Some materials from knowledge sharing seminar

Two months ago we started our unity knowledge sharing seminars. I forgot to share materials I promised to, so let me do it here.


2D UI - NGUI (Presentation on russian)

2D in Unity3D from Рустам Ганеев

Useful links:

• NGUI:  http://www.tasharen.com/?page_id=140
• Optimizations for mobile devices: http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/Manual/iphone-OptimizedGraphicsMethods.html
• Developing apps for different resolutions (russian): http://rustam-kot.blogspot.ru/2013/03/blog-post_25.html
• Cool plugin for NGUI speeds up development and make life easier: http://u3d.as/content/monster-juice/fast-gui-for-ngui/3vJ

Unity shaders (Presentation on russian)

Shaders from Рустам Ганеев

Useful links:

• http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/Components/SL-Reference.html
• http://http.developer.nvidia.com/CgTutorial/cg_tutorial_chapter01.html
• http://cgcookie.com/unity/category/tutorials/shaders-tutorials/

UPD: Dustin Lee, the Unity evangelist kindly shared awesome slides about shaders, just check it out:

Unity Shader System Introduction from Lee Dustin


UPD #2:

Habr: 2D in Unity3D http://habrahabr.ru/post/122197/

46 advices on 2D game development. http://sicklebrick.com/?p=411

Orthelo 2D. http://www.wyrmtale.com/products/unity3d-components/orthello

SM1. http://wiki.unity3d.com/index.php?title=SpriteManager

SM2. http://www.anbsoft.com/middleware/sm2/

ex2D (http://www.ex-dev.com/ex2d/)

2D Toolkit (http://unikronsoftware.com/2dtoolkit/)