Game Development Stack Exchange Newsletter – Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Top new questions this week:

How to publish WebXR game on Quest or Steam stores?

I would like to develop a simple and small game for WebXR so that Quest, Index, etc. can play it. I would eventually like to be able to put it on the Quest store and Steam. Is there a way to publish a …

javascript webgl three.js steam webxr

asked by Imperial A Score of 1 answered by Pikalek Score of 1

What is the “Built-in Texture2D”? How to reduce its size or remove it?

I am building an APK in Unity. The build log says this: …

unity android build-process build

asked by Job_September_2020 Score of 1 answered by Fabio S. Score of 1

Resize Sprite To Match Screen Size

My game’s resolution is 1920 x 1080, and I have a background sprite that is also 1920 x 1080. I have made the background sprite a child of my MainCamera & dragged it further back on the Z-axis so …

unity scripting

asked by PayasoPrince Score of 1 answered by DMGregory Score of 2

Why does it take around 5 times longer to sample large RenderTextures vs. sampling large Texture3D/2Ds in a Compute Shader?

Firstly I am in Unity 2021.3.11f1 using DX12. So the situation is the following. I have a large 3D RenderTexture, and I have a large 3D Texture3D with the same data, same format, same dimensions, same …

unity textures performance compute-shader

asked by Pjbomb2 Score of 1 answered by Adam Score of 1

Pack 4 textures into one channel

Can I pack 4 grayscale textures into one channel by converting the textures into uints and packing them? …

unity shaders textures hlsl

asked by Shiv-iwnl Score of 1 answered by TimChang Score of 0

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

Moving an object in a circular path

I want to move one object (dot) in a circular path. How should I change the X and Y coordinates to accomplish this?

mathematics graphics

asked by Ganapathy C Score of 32 answered by Kromster Score of 70

GLSL: How do I cast a float to an int?

In a GLSL fragment shader I am trying to cast a float into an int. The compiler raises an error: …

opengl glsl opengl-es

asked by dugla Score of 50 answered by Ricket Score of 51

How do idle games handle such large numbers?

Just wondering how games such as Tap titans and Cookie Clicker handle such large numbers. I am trying to implement an idle game however the largest number format supported by C# is decimal. I am …

unity mathematics

asked by MathHelp Score of 36 answered by Ross Taylor-Turner Score of 43

How would I find the SDK folder for Android Studio so I can build my Unity project?

So I’ve been trying to build my unity project for android, but my problem is that I don’t know how to find the Android SDK. I have the old developer bundle installed, when it was still the one with …

unity android

asked by HellspawnedJawa Score of 5 answered by Matt Dowis Score of 11

How to detect collision occurring on a child object, from a parent script?

I have an enemy with this structure: Enemy Body Head Arm Left Arm right …and so on. I also have a collider for each part of the body. In my “Enemy” object I’ve attached a script, and …

unity collision-detection

asked by stighy Score of 20 answered by DMGregory Score of 26

What's the difference between 'Dynamic' , 'Random', and 'Procedural' generations?

I’ve been really struggling lately with the difference between dynamically, randomly, and procedurally generated maps/levels, I previously thought they were the same but now I have no clue. I’ve seen …

procedural-generation terminology

asked by loltrox Score of 18 answered by Theraot Score of 36

How to make a character jump?

I am currently making a game in C# using Direct X 9.0. The game remake is Donkey Kong NES. I have nearly everything completed, but I am having problems with the physics of Mario’s jump. I have …

physics input jumping

asked by Sarah Score of 46 answered by David Gouveia Score of 88