Check the Post on the Unity forms discussing this practice here – http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/245400-Unity-5-Beta-Insights

**Update, Unity have now written a post on the changes posed for Unity 5 and the inner workings, well worth a read – http://bit.ly/1pf5Wog​

Another interesting post has arisen which also includes some timing and stats for using cached components verses using the shortcuts, check it out – http://bit.ly/1pfaUkQ

When you use components and scripts in your Unity3D project and then want to access them in code, it is very easy to just start writing:

While I am busy working on my own Unity3D 2D title coming soon to PacktPub, I decided to come up for air to see what other titles are now gracing the shelves, I was pleasantly surprised.

Continuing the book review season, here is the second book I have looked at recently, an interesting twist in the series of game development.

No matter which platform is your primary target platform for your game in development, it is wise to have an appreciation for how platforms operate. So even if Android is not your first deployment it is good to get to know how it works as it will help you architect your game properly.

The Opensource movement is truly one of the great things of the current generation, almost bringing back the sharing and caring community of the 60’s (not that I was around then but I hear it was nice), well almost

Before bringing this post to focus on Unity3D it is important to understand what Opensource is all about and break down some myths. To explain this a recent video got release which I feel is the best explanation of what Opensource is all about:

One common question surrounding MonoGame has always been the quality of the samples currently maintained in the various branches of the project.

Just over a week ago the MonoGame released the latest full package for the MonoGame framework, now baselined at Version 3.2

If you have ever thought you need to buy a book to learn something new or just catch up on the latest tips and tricks, then now is the best time.

Anyone following my twitter feed would have seen a panicked tweet i sent out recently. I have been working on a book for a while now and I had just finished another chapter, while readying to send the new chapter to the publisher with all the images I managed to delete the chapter document itself! losing over two weeks of full time effort of work.

It seems the strength of Unity holds no bounds of late going from strength to strength, yet for all the books and tutorials I have seen to date, none have gone beyond the editor itself, so it is nice to see a title address a key factor in modern games, networking.

I’ve been very quite of late, especially on my Blog. Now this isn’t because of anything sinister or just laziness, I’ve just been really REALLY busy.

The game development landscape, especially for Indies is certainly changing. With the recent XBOXOne and PS4 console releases show that skills like C++ are still very much in demand, as a fellow Indie this does concern be greatly. I left my C++ skills in the past once MDX and then XNA were born and the thoughts of going back does intimidate me somewhat.