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I spent a year working to get this much implemented and am excited to work on more bosses and encounters. Let me know in the comments what you're most interested to learn about!

Backdrop Filters are a brand new (in Unity 6.6) feature in UI Toolkit that allow us to attach special effects to the "backdrop" of visual elements. This enables us to have really cool effects like ...

Backdrop filters apply to what's BEHIND the UI element, while the filters apply to the UI element itself!

Backdrop Filters are a new cool UI Toolkit feature with Unity 6.6! We can now apply filters to what's behind our UI elements!

Backdrop Filters are a new cool UI Toolkit feature with Unity 6.6! We can now apply filters to what's behind our UI elements!

Backdrop Filters are a brand new (in Unity 6.6) feature in UI Toolkit that allow us to attach special effects to the "backdrop" of visual elements. This enables us to have really cool effects like ...

Resources.Load = in build. Using Unity's new Content Directories you can lower build size, improve load speed, and lower memory usage!

Unity Content Directory (new with Unity 6.6) is a powerful tool that allows you to swap the CONTENTS of your build without rebuilding the entire player - making faster iteration times.

Unity Content Directories (new in Unity 6.6) are a MUCH MORE optimized way to approach loading dynamic content at runtime!

Unity Content Directory is a powerful new tool in Unity 6.6 to help us optimize how we load assets at runtime. This is a first look at using it to replace using Resources.Load to optimize build siz...

Getting started with UI Toolkit? Check out my UI Toolkit Fundamentals Course: https://gamedev.tv/courses/unity-ui-toolkit-fundamentals?ref=mjuzyjq&utm_source=llamacademy&utm_medium=youtube&utm_camp...

Getting started with UI Toolkit? Check out my UI Toolkit Fundamentals Course: https://gamedev.tv/courses/unity-ui-toolkit-fundamentals?ref=mjuzyjq&utm_source=llamacademy&utm_medium=youtube&utm_camp...

I made this game as part of this GameDev.tv battle video: https://youtu.be/IsAS2XlfjLw?si=fzVRLfMETwtflzDy

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Learn how to sync up your units' attacks with their animations and apply damage at the proper time!

Learn about the state of the Unity Navigation System in 2025 and the key components you need to build YOUR GAME with Game AI that understands the world and can move seamlessly!

Make sure you tune in! August 26 7AM CDT! https://youtube.com/live/8Hs5mM_jBGA

Learn how you can update the NavMesh QUICKLY in response to object destruction in your game! In this video we look at multiple approaches to updating the NavMesh and discuss the pros and cons of ea...

Learn how I used the Animation Rigging package to retarget my T-Rex animations to accurately eat humans off the ledge in my free and open source microgame: Dino Attack!

Learn more advanced ways of making your Game AI move on a NavMesh. Most tutorials focus on "NavMeshAgent.SetDestination(other.transform.position);" which gets you up and running quickly, but also h...

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In this video you’ll learn how I made my latest free and open source tutorial microgame - Dino Attack! You play as Dinosaurs trying to rescue their eggs from the evil humans!

In Unity 6, 6.1, and 6.2 beta there is a bug affecting NavMeshAgents where every time you call SetDestination(), the agent briefly pauses as it recalculates a new path. This was NOT the behavior pr...

Getting started with UI Toolkit? Check out my UI Toolkit Fundamentals Course: https://gamedev.tv/courses/unity-ui-toolkit-fundamentals?ref=mjuzyjq&utm_source=llamacademy&utm_medium=youtube&utm_camp...

Getting started with UI Toolkit? Check out my UI Toolkit Fundamentals Course: https://gamedev.tv/courses/unity-ui-toolkit-fundamentals?ref=mjuzyjq&utm_source=llamacademy&utm_medium=youtube&utm_camp...

In this tutorial you'll learn how to control your camera's movement with the new input system & Cinemachine 3. If you've been using Cinemachine 2 you'll find some major changes in how you interact ...

In this video you’ll learn about a powerful node in Unity Shader Graph, the Parallax Occlusion Mapping Node. This allows us to FAKE rendering 3d depth on a totally flat plane. In many modern games ...

In this video you'll learn about the Unity Localization Package and how to use it to add translations into your game. Gamers want games in their native language so targeting only English is not goo...

In this video you'll learn how to use the most important tool to optimize your game - the PROFILER!

In this video you'll learn all about the Blackboard in Unity Behavior including how to create new variables on the Blackboard, assign values in the Inspector, and assign values in your code!

Learn about Action Nodes in Unity Behavior, some key aspects of using them, and very importantly, how to create your own custom actions!

In this video you'll learn about Control Flow nodes in Unity Behavior, what they do, and how to use them. Unity Behavior is a new FREE Behavior Tree tool available in the Package Manager starting w...

In this video you'll become familiar with the core concepts of Unity Behavior, including a live example.

Getting started with UI Toolkit? Check out my UI Toolkit Fundamentals Course: https://gamedev.tv/courses/unity-ui-toolkit-fundamentals?ref=mjuzyjq&utm_source=llamacademy&utm_medium=youtube&utm_camp...

In this video you'll learn about the Keyboard and Mouse APIs from the new Input System and how you can use them to poll for input in Update() just like you did with the old input system Input.GetKe...

Getting started with UI Toolkit? Check out my UI Toolkit Fundamentals Course: https://gamedev.tv/courses/unity-ui-toolkit-fundamentals?ref=mjuzyjq&utm_source=llamacademy&utm_medium=youtube&utm_camp...

Learn how to implement a player-controlled orbit around a target with Cinemachine 3, like I did in this Minigolf microgame!

In this tutorial you'll learn how to:

In this video you'll learn about 3 CRITICAL EditorWindow Tips you need to know if you're working with custom Editor Windows in Unity!