If you are building games and projects in Unity and targeting the Universal Windows Platform (UWP), you may have noticed than in the recent Unity releases this was actually broken. What you end up seeing in your build UWP project in visual studio is the following error:
Getting your game to as many platforms as possible is (should) be the dream for any game developer or studio. In the markets of today, if you are only hitting one platform, ultimately you are not achieving your potential and are losing out on sales.
By now, everyone should have watched or at least heard about the Build2016 keynote announcements from Phil Spenser about development for Xbox One and the opening up / enablement (at long last) of the public “Developer mode”, something long since sought after since the days of XBLIG on the 360 and the previous promises made by the ID@Xbox team about the future of indie development on Microsoft’s latest console.
Every once in a while you can be reminded of a simple fact, all tools have their own ways and means, each has its little tricks and those little things that if unknown, can trip you up in unexpected places, so too is it with Unity.
**Updated for Version 1.0.0 – be aware there are some new “Getting Started” extra points, like installing C#, which is no longer installed by default.
I have written several articles on the use of VSCode with Unity through its evolution but time and tide waits for no man as the behemoth of technology marches on.
It should come as no surprise to anyone that the dream of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) experiences has accelerated in recent months/years with the evolution of newer and more modern technologies and techniques. Many companies, Kickstarter’s and freelance coders / architects are steadily bringing about the Reality revolution. Whether we are actually there yet or there is still a way to go before there is full consumer acceptance of VR/AR (like Cars and mobile phones do today) is a point of debate. Anyone however who has tried at least one Demo though will tell you they are very impressed.
Note, UI Extensions project now updated for 5.2 (with its pesky updates), together with a 5.2 asset. Enjoy
Time is always against us, especially when your building your projects, tweaking your code or just getting ready for a release, wading through mountains of contracts, marketing PR or getting greenlit.
Note, this article has now been superseded with a new version for the VSCode 0.8.0 release and the new Unity Asset plugin
http://darkgenesis.zenithmoon.com/vscode-and-unity-take-another-bold-step-forward/
On day 1 of the Microsoft Build conference, Microsoft announced an all new, streamlines and lightweight code editor called Visual Studio Code. The big thing about this announcement is that it’s available for Windows, Mac and Linux natively (deployed as a modern cross-platform web app judging by it’s innards).
Just in time for February, my latest title Unity 3D UI Essentials, has now burst forward on to all leading bookstores, in both electronic and print formats (whichever takes your fancy). It has certainly been a fun and wild ride producing this unique title. A title that takes the new Unity UI system for a wild ride and brings along it’s pals, such as the new Unity EventSystem and of course its best friend Open Source code. (See the product page for the title for more info)
I can see a light at the end of the tunnel. As I’m nearing the journey of my marathon book writing spree. I’m taking a little time out to read a few other books on Packt’s library, this time in one of my favourite areas, AI.
It is been a mad year and a half for me, one book out (Mastering Unity 2D Game Development), another book in its final stages, (An almost complete overhaul of book 1 
thanks to gremlins) and a host of other family activities. I have just reached a nice break where I found time for some opensource development and catching up on some overdue reading!
I’ve hinted at this for a while now and I’m close to completing the production work for my next book: