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January 03, 2019

Unity ECS and Data Oriented Design

1 hour 17 minutes

Jay and Matt take a deep dive into Unity's upcoming ECS and why its data oriented design is important.

Breakdown

2:06 - Personal experiences with mice and bats in the home

8:31 - Discord server

13:02 - Optimized code vs easy to use code

20:06 - Reactive vs Pure ECS

25:45 - Benefits of data oriented design and caching

32:13 - Unity job system

37:14 - C# managed memory and blittable types

42:54 - limitations you must follow when using Unity ECS and job system

50:51 - Jay's tips for Unity ECS hybrid mode

55:51 - Matt's thoughts on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

1:04:22 - Jay's thoughts on Marvel's Spider-Man

1:13:47 - Matt recommends playing Total Chaos

Links

Unity video about caching - great info about how caching works

Blittable types - if you want to actually know what blittable types are

Total Chaos - indie game Matt recommends

Game Maker's Toolkit Skill Trees video - referenced when talking about Spider-Man

Spider-Man Animation Anaylysis - another Spider-Man video we referenced

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