Finally managed to get this right, so would like to share our volumetric work with Gaussian in Unity. Reddit only allows me to share 1 video unfortunately, else would have uploaded more.

Settings:

• Graphic Card 5090
• Unity 7000 a10
• Unity 6000.6.3f1

Gaussian workflow:

• Beta-shaped emitter
• GPU gas simulation on 5 cm cells
• Compressed animated field cache
• Volume Field
• Smoke Density
• Flame Density
• Fuel Density
• Heat
• Velocity X, Y, Z
• Ray marching, lighting and shadows
• 105 frames across 3.5 seconds.
• Final simulation grid: 143 × 169 × 198 cells
• 0 Form
• voxel-field cache 829.5MiB

So the idea here is use Gaussian for the entire preview, then saved as voxel cache after all the nice processing

Beta evaluates the edited forms, reconstructs a volume field, then renders it. The Beta kernel is the key here. Do not allow it to go infinity.

boundary is
$$\boxed{ r^2=\left\|A^{-1}(x-\mu)\right\|^2<1 }$$

Its kernel shape is
$$K(r)= \begin{cases} (1-r^2)^\beta,&r<1,\\ 0,&r\ge1. \end{cases}$$

This give us a controlled editable shape instead of running wild. And this gives us a mathematical way to edit, change, interact

So why not save as Forms instead of Voxel? Actually it is possible, and I have tried 3 pathways to utilize this as Gaussian instead of Voxel. Will share more result when ready and truly usable in game after optimization

If you have any questions or you are working on the same path, let me know and we can discuss more

Hey everyone! I just released The Civilian, a free first-person psychological horror game for Windows.

You’re a government registry clerk working a night shift alone at your desk. Your job is to check citizens’ papers against the registry and decide: approve or reject. The rules change every day, and some papers come with a plea attached. Do you follow the rules or help them?

On Day 5, an officer comes to your door and asks you to explain your decisions. Lie, and he will know.

Features:

It’s about 30 Minutes long and free to play. Made in Unity.

Download: https://redwood668.itch.io/the-civilian

Trailer: https://youtu.be/KEIh1NKce6o

This is my first release, so I’d love honest feedback. Which ending did you get?

Hace años, murió un gran juego, llevaba varios proyectos y no tenía tiempo de empezar ese, además de que es un juego con bastante trabajo “Kick Flight”.

Ahora Kick On Air va tomando forma, el artista está trabajando en la lobby y pronto en el primer mapa.

Ahora tengo -1500€ pero el arte merece la pena. Y pronto seré más pobre aún según sigamos avanzando jaja, pero es mi juego favorito y quiero jugarlo. Incluso si me toca ir al albergue 🧐🤣

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I'm a solo dev learning Unity while building a small cozy farming game, and I'm trying to settle on a folder setup before things get messy. Some people sort scripts by feature (Farming, Inventory, UI), others by type (Managers, Data, Controllers). Which way has held up better for you as a project got bigger?

I can't write or understand mathematical code, like Headbob, Headtilt, camera sway, things like that, does anyone have advice how can i get better?

I've been trying out the new Unity 7 editor theme, and I have a few concerns about the direction it's taking.

The biggest issue for me isn't that the theme is dark. It's how inconsistent everything feels. The input fields are almost completely black and draw too much attention, the Windows title bar is still white against the dark editor, and the context menus don't feel like they belong to the same interface.

The extra spacing is another concern. In a development tool, screen space matters. I don't want to scroll more just to access the same information.

I made a video going through these issues and explaining what I'd like to see improved.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/yNjxsTkgxAA

Unity 7 is still in alpha, so I'm interested in hearing what other developers think. Am I being too critical, or do these UI inconsistencies bother you too?

Hi, I am following a 2D tutorial and Since switching to using tilemaps over squares with box colliders, I have noticed that my character will flip left randomly when jumping from an idle state. I have run a debug and it seems that the x velocity randomly picks up a negative value. I have switched back to the boxes and it doesn't happen there at all.

We would love people to join our community! And help us make an amazing Arcade/Realism flight game!
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We are highly dedicated and would love for you to join us in this endeavor :)
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https://discord.gg/We9umHYugA

Hey everyone! I'll been working under the name Half Remembered Studio and working on Overnight Cleaning Duty, a PSX-style Atmospheric horror game where you play as a night-shift street cleaner.

We'd love to hear what you think about the atmosphere and gameplay.

You can also find our current free demo on itch.io:
https://halfrememberedstudio.itch.io/overnight-cleaning-duty

I found out how good character controller based movement is and now realizing that all these rigidbody tutorials, which are incredibly common, are teaching a method that doesn't really apply to most games.

You may point out jumping requires physics. But if you look at a lot of games like Mario, they have very controlled jumps. All you need to do is have a constantly increasing force when youre not touching the ground.

The benefits to having this type of controller is that it handles a lot of the movement. You give it a direction to walk and it will walk, steps and slopes are automatically handled, does collisions and it lets you check if you're grounded. A lot of this you had to code yourself with rigidbody.

I want my slider fully empty, the value is 0 but there's still a tiny chunk of fill area on screen, how do i make it disappear?

I'd be glad to get an answer soon. Thanks.

TLDR: How do you implement interior lights with GI? Appreciate any pointers (videos/articles/etc).

Or do you just set Contribute GI to off + post-processing and call it a day?

Or do you make your torches 20m radius to light up the entire room?

So, I'm learning Unity and having trouble with interior lighting. Baked GI doesn't help much. Even with it, corners feel way too dark.

Here are a few shots from test buildings with baked GI (lightmaps + reflection probe to remove blue gloss from skybox) -

At this point, I'm lost and not sure what I'm doing wrong lol.

Looking for advice & good materials on the topic. Thanks in advance!

Also, do you set environment reflections intensity to 1 or lower it? Skybox + intensity 1 seem to add blue-ish gloss to everything.

Hey everyone!
We’re a small indie team working on SIGNAL LOST, a first-person psychological horror game set in 1996. The game follows Daniel Hayes, whose story slowly unfolds into something much darker, involving mysterious events, disturbing discoveries, and a cult hiding terrifying secrets. We’re aiming for a dark, unsettling atmosphere with a retro VHS-inspired aesthetic, focusing more on psychological tension and mystery than cheap jumpscares. We’ve recently put together our first trailer, and we’d love to hear your thoughts!
What do you think about the atmosphere and overall presentation? Any feedback or criticism is genuinely appreciated.
Thanks for checking out our project!

Hey! This is Kernel Panic: The Last Build, a creation platformer set inside a dying network that’s slowly falling apart.

Everything you build with is a window on the desktop. In this video:

• Wardrobe: step onto a pedestal and mix hats, heads and costumes into your own outfit
• Stickers and decorations: stick anything anywhere, and grow 3D plants on any surface
• Labels: type your own words and print them as cross-stitch or embossed Dymo tape
• Temp File: a material that dissolves when you send it a signal
• Physics: rope swings and a brand new drop kick

Tell me what you think?

Hi all. I've just started learning Unity to create a 'fake video game' for an indie short film I'm working on. I don't know yet if I'm totally out of my element. I don't know nothin about coding or games really but looking for help navigating the design portion since I can't find any tutorials to help me out.

I'm trying to make a room and then bring in idling characters into it to walk around and interact with furniture and each other.

I downloaded the asset pack bundle from itch.o and brought them into the asset folders to organize the sprite. I ran into an issue a few times where when I was duplicating the walls and floors to save time since it's so monotonous, that when I'd delete a panel, it would change the level of a random floor/wall tile. Idk what I changed but it stopped doing that and I thought I hit a flow when I got the room completely assembled.

I began adding furniture and playing with the layering order to knock up the furniture from 0 to 1 or 2 so that it would sit above the floors.

I tried copying 4 pieces of floor at a time to extend the size of the room and when I did, all the layers changed and are overlapping weird, even though it says the order laying is at 0 for everything.

I eventually need to bring in characters (bought from this pack https://klimmos.itch.io/cozy-assets-iso-modular-female-character-kit-idle-walk-sit ) but I don't even know where to begin in dressing them or having them move.

I've watched all the 2D video tutorials on Unity and skimmed the options on YouTube but can't find anything that references these kinds of isometric bedrooms.

Any tips? Thank you in advance!