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Everything I learn, written down.

Unity tutorials, devlogs and lessons from shipping mobile games solo: the code that worked, the mistakes that didn’t, and how to skip them.

Tutorial2 min read
Object pooling in Unity, the built-in way
Unity has shipped a generic object pool since 2021. How to use UnityEngine.Pool properly: prewarming, resetting state, and the one mistake that corrupts a pool.
18 September 2026Read
Game design2 min read
Why your mobile joystick feels wrong
Three numbers decide whether an on-screen joystick feels sharp or mushy: the dead zone, the travel radius and where the stick’s centre sits. How to tune each one.
27 August 2026Read
Tutorial2 min read
Save files that survive your next update
Every update that changes your save format can wipe a player’s progress. A version number, one migration step per version and a safe write stop it from ever happening.
6 August 2026Read
Tutorial2 min read
Enemy AI you can read at a glance
A finite state machine in plain C#: patrol, chase and search as small classes, with every transition in one place. No behaviour tree required.
16 July 2026Read
Shipping2 min read
The checklist I run before every Google Play release
Target API level, app bundles, testing the upgrade path, Android vitals and staged rollouts: the checks that stand between a solo developer and a one-star week.
25 June 2026Read