for Unity.
• U Net Voice. Tiny voice chat implementation for Unity.
• U Texture Send Receive. Unity network texture sender and receiver for video and frame streaming.
• UDBase. Module-based Unity game template where controllers can be swapped without changing project source.
• uGUI LinkImageText. Adds inline links and images to Unity uGUI Text.
• uMVVM. Simple MVVM framework for Unity.
• UndoPro. Command-based undo system integrated with Unity's native undo/redo.
• UNet Controller. Character controller built for Unity's UNet networking system.
• Uni Android Vibration. Unity Android plugin for triggering device vibration.
• Uni Version Manager. Reads app and build version in Unity across editor, iOS, and Android.
• UniClipboard. Simple clipboard plugin for Unity.
• Unidux. Redux-style state architecture for Unity.
• UniGif. GIF image decoder for Unity.
• UniIosAudioService. Unity iOS plugin for playing iOS system sounds.
• UniLua. Pure C# implementation of Lua 5.2, compatible with Unity.
• UniteBerlin. Companion repo for the Unite Berlin talk on working faster in Unity.
• Unity 2D Platformer Controller. Customizable 2D platformer motor with double jumps, wall jumps, and corner grabs, plus a drop-in player prefab.
• Unity 5 Effects. Collection of effects for Unity 5.
• Unity A Star Navigation. A* navigation for Unity using Burst-compiled jobs.
• Unity Ableton Link. Ableton Link tempo-sync plugin for Unity.
• Unity Ads. Official Unity ad monetization SDK.
• Unity AI. AI behavior tree framework for Unity.
• Unity AR Foundation and MARS. Unity's AR tooling: AR Foundation cross-platform framework plus MARS authoring environment.
• Unity Asset Usage Detector. Finds which objects reference the selected assets or objects in a Unity project.
• Unity Async Routines. Lightweight async coroutine library for Unity.
• Unity Atoms. Modular ScriptableObject-based architecture pieces for Unity.
• Unity Auth Manager. Example JWT-based authentication for a Unity app.
• Unity Beat Detection. Musical beat detection and audio spectrum analysis for Unity.
• Unity Bezier Solution. Bezier spline solution for Unity with utilities like constant-speed traversal.
• Unity Bitmap Drawing. Bitmap drawing API extension methods for Unity's Texture2D class.
• Unity BitmapFontImporter. Unity editor extension for importing bitmap fonts.
• Unity Camera Follow 2D. 2D camera-follow script for Unity.
• Unity Camera Shake. Pseudo-random camera shake using Perlin noise.
• Unity CameraSizeToVelocity2D. Script that scales camera size with target velocity.
• Unity Character Customization. Character customization demo for Unity.
• Unity Color Picker. Standalone color picker asset for Unity.
• Unity Color Wheel. Color picker element for the newer Unity uGUI system.
• Unity ColourLovers Importer. Unity editor tool to load colors and palettes from COLOURlovers.com.
• Unity Compact Field Attribute. Per-property label widths in the Unity inspector to stop labels getting cut off.
• Unity Delaunay. Delaunay/Voronoi library for Unity, with a simple destruction effect.
• Unity Documentation for VR. Unity manual section on VR development.
• Unity Dynamic Scroll View. Dynamic scroll view built on uGUI.
• Unity ECS Instanced Sprite Renderer. Performant sprite renderer example using Unity's ECS.
• Unity Editor Helper. Scripts that make editor scripting in Unity easier.
• Unity Editor Hotkeys. Unity manual page listing editor hotkeys.
• Unity Editor Icons. Reference of built-in Unity editor icons loadable via EditorGUIUtility.IconContent.
• Unity Editor Junkie. Editor scripts that improve working with the Unity editor.
• Unity Editor Snippets. Collection of Unity editor productivity helpers.
• Unity Editor Spotlight. macOS-Spotlight-style file search inside the Unity editor.
• Unity Editor Texel Density. Texel density checker for Unity.
• Unity Elevator Compiler. Plugin that plays elevator music while Unity compiles your code.
• Unity Engine Analyzer. Roslyn analyzer for Unity that flags common performance pitfalls.
• Unity Events. Strongly typed event system for Unity with global and per-GameObject events.
• Unity Extensions.Inspect Inline. Inspect and edit object references inline and embed objects as subassets in Unity.
• Unity Extensions.Selection History. Adds navigation menu items in the Unity editor: Edit/Selection/Back and Edit/Selection/Forward.
• Unity File Debug. Enhanced debug logging for Unity, with JSON/CSV export and an HTML viewer.
• Unity File Extension. Shows file extensions in the one-column project window.
• Unity First Person View. First-person view asset where viewmodel objects do not clip the environment, use a separate FOV, and receive shadows.
• Unity Flurry SDK. Unity plugin for the Flurry analytics SDK.
• Unity Framework. Application framework for C# Unity game projects.
• Unity Frosted Glass. Frosted glass material made in Unity.
• Unity Good Practices. Unity best-practices reference from Futurice.
• Unity Inmediate Color Picker. Color picker for Unity in immediate-mode GUI.
• Unity Interface Reference. Serializable wrapper that holds a reference to an interface in Unity.
• Unity Jobs View Frustum Culling. View frustum culling jobs for Unity's job system.
• Unity Logs Viewer. View editor console logs inside the running game.
• Unity LoMenu. UI menu package for Unity.
• Unity Main Thread Dispatcher. Thread-safe way to run actions on Unity's main thread.
• Unity Math Reference. Game math reference, visualized in Unity.
• Unity Mecanim VR IK vs Final IK. Channel comparing VR IK using native Unity Mecanim IK versus Final IK.
• Unity Mesh Counter. Shows mesh data counters in Unity.
• Unity Mesh Simplifier (Unity-Technologies). Mesh simplification for Unity. Official Unity-Technologies fork.
• Unity Mesh Simplifier (Whinarn). Mesh simplification for Unity.
• Unity Mesh Triangulator. Mesh triangulator for Unity, forked from alexmuab's version.
• Unity Movement AI. Steering-behavior movement scripts for NPCs in Unity.
• Unity Native Scripting. Write Unity scripts in C++.
• Unity Neural Network. Simple neural network implemented in C# for Unity.
• Unity Non Null. [NonNull] attribute for fields and classes in Unity.
• Unity Object Pool. Object pool and manager for Unity.
• Unity Object Pooler. Simple object pool for Unity.
• Unity Open API. RESTful API client generator for Unity.
• Unity Optix Plugin. Example Unity plugin for NVIDIA OptiX.
• Unity Path Finding. Dijkstra shortest-path finding for Unity.
• Unity Pause Menu. Open-source pause menu for Unity, originally built for the game New Horizons.
• Unity Physics CSP. Client-side-prediction demo in Unity with all network traffic simulated in one instance.
• Unity Pixel Camera. Resolution-independent pixel-perfect camera for Unity.
• Unity Plane Mesh Splitter. Script to split any mesh into smaller chunks.
• Unity Preview Generator. Generates preview textures and icons for Unity models and sprites.
• Unity Procedural Flower. Procedural flower generator for Unity.
• Unity PSD Layout Tool. Imports Photoshop .psd files into Unity.
• Unity QuickPool. Simple object pooling toolkit for Unity.
• Unity Raytracer. Ray tracing demo built in Unity.
• Unity Remote 4 (iOS/tvOS). Unity Remote app to preview play mode on iOS and tvOS devices.
• Unity Resource Checker. Editor utility to check scene resources in Unity, including textures, materials, meshes, and which objects use them.
• Unity Routines. Coroutine replacement for Unity with hierarchical routines and pooling.
• Unity Rulers. Ruler editor to measure distances between objects in the Scene view.
• Unity RuntimeCodeExecuter. Executes arbitrary code at runtime via the .NET 2.0 library, aimed at Unity.
• Unity Rust Plugin. Example of writing a Unity native plugin in Rust.
• Unity Scene Camera Controller. Drive a runtime camera like the SceneView camera.
• Unity Scrolly. Touch/drag scroll list using Unity GUI (4.6+).
• Unity SemVer. SemVer 2.0.0 implementation for Unity.
• Unity Serializer NG. Revival of Mike Talbot's discontinued Unity Serializer (Unity 5).
• Unity Simple File Browser. uGUI-based runtime file browser for Unity, draggable and resizable.
• Unity SimpleUsefulGizmos. Extra scene-view gizmos for Unity like colored colliders and rotation indicators.
• Unity Singleton MonoBehavior. Singleton pattern implementation for Unity MonoBehaviours.
• Unity Snippets. Unity code snippets for various IDEs.
• Unity Socket IO. Socket.io client for Unity.
• Unity Stb Easy Font. Port of stb_easy_font.h to Unity and C#.
• Unity Symlink Utility. Editor extension that adds a menu item to add folders as symlinks in Unity.
• Unity Texture Packer. Combines color channels from different textures into a single output.
• Unity Timeline Conditions. Experimental port of Animator conditions to Timeline events.
• Unity Timeline Sync. Synchronize multiple Unity Timelines over UDP.
• Unity Timelord Blender. Demo of custom blending for Unity Timelines.
• Unity Tools. VS Code extension with tools for Unity development.
• Unity UI Extensions. Extra controls and components for the Unity uGUI system.
• Unity UI Polygon. Polygon renderer for the Unity UI system.
• Unity Unet Movement. Server-authoritative movement for Unity UNET with client-side prediction and reconciliation.
• Unity VariableTileLayout. Pinterest-style variable tile layout for Unity UI.
• Unity Virtual Reality. Unity's official documentation on developing virtual reality applications.
• Unity Visual Behavior Tree. Reactive visual-scripting behavior tree tool for Unity 2018+.
• Unity Voxel Tools. Collection of voxel utilities for Unity. Experimental.
• Unity VS Toolbox. Visual Studio toolbox of MonoBehaviour events in execution order, plus installable templates.
• Unity Wave Function Collapse. Wave Function Collapse procedural generation for Unity.
• Unity Web Socket. WebSocket client for Unity.
• Unity Webview. WebView overlay plugin for Unity on Android, iOS, Web Player, and macOS. Windows is unsupported.
• Unity.Library.eppz. Collection of utility libraries for Unity.
• Unity.ProceduralContentGeneration Terrain. Procedural terrain content generation for Unity.
• Unity2D Components. C# components for 2D games: pixel-art cameras, events and messaging, save/load, collision handlers, object pools.
• Unity3D Async Await Util. Helpers that make async/await easier to use in Unity.
• Unity3D Automatron. Automation tool for Unity.
• Unity3D ComponentAttribute. Attribute that auto-loads components in Unity.
• Unity3D Extensions. Extension and utility methods for Unity.
• Unity3D Official Blog. News and development insights from Unity.
• Unity3D PerlinCameraShake. Perlin-noise camera shake MonoBehaviour for Unity, coroutine-driven and self-exiting.
• Unity3D Prefab Pool. Simple prefab pool for Unity.
• Unity3D Quick Search. Command palette for Unity.
• Unity3D Script Library. Collection of reusable Unity C# scripts.
• Unity3D Sound Manager. Sound manager for Unity with AudioSource pooling, 3D positioning, and completion callbacks.
• Unity3DPolylineEditor. 2D polyline editor for Unity.
• Unity3DVim. Vim editor integration for Unity on Linux.
• UnityComponent. Resource and component management helpers for Unity.
• UnityEffects. Collection of free effects for Unity.
• UnityExtensions MeshIntersection. Raycast against one or more meshes in Unity.
• UnityGameFramework Template. Starter project template based on UnityGameFramework.
• UnityGraphicsProgramming Vol.2. Unity graphics programming techniques and shader samples, volume 2.
• UnityHelpers. Collection of helper scripts for Unity.
• UnityHTTP. TCP-based HTTP library for Unity.
• UnityIO. File manipulation API for Unity that wraps AssetDatabase.
• UnityOctree (Nition). Loose octree for Unity in C#, the upstream of the Unity-Technologies fork.
• UnityOctree (Unity-Technologies). Dynamic loose octree implementation for Unity in C#.
• UnityPhysics2D. Examples of Unity 2D physics components and features.
• UnityPooling. Optimized object pooling for Unity.
• UnityRandom. Random number library in C# for Unity.
• UnitySpline2D. A simple 2D spline library for Unity. Unmaintained.
• Unitystation. Open-source remake of Space Station 13 in Unity.
• UnityStudio. Tool for exploring, extracting, and exporting assets from Unity games and apps.
• UnitySVG. SVG renderer for Unity.
• UnityTetris. Tetris clone written in C# and rendered with Unity.
• UnityTile3D. Simple 3D tile editor for Unity.
• UnityTimer. Library for running actions after a delay in Unity.
• Universal Unity Hooks. Framework for hooking into and modifying methods in Unity games via DLLs.
• UniVoice. Peer-to-peer VoIP for Unity.
• UVPreview. Preview UV islands for textures in the Unity inspector.
• UXF. Framework for running human behavior experiments in Unity.
• Variable Infinite Scroll. Variable-size infinite scroll for Unity UI.
• VariableAssets. ScriptableObject variable assets for Unity.
• Vector Graphics Samples. Official Unity SVG and vector graphics sample project.
• Vexe Framework (VFW). Editor extension adding advanced inspector and editor extensibility to Unity.
• Volumetric Clouds. Volumetric clouds for Unity.
• Volumetric Lines Unity. Source for the Volumetric Lines Unity Asset Store asset.
• VoxBlend. Blend shape controller plugin for Unity.
• Voxel Mesh Generator. Generates voxel 3D meshes in Unity using greedy meshing.
• Voxelmetric. Efficient voxel framework for Unity.
• VoxelWorld. Voxel world demo built in Unity.
• VSCode Unity Code Snippets. Unity development code snippets for VS Code.
• VSCode Unity Debug Support. Official Unity debugging support for VS Code.
• VSCode Unity Integration. VS Code integration for Unity.
• Warfest Voxel Unity. Voxel game prototype made with Unity.
• WaveformProvider. Generates a texture that simulates waves in Unity.
• Weaver. Code-weaving framework for Unity, based on Fody.
• Web View Hook. Exposes the internal UnityEditor WebView API.
• WebRTC Unity Plugin. Cross-platform WebRTC support for Unity apps.
• Xamarin.Forms.Unity. Xamarin.Forms platform implementation for Unity.
• xNode BehaviourTree. Behaviour tree built on the xNode node editor for Unity.
• yaSingleton. Singleton pattern for Unity using ScriptableObjects instead of MonoBehaviour.

XR, AR & VR: Resources

AR/VR/XR SDKs, frameworks, tools, and references across ARKit, ARCore, WebXR, and VR platforms.

Related:

• A-Frame VR. Blender add-on allows you to model your scene in Blender and export it to an A-Frame VR project with a single click.
• Advanced VR Mechanics With Unity and the HTC Vive Part 1. Tutorial: advanced VR mechanics in Unity with the HTC Vive (part 1).
• Advanced VR Mechanics With Unity and the HTC Vive Part 2. Tutorial: advanced VR mechanics in Unity with the HTC Vive (part 2).
• Bino. 3D video player with support for 180/360 video and VR headsets.
• Building an AR game with ARKit and Spritekit. Tutorial: building an AR game with ARKit and SpriteKit.
• Capturing Body Motion in 3D | Apple Developer Documentation. Apple ARKit documentation: capturing body motion in 3D.
• How to Create a Minimap for VR in Unity. Tutorial: creating a minimap for VR in Unity.
• How to support GearVR and Google Cardboard in one Unity3D project. Tutorial: supporting Gear VR and Google Cardboard in one Unity project.
• HTC Vive VR Input. Tutorial: VR GUI input module for Unity with the HTC Vive.
• I3D Past Projects. Virtual 3D teleportation in real-time by Microsoft Research
• Medium by Adobe. Medium is a dedicated VR sculpting and painting package for users of Oculus headsets, capable of exporting models to DCC applications in OBJ or FBX format.
• North Star Kit Paid. Hardware kit implementing Leap Motion's open-source Project North Star AR headset reference design (dual 1600x1440 120 FPS displays).
• Oliver Kreylos's blog. Good resource to get started learning about VR / stereo rendering.
• RealityKit. High-level AR framework by Apple. Comparable to Unity and Unreal Engine but specific for AR solutions.
• Rigging a Model for Motion Capture | Apple Developer Documentation. Apple ARKit documentation: rigging a model for motion capture.
• Sceneform Android SDK Maintained. ARCore Android SDK with Google Filament 3D engine. Continuation of Google Sceneform
• Tensorflow2 Ue4 AR. Augmented Reality Computer Vision Application using TensorFlow 2 and the Unreal Engine 4.23
• Three.js Editor. Online 3D editor with AR export capabilities.
• Ultraleap Paid. Hand-tracking hardware and SDK (formerly Ultrahaptics and Leap Motion).
• Unity VR Video Recording Test. Sample Unity project for recording VR sessions.
• ViroCore: A cross-platform AR/VR renderer. Open-source cross-platform AR/VR renderer, with ViroReact for React Native.
• VR Development - Unity Learn. Unity Learn pathway preparing you for VR development jobs.
• Vuforia Freemium. AR SDK that is directly integrated in the Unity Editor. Proprietary license, free to develop with

Unreal Engine: Resources

Unreal Engine resources and marketplace picks.

• 📄 Recommended Asset Naming Conventions ~ epicgames. Official naming conventions for folders and asset files.
• 📺📜 Control Rig ~ Ask A Dev. Control Rig tutorials for character animation. 22 videos.
• Acl Ue4 Plugin. Official Animation Compression Library plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Alex Forsythe. Deep-dive tutorials on Unreal's game framework and replication.
• ALS Community. Replicated, optimized community fork of Advanced Locomotion System V4.
• ALS Refactored. Reworked C++ version of Advanced Locomotion System V4.
• AndroidNative. Call Java functions via JNI from Unreal Engine on Android.
• Animated Crosshairs UE4. 17 ready-to-use animated UMG crosshair widgets with a demo scene.
• Articy Importer For Unreal. Imports articy:draft narrative data into Unreal Engine.
• Async Loading Screen. Configure an async loading screen system from Unreal Engine project settings.
• Audio Analysis Tools. Audio analysis functions for Unreal Engine. Pairs with Runtime Audio Importer.
• Ble Utilities Unreal. Scan, connect to, and subscribe to Bluetooth LE devices from Unreal Engine.
• blueprintUE. Paste and share Unreal Blueprint nodes online.
• cashgenUE. Runtime procedural terrain generator for Unreal Engine.
• CensoredUE4. World-space area censoring (mosaic/blur) attachable to any actor.
• Cesium for Unreal. Brings 3D geospatial tiles and globes into Unreal Engine.
• Code Like Me. A wide variety of Unreal Engine tutorials.
• DataConfig. Serialization framework for the Unreal property system.
• DungeonGenerator. Procedural dungeon generator for Unreal Engine 4.
• Easy Json Parser. JSON parsing library for Unreal Engine.
• EasyXMLParser. XML parsing library for Unreal Engine.
• Fairy GUI Unreal. Flexible UI framework for Unreal Engine.
• FastSwitcher. UMG widget switcher that loads only the active widget in Unreal Engine 4.
• Fresh Cooked Tweens. Tweening library with curve easing for any value in Unreal Engine.
• Game Development & Unreal Engine Programming Guide. Notes and guide on game development and Unreal Engine programming.
• GameDev.tv Unreal 5.0 C++ Developer: Learn C++ and Make Video Games Paid. Course teaching C++ game programming in Unreal Engine 5.
• GASP ALS. Game Animation Sample with ALS locomotion layering.
• GASShooter. Advanced FPS/TPS sample project for the Gameplay Ability System.
• GGPOUE4. GGPO rollback netcode port for Unreal Engine 4.
• Ghost Mesh Plugin. Creates ghost/silhouette mesh effects in Unreal Engine 4.
• Global Event System Ue4. Loosely coupled global event system for cross-map and cross-Blueprint communication.
• Gorka Games. Long tutorial series, short tutorials, and Unreal Engine news.
• Greebler. Auto-scatters rubble and greeble detail across a scene. UE4 and Unity.
• Hermes. Adds deep links into the UE4 editor.
• Horizontal 360 Radar. 360-degree radar system (Skyrim-style) for Unreal Engine 4.
• Houdini Engine for Unreal. Plugin bridging Houdini Digital Asset workflows into Unreal.
• InfraworldRuntime. Use Google gRPC services from C++ or Blueprints in Unreal Engine 4.
• Inventory + Equipment System. Inventory container and equipment system for Unreal Engine 4.
• Japanese Village (Marketplace) Paid. Japanese medieval village asset pack.
• KawaiiPhysics. Simple fake secondary-motion physics for Unreal Engine 4.
• Kotlin Unreal. Use the Kotlin language with Unreal Engine 4.
• LeapUnreal. Leap Motion hand-tracking SDK for Unreal Engine.
• LocalizationUE4. Standalone translation editor for Unreal Engine 4.
• Locus Replication Graph. Replication Graph setup helper for Unreal Engine multiplayer.
• LuaMachine. Lua API integration plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• MassSample. Community sample project for the Mass Entity (ECS) framework.
• Mathew Wadstein. Short videos covering nearly every Unreal class and Blueprint node.
• MD Meta Data Editor. Edit metadata on Blueprint properties, functions, and parameters. UE 5.1+.
• Medieval Houses (Marketplace) Paid. Modular medieval house asset pack.
• Mixed Reality UX Tools Unreal. UX tools and components for Mixed Reality apps in Unreal Engine 4.
• MobileUtils. Integrate common mobile utilities into Unreal Engine 4 projects.
• mod.io. Integrate mod.io user-generated-content management into your Unreal game.
• Morphs Player. Play morph targets directly on a skeletal mesh animation track.
• Mqtt Utilities Unreal. Exposes MQTT client functionality to Blueprints in Unreal Engine.
• My SQL Connector UE4 Plugin. MySQL database connector plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Myo Ue4. Myo armband input plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Nano. Minimal starter template for small Unreal Engine games.
• NiagaraUIRenderer. Render Niagara particle systems inside UMG UI widgets.
• nimue4. Nim language integration for Unreal Engine 4.
• Nuke.Unreal. C# scriptable workflow for automating Unreal Engine project tasks, built on Nuke.
• ObjectDeliverer. Data transmission and reception library for Unreal Engine.
• OceanProject. Ocean simulation project for Unreal Engine 4.
• OpenCL.uplugin. OpenCL GPU compute plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• OpenLand. Open source landscape auto-material for Unreal Engine.
• OSVR Unreal. OSVR open-source VR headset plugin for Unreal Engine.
• PBCharacterMovement. HL2-style classic FPS movement for Unreal Engine, written in C++.
• PluginTemplate. Starter Unreal plugin template with editor and runtime modules.
• Prefabricator Ue4. Prefab system plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• ProjectExodus. Transfers Unity scenes and projects into Unreal Engine.
• Ps Facebook Mobile. Facebook authorization for mobile in Unreal Engine 4.
• Ps Real Vehicle. Simple force-driven vehicle simulation plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Ps Replay Kit. iOS plugin to record or stream screen video plus app and mic audio.
• Ps Web Server. CivetWeb web server integration plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• puerts. Write game logic in TypeScript for Unreal Engine 4 or Unity.
• Quests. Quest system plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Realtime Mesh Component. Unreal Engine 5 component for rendering runtime-generated meshes.
• RedTalaria. Set of Hermes deep-link endpoints for Unreal Engine.
• RemCommon. Common gameplay utilities for Unreal Engine.
• RemRanges. Combines IGRanges and ranges-v3 for Unreal Engine.
• Runtime Audio Importer. Import audio of various formats at runtime in Unreal Engine.
• Runtime Files Downloader. Download files over HTTP/HTTPS at runtime in Unreal Engine.
• Runtime Mesh Component. Unreal Engine 4 component for rendering runtime-generated meshes.
• Runtime Mesh Loader. Import meshes at runtime in Unreal Engine 4.
• Runtime Speech Recognizer. Offline real-time speech recognition for Unreal Engine, based on whisper.cpp.
• Ryan Laley. Primarily Blueprint-based Unreal Engine tutorials.
• SCUE5 Plugin. Steam Core updated for Unreal Engine 5.
• SilvervineUE4Lua. Lua scripting plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• sluaunreal. Lua scripting plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Socket IO Client Unreal. Socket.IO client plugin for Unreal Engine.
• Socketer. TCP socket Blueprint library for Unreal Engine.
• Socketio Client Ue4. Socket.io client plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• SQLite3UE4. SQLite3 database plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Stats + Attributes. Stats, attributes, and leveling system for Unreal Engine 4.
• Street Map. Import OpenStreetMap XML data into your Unreal Engine project.
• Sublime Unreal Snippets. Sublime Text 3 snippets for writing Unreal Engine 4 game code.
• Swipe. Exposes mobile swipe gestures as Blueprint events in Unreal Engine 4.
• Tcp Ue4. Convenience TCP wrapper for Unreal Engine 4.
• TCP Unreal. Convenience TCP wrapper for Unreal Engine.
• Tensorflow Ue4. TensorFlow machine-learning plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Tom Looman UE5 Tutorials Freemium. Unreal C++ and gameplay tutorials, courses, and articles.
• UAssetAPI. Low-level .NET library for reading and writing Unreal Engine 4 game assets.
• Udp Ue4. Convenience UDP wrapper for Unreal Engine 4.
• UDP Unreal. Convenience UDP wrapper for Unreal Engine.
• UE BUI Tween. UMG UI tweening library for Unreal Engine, usable from C++.
• UE DSS Plugin. MMO server instancing, dungeon instancing, and player balancing subsystem for Unreal Engine.
• UE Easy JWT. JWT wrapper subsystem for Unreal Engine.
• UE Easy Kafka. Kafka/Redpanda client subsystem for Unreal Engine, usable from Blueprint and C++.
• UE4 Aurora Effect. Raymarched aurora borealis effect for Unreal Engine 4.
• UE4 Binary Builder. Builds installed (Rocket) Unreal Engine binaries from GitHub source.
• UE4 BYG Localization. Simple CSV-based localization system for Unreal Engine 4.
• Ue4 Canvas GUI. Simple canvas-based GUI with mouse input for Unreal Engine 4.
• UE4 Custom Gravity Plugin. Custom directional gravity plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Ue4 Docker. Windows and Linux containers for Unreal Engine 4.
• UE4 Env. project. Open environment simulation project (day/night, weather) for Unreal Engine 4.
• UE4 EOS Plugin. Plugin and sample implementing the Epic Online Services SDK in Unreal Engine 4.
• UE4 Game Lift Client SDK. AWS GameLift client SDK for Unreal Engine 4.
• UE4 Node Graph Assistant. Speeds up node graph editing in Unreal Engine 4.
• UE4 Plugin Resources. Community resource list for Slate, graphs, and UE4 plugin development.
• Ue4 Protobuf. Integrates Protocol Buffers into Unreal Engine 4 without extra system setup.
• Ue4 Uitween. UMG UI tweening library for Unreal Engine 4, written in C++.
• UE4GamepadUMG. Use a gamepad like a mouse in UMG menus in Unreal Engine 4.
• Ue4MarchingCubes. 3D Perlin noise meshing via marching cubes for Unreal Engine 4.
• UE4MasterServer. Server registration and discovery against a master server in Unreal Engine 4.
• UE5 Styleguide. Guidelines for keeping Unreal Engine projects consistent.
• UE5 Stylized Post Process. Stylized post-process effects for Unreal Engine 5.
• ue5coro. C++20 coroutine plugin integrated with Unreal Engine 5.
• UELlama. llama.cpp LLM inference plugin for Unreal Engine 5.
• UEWebsocket. WebSocket plugin for Unreal Engine 4, usable from C++ and Blueprint.
• Ultraleap SDK. Brings Ultraleap hand-tracking data into Unreal projects.
• UMG Resizable Widget. Resizable UMG widget for Unreal Engine 4.
• Unreal Bp Csv Parsing. Adds CSV parsing Blueprint nodes to Unreal Engine.
• Unreal Docs: Game Features And Modular Gameplay. Docs for Game Features and Modular Gameplay plugins.
• Unreal Docs: Gameplay Ability System. Docs for the Gameplay Ability System (GAS): abilities, attributes, and effects.
• Unreal Docs: Gameplay Camera System. Docs for the Gameplay Camera System.
• Unreal Docs: Gameplay Targeting System. Docs for the Gameplay Targeting System.
• Unreal Docs: Getting Started With Texture Graph. Docs for Texture Graph, Unreal's node-based texture authoring tool.
• Unreal Docs: InstancedStruct. API reference for InstancedStruct, a container for instanced UStruct data.
• Unreal Docs: Mass Entity. Docs for Mass Entity, Unreal's ECS framework for large agent counts.
• Unreal Docs: Metahuman Documentation. Docs for MetaHuman creation and integration.
• Unreal Docs: Modeling And Geometry Scripting. Docs for in-editor modeling tools and Geometry Script.
• Unreal Docs: Motion Design. Docs for Motion Design, Unreal's broadcast and motion-graphics toolset.
• Unreal Docs: Mutable Overview. Docs for Mutable, runtime character customization and mesh generation.
• Unreal Docs: Procedural Content Generation Framework. Docs for the Procedural Content Generation (PCG) framework. See also Electric Dreams PCG.
• Unreal Docs: Scriptable Tools System. Docs for the Scriptable Tools System (Blueprint-authored editor tools).
• Unreal Docs: Smart Objects. Docs for Smart Objects, registerable interaction points for AI.
• Unreal Docs: State Tree. Docs for State Tree, a hierarchical state machine for AI and logic.
• Unreal Docs: Umg Viewmodel. Docs for UMG ViewModel (MVVM-style UI data binding).
• Unreal Docs: Water System. Docs for the Water System (rivers, lakes, oceans).
• Unreal Engine Advanced Functions. Library of handy Blueprint utility functions for Unreal Engine.
• Unreal Engine Learning. Getting-started tutorial for Unreal's Texture Graph.
• Unreal Engine Official YouTube. Official Unreal Engine YouTube channel with weekly live streams.
• Unreal Engine Python. Embed Python scripting in Unreal Engine 4.
• Unreal Fast Noise. Modular, Blueprint-friendly noise generation for Unreal Engine 4.
• Unreal Fast Noise2. Blueprint wrapper for the FastNoise2 noise generation library.
• Unreal Fetch. Fetch API-inspired HTTP client for Unreal Engine.
• Unreal Im GUI. Integrates Dear ImGui debug UI into Unreal Engine 4.
• Unreal Library. UE Explorer's library for parsing data from Unreal Engine games.
• Unreal Magic Nodes. Custom Kismet node system that lets you write C++ inside Blueprint graphs.
• Unreal Rust. Opinionated Rust integration for Unreal Engine.
• Unreal Sandbox Terrain. Smooth voxel terrain plugin for Unreal Engine.
• Unreal Signal R. SignalR client for Unreal Engine.
• Unreal UMG 3 D Object In Widget. Sample showing how to render a 3D mesh inside a UMG widget.
• Unreal Version Changer. Fakes a plugin's UE version so it installs on newer engine versions.
• Unreal.hx. Haxe integration for Unreal Engine.
• Unreal.js. JavaScript runtime built for Unreal Engine.
• UnrealCLR. Unreal Engine integration for .NET 6 (C#).
• unrealcpp. Collection of Unreal Engine 4 C++ examples.
• unrealcv. Connects computer vision research to Unreal Engine.
• UnrealLive2D. Render Live2D models in Unreal Engine 4.
• USharp. C# scripting plugin for Unreal Engine 4.
• Va Fog Of War. Fog of War solution for Unreal Engine.
• Va Tex Atlas. Texture atlas support for Unreal Engine 4 UMG.
• VaRest. REST API plugin for Unreal Engine.
• Velocity Grid Export. Tool to export vector fields out of Houdini for Unreal.
• ViewportManager. Multiple customizable viewports for Unreal Engine, in C++.
• Virtus Learning Hub. Unreal Engine tutorials with several long course series.
• Voxel Plugin. Volumetric, destructible, infinite voxel worlds in Unreal Engine.
• VS Code Setup for UE. Official guide to setting up VS Code for Unreal C++ work.
• Vscode Unreal Snippets. VS Code snippets for Unreal Engine, based on the Sublime snippet set.
• Weapon Trace Unreal. Weapon tracing plugin for reliable melee combat hits.
• WindowCapture2D. Capture and display OS windows in real time inside Unreal Engine.
• Working with Data (Unreal Engine Learning). Tutorial on data tables, data assets, and UProperty specifiers.
• XJ music. Adaptive music plugin for Unreal Engine games.
• ZipUtility Plugin. Event-driven 7-Zip compression utility for Unreal Engine 4.

Game Dev Tools: Level Design

Level editors and blockout tools.

Related:

• Chisel.Prototype. Work in progress prototype for the Chisel Level Editor, for Unity.
• Editor2D. Tile based level editor for Unity
• GILES. A runtime level editor for Unity3D.
• Sprytile (GitHub). Blender add-on for building tile-based low-poly scenes with paint and map-editor tools.
• Sprytile (itch.io). Blender addon for tile-based 3D levels.
• Tiled2Unity. Export Tiled Map Editor (TMX) files into Unity.
• Unity2D TMX. A small library to import and render tilemap in Unity2D, only support TMX file format.

Game Dev Tools: Dialogue & Narrative

Dialogue, narrative scripting, and IF tools.

Related:

• Ink. Narrative scripting by Inkle (Heaven's Vault, Sable).
• Ink Unity Integration. Unity integration for the open source ink narrative scripting language.
• Prototype. Prototype component pattern for Unity.
• Twine. Free, open-source interactive fiction.
• Yarn Spinner. Dialogue tool for Unity/Godot (Night in the Woods).

Game Dev Tools: Audio Middleware

Adaptive audio and spatial audio middleware.

Related:

• Wwise Unreal Plug-in Freemium. Plugin for integrating Wwise assets for realtime playback in-engine.

Game Dev Tools: Networking & Multiplayer

Multiplayer frameworks and game servers.

Related:

• Basic Multiplayer Unity. Fast-Paced UDP Client-Server implementation.
• Bomber. Open-source Bomberman multiplayer game made in Unreal Engine 5.
• Colyseus. Node.js multiplayer framework.
• Colyseus Unreal. Colyseus Multiplayer SDK for Unreal Engine
• Fish Net. High-performance Unity networking.
• Forge Networking Remastered. Free open-source multiplayer networking system with good Unity integration.
• Gambetta_Networked Demo. Fast-Paced Multiplayer: Sample Code and Live Demo - Gabriel Gambetta's Multiplayer Network Demo in Unity C# as Networked using Lidgren Network.
• GameDev.tv Unreal Multiplayer Master: Video Game Dev In C++ Course Paid. Course on building Unreal Engine multiplayer games in C++.
• Mirror (GitHub). A community replacement for Unity's abandoned UNET Networking System.
• Mirror (site). Open-source Unity networking.
• Unity Multiplayer Packages. Unity multiplayer packages and samples.

Game Dev Tools: Sprite & VFX

Sprite animation, 2D VFX, texture packers.

Related:

• Cheetah Texture Packer. High efficient and fast 2D bin packing tool
• Ez Sprite Sheet. Creates sprite sheets from animated GIFs
• Fusion Character Animator. Small tool for Clickteam Fusion 2.5 to facilitate the animation of 2D character sprites for developers.
• GlueIT. Free Simple Spritesheet Tool
• Kavex's Spritesheet Maker. Free spritesheet maker to replace GlueIT. Has much newer export formats.
• Laigter. Free normal/specular/AO map generator for 2D.
• Leshy SpriteSheet Tool. HTML5 tool for creating, packing, and modifying sprite sheets and texture atlases
• Libgdx Texture Packer. Texture Packer built into Libgdx
• Make Your Own Pixel Art Paid. Walks you step-by-step through the available tools, pixel art techniques, the importance of shapes, colors, shading, and how to turn your art into animation.
• Owlboy. Explore a detailed steampunk world in the clouds. With it's range of endearing animations and expressions the world and it's characters come to life.
• Paul Robertson. Australian, creating cute, sometimes cosmic and psychedelic, and sometimes weird nightmarish pixel art.
• PixelCraft. Open source and free, works in the browser. Easy to try out in the browser and as a PWA offline.
• ShoeBox. Adobe Air based app with game and ui related tools.
• Sprite Sheet Maker. Sprite Sheet Maker is a handy no fuss utility to pack sprites
• Sprite Sheet Slicer. Sprite Sheet Slicer is a handy no fuss utility to slice sprites
• SpriteLib. Collection of static and animated graphic objects (also commonly known as sprites).
• SpriteUV2 Paid. Tool for creating optimal meshes for textures/sprites and packing them into an atlas.
• Starbound. Travel across vibrant, colorful and expansive galaxies, including creative dynamic animations.
• Stitches. An HTML5 sprite sheet generator
• Talos VFX. Node based, open source VFX Editor with interface and a ready to use libGDX runtime.
• Tilesplit. CLI text-based tilesheet splitter and namer. Turn a spritesheet into many separate files with names you pick, or not if you don't care. Support templates and textures that are not all the same size
• Walking animation cycle in games. Tutorial series on 2D walk-cycle animation for games.
• Wobblepaint. Pico8 editor that give life to pixel art with a little wobble.

Game Dev Tools: AI & Procedural Generation

WFC, noise, procedural pipelines, economy design.

Related:

• DotRecast. A port of Recast & Detour, navigation mesh toolset for games, Unity3D, servers, C#.
• Fast Noise Lite. Fast noise generation (Perlin, Simplex, Cellular).
• Machinations Paid. Visual tool for designing and simulating game economies.
• Procedural GL JS. Based on Three.js, this framework is dedicated to generating a 3D Map experience on a web service.
• Wave Function Collapse. Procedural generation from example patterns.

Game Dev Tools: Physics Engines

Open-source physics engines.

• Box2D v3. 2D physics engine rewrite by Erin Catto.
• Box2D.NET. A port of Box2D, is a 2D physics engine for games,.NET C#, Unity3D, servers.
• Cannon.js. Lightweight and simple 3D physics engine for the web.
• Jolt Physics. Open-source 3D physics (used in Horizon Forbidden West).
• Lockstep Framework. A framework designed for games that need lockstep simulations. It includes a deterministic 2D physics engine, pathfinding, behavior system. LSF is integrated with Unity.
• Rapier. Rust physics engine (2D/3D, used with Bevy).
• UnrealJolt. Jolt physics integration (Plugin) for Unreal Engine 5 (UE5)

Game Dev Tools: Version Control

Version control for binary-heavy game projects.

Related:

• Git LFS. Large file storage for Git.

Game Dev Tools: Analytics & Playtesting

Analytics and playtesting services.

• Steam Playtest. Free playtesting on Steam.

Game Design & Theory

Design fundamentals, patterns, and references.

Related:

• Deconstructor of Fun. F2P game design and business.
• DevianArt7Soul1. Offers a specific set of 420 pixel art icons designed for RPG games.
• Epic Games. Epic Games on GitHub. Official Unreal Engine and related repos.
• friflo ECS. High-performance C# ECS with simple API. Supports.NET, WASM/WebAssembly, Native AOT, Unity, Godot, MonoGame,..
• Game Development Essentials: Game Level Design. Book on game level design fundamentals.
• Game Programming Patterns. Lots of great game development patterns useful when making games with or without Unity.
• Game UI Database. Searchable database of game UI/UX screenshots for interface reference.
• How To Market A Game. Marketing strategies for indie games.
• LWF. Lightweight SWF. LWF is an animation engine which can play animation data converted from FLASH contents in HTML5, Unity, Cocos2d-x, iOS UIKit.
• Phototiler. Lightweight photorealistic map renderer that allows quick rendering of 3D maps for creative cartography.
• Pixel Composer (GitHub). Node-based VFX editor for pixel art.
• pixeldudesmaker. Small pixel-art character generator, with basic animation.
• Red Blob Games. Interactive visual explanations (pathfinding, hex grids, noise).
• Slynyrd. American, game designer with tons of material, game specific knowledge and mini-tutorials.
• SpriteKit. SpriteKit code to make your game work on iOS, macOS, and tvOS without a hitch.
• Spritemate. Online Editor for Commodore 64 Sprites
• Timanthes. A pixel art editor for the Commodore 64 computer running on Windows
• Turbulenz. HTML5 game engine for building, publishing, and monetising games with 3D effects and real-time physics.
• Unity Audio Manager. Plugin to play, change, stop, and mute 2D/3D sounds in Unity.
• Unity Game Programming Patterns. Game Programming Pattern Examples in Unity3D.
• Unity in Action (book). Hands-on Unity game development book (Manning).
• Unity Technologies. Unity Technologies on GitHub. Official Unity repos and samples.

Game Dev: YouTube Channels

Channels covering game dev technique, design, and industry.

• 📺 Learning All IN ORDER ~ Game Dev Cave. Unreal game-dev tutorial channel: blueprints, C++, quests, and GAS, ordered for beginners (160+ videos).
• Aarthificial. Pixel art devlogs.
• Acerola. Graphics programming.
• Blackthornprod. 2D art and design.
• Cain On Games. Tim Cain (Fallout creator) on game design philosophy and war stories.
• Freya Holmer. Math for game devs, shaders.
• Game Maker's Toolkit. Game design analysis.
• GDQuest (YouTube). Godot tutorials.
• Jonas Tyroller. Indie dev logs.
• Libgdx Wiki. Libgdx documentation wiki (includes Texture Packer page).
• Lincoln Margison. Procedural animation tutorials. Step by step walkthroughs for game dev rigging and motion.
• Masahiro Sakurai. Game design philosophy, 250+ episodes.
• MFGD - Fragment Shaders. YouTube playlist about fragment shaders.
• Pontypants. Animation for games.
• Sebastian Lague. Procedural generation and simulations.
• t3ssel8r. Stylized rendering.
• The Cherno Project. While not specific to Unreal Engine, Cherno has tons of great C++ and general game engine content.
• Thomas Brush. Indie business and marketing.

Game Dev: Courses

Structured game dev courses.

• CS50 Game Development (Harvard). Free, covers Love2D, Unity.
• Polyglot Gamedev Mastersheet. Massive community-curated master list of game dev resources across engines, art, audio, and design.

Game Dev: Communities

Reddit, Discord, forums, indie job boards.

• Brackeys Discord. Brackeys Discord community.
• Game Dev League. Game dev Discord.
• Games Artist. Game art community with breakdowns, tutorials, and showcases.
• IndieDB. Indie game database and promotion.
• r/gamedesign. Game design subreddit.
• r/gamedev. 1.5M+ game dev subreddit.
• r/IndieDev. Indie developer subreddit.
• r/indiegaming. Indie gaming subreddit.
• r/pixelart. Pixel art subreddit.
• r/unrealengine. Unreal Engine subreddit.
• TIGSource Forums. Long-running indie forum.
• Unreal Slackers. Unreal Engine Discord community.
• Work With Indies. Indie game job board.

Game Jams

Recurring game jams.

• Brackeys Game Jam. Beginner-friendly jam.
• Global Game Jam. Annual, in-person worldwide.
• GMTK Game Jam. Largest jam by entries.
• itch.io Jams. Hundreds of active jams.
• JS13KGames. 13KB size limit JavaScript jam.

Game Engines: Free & Open Source

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Game Engines: Commercial Free Tiers

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Level Design & Map Editing Software

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