Seona BellamyUsing Unity’s New Input System to Simulate GetKey()We’re back with the new Unity Input System again, because I ran into an interesting challenge and learned a bunch of new things. So I…5 min read·Jun 7, 2021----
Seona BellamySay “No” to Magic NumbersOne thing it’s easy to forget when writing code is that someone is going to have to read it without knowing what’s going through your head…2 min read·Jun 4, 2021----
Seona BellamyComplicated Pooling in UnityIn my last article I looked at Easy Pooling in Unity. Today I’m going to expand on that a little with a more complicated use case.3 min read·Jun 3, 2021----
Seona BellamyEasy Pooling in UnityLet’s say your game is going to send waves of enemies against the player. A wave may have 30 or 40 enemies in it, but assuming the player…5 min read·Jun 3, 2021----
Seona BellamyEasy Singletons in UnityThe Singleton Design Pattern is a very useful one to have under your belt as a developer. It’s used to both enforce certain classes to only…4 min read·May 31, 2021----
Seona BellamyHow to host a (Unity) eventThe more scripts you have in your project, the more likely you are going to need to get them to talk to each other. There are several ways…3 min read·May 30, 2021----
Seona BellamyMaking the laser… uh… laserIf you haven’t been following along with this series, I recommend you read part 1, part 2, and part 3 before continuing. We’ll be building…4 min read·May 28, 2021----
Seona BellamyShooting with Unity’s New Input SystemIf you haven’t already been following along, I recommend reading part 1 and part 2 of this series first. This will probably make a lot more…4 min read·May 28, 2021----
Seona BellamyMoving with Unity’s New Input SystemIf you haven’t already got the new Input System running in your project, check out my previous article on how to get it all set up.4 min read·May 27, 2021----
Seona BellamyUnity’s New Input SystemUnity’s traditional input system has relied on manually building long and convoluted if-else statements into the Update() loops of our…3 min read·May 26, 2021----