3D Pool Dev Blog: Passive Cue Collision

The Problem As you might have gathered from this blog, I’m currently part way through learning Unity SDK in order to code my own games. I decided to program a 3D Pool game in order to learn the system. I have decided to keep a bit of a Dev Blog here, as it may be of use to other people. It’s worth noting that there are 1000 ways to skin a cat in Unity – and I’m sure an experienced programmer would likely take a different approach to something like... Read The Rest →
Unity 5 Physics Update – Will it Break your Game?

Here’s my Experience. At the start of the month, Unity announced that the latest version of their SDK would feature considerable upgrades to both the rendering engine and physics. The new version of Unity now features Nvidia’s PhysX 3.3 engine. The new engine is faster and more accurate than ever before. Check out this Gang Beasts video – the speed improvement is obvious. Now I have to be honest, I did approach this update with some trepidation. The last Unity update made significant changes to the UI systems. While ultimately... Read The Rest →