- Game Performance Optimization (Ben Cloward playlist)
YouTube playlist on game optimization for Unity and Unreal: budgets, CPU versus GPU triage, PIX analysis, and draw-call or shader tuning.
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· <optimization><intermediate><video><cloward><capture><developers><drawcalls><episodes> - Optimizing UE5: Advanced Rendering, Graphics Performance, and Memory Management (Unreal Fest 2024)
Unreal Fest 2024 session on UE5 advanced rendering, graphics performance, and memory management.
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· <optimization><foliage><gpu><performance><quality><scenes><toggles><youtube> - This will rewire how you think about rendering optimization
This Procedural Pixels article by Jan Mróz presents a teaching mental model of the GPU rasterization pipeline for everyday optimization.
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· <optimization><gpu><pipeline><pixel><useful><vertex><work><unity> - Your game can be faster, because you restarted your PC
After a long work day with many applications open, the author compares profiling sessions with and without a clean restart on a hobby Unity project.
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· <optimization><before><captures><developers><frames><game><gpu><timings> - GPU Instanced Grass Breakdown (Cyanilux)
A Cyanilux URP breakdown on GPU-instanced grass: procedural draw APIs, structured buffers, Shader Graph instancing hooks, and optional indirect draws with compute frustum culling.
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· <intermediate><developers><draw><free><gpu><post><shader><time> - Intro to the Shader Pipeline (Cyanilux)
Introductory Cyanilux blog post on Unity meshes, shader stages, render pipelines, materials, C# property setup, batching, and forward versus deferred paths.
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· <code><free><meshes><pipeline><post><related><shader><vertex> - Local UVs for Sprites in Sprite Sheet/Atlas (Cyanilux)
Unity shader techniques for per-sprite 0-1 UVs when sprites live in sheets or atlases: C# UV remap with Shader Graph/HLSL, plus URP object-space and renderer-bounds alternatives.
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· <code><intermediate><developers><free><post><shader><specific><want> - Sun Beams / God Rays Shader Breakdown (Cyanilux)
Sun Beams / God Rays Shader Breakdown is a May 2024 Cyanilux tutorial (updated August 2025) on stylized god rays in Unity URP Shader Graph.
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· <intermediate><calls><developers><draw><drawcalls><free><gpu><shader> - Impossible Geometry: Non-Euclidean Cubes
Alan Zucconi's 2015 Unity post opens his Impossible Geometry series on alanzucconi.com.
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· <intermediate><access><before><free><game><post><related><series> - Sharper Mipmapping using Shader Based Supersampling (Ben Golus, Aug 2019)
Ben Golus’s Medium article explains shader-based supersampling tricks to reduce blurry mip transitions and recover sharper albedo/detail when hardware mip selection is too conserva
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· <intermediate><access><before><ben><free><related><shader><time> - Simon Trümpler / Simonschreibt
Simon Trümpler’s Simonschreibt.de is a long-running German/English technical art blog covering stylized environments, hand-painted texturing, Substance workflows, and shader-adjace
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· <intermediate><access><before><expensive><free><game><related><scene> - Custom Render Texture
Unity Manual page for Custom Render Textures explains how to drive render textures procedurally from shaders, enabling feedback loops, simulations, and dynamic painting in-engine.
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· <intermediate><access><before><free><pipeline><shader><specific><time> - Textures for VFX - Database (Simon Trümpler / Simonschreibt)
Simon Trümpler’s Notion database “Textures for VFX” catalogs reference photos and texture resources for visual effects work - splashes, debris, gradients, and practical elements.
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· <intermediate><access><before><free><game><links><related><time> - Youtube > Makin' Stuff Look Good in Unity
YouTube channel “Makin’ Stuff Look Good in Unity” (UCEklP9iLcpExB8vp_fWQseg) publishes stylized rendering breakdowns - particles, trails, shaders, and URP/HDRP tips for indie polis
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· <intermediate><video><access><before><free><playlist><series><shader> - Introducing WebGPU-Bench: A WebGPU Microbenchmark
Blog post introducing webgpu-bench, a WebGPU micro-benchmark suite used by Web3D Survey to measure arithmetic, memory access, operation costs, and compute strategies.
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· <code><optimization><intermediate><access><cost><developers><post><shader> - AI + RenderDoc Integration: Automated GPU Analysis
Khronos Vulkan documentation page on feeding RenderDoc capture state to an AI agent via renderdoccmd for programmatic GPU debugging.
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· <code><intermediate><already><analysis><capture><comparing><developers><gpu> - Slime Rancher Faces : Behind the Scenes (PolygonCherub, Monomi Park)
Archived Monomi Park forum thread (PolygonCherub) documents Slime Rancher’s expressive character faces - blend shapes, material tricks, and production constraints behind the cute s
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· <intermediate><access><before><free><related><scenes><time><unreal> - HDRP Docs
Unity package documentation for High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP) - official manual for lighting, volumes, materials, decals, and advanced features in HDRP projects.
Versio
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· <intermediate><access><before><free><pipeline><shader><specific><time> - Shader Graph Docs
Official Unity Shader Graph package manual - node reference, Custom Function nodes, subgraphs, precision, and target compatibility for URP/HDRP/BiRP.
Living documentation synced
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· <intermediate><access><before><free><pipeline><shader><specific><time> - URP Docs
Official Unity Universal Render Pipeline package documentation - renderer features, lighting models, camera stacking, quality settings, and shader upgrade guides.
Versioned docs
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