GameDev

GameDev

A smarter way to write code for games.

JetBrains Rider provides powerful support for game developers, with support for Unity, Unreal and Godot. The IDE comes with a large number of quick fixes, context actions and inspections, code completion and syntax highlighting in shader files, debugging scripts, running and debugging tests, profiling games, refreshing assets, and much more.

Building a Godot Addon

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Building a Godot Addon
Johannes Ebner
CSharpify Your Engine: A Guide to Embedding C#

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CSharpify Your Engine: A Guide to Embedding C#
Andreia Gaita
Debugging Unity Games With Rider

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Debugging Unity Games With Rider
George Lemeshko
Developer Experience in Mobile GameDev: How We Rebuilt a Plane in Flight

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Developer Experience in Mobile GameDev: How We Rebuilt a Plane in Flight
Ilya Bogin
Godot Game Development Leveraging Kotlin

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Godot Game Development Leveraging Kotlin
Pierre-Thomas Meisels, Tristan Grespinet, Cedric Hippmann
Game Engines With C# and Rider

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Game Engines With C# and Rider
Alex Drum
How We Built the Backend Architecture for HAWKED

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How We Built the Backend Architecture for HAWKED
Vyacheslav Morov
Rider Tips and Tricks for Unity Development

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Rider Tips and Tricks for Unity Development
Alexander Bondarev
Streamlining Configuration With Kotlin

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Streamlining Configuration With Kotlin
Jamie Berghmans
Turbocharge Your Unreal Engine Game Development With JetBrains Rider and TeamCity

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Turbocharge Your Unreal Engine Game Development With JetBrains Rider and TeamCity
Matt Ellis, Daniel Gallo
Why DOTS Is Unity's Silver Bullet

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Why DOTS Is Unity's Silver Bullet
Johnny Thompson
JetBrains GameDev Days 2024

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JetBrains GameDev Days 2024
Session recordings of JetBrains GameDev Days 2024.
Bind Arguments to Godot's Callables

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Bind Arguments to Godot's Callables
When reusing functionality for signals, use Callable and bind arguments
Rainbow Trail Effects for Godot

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Rainbow Trail Effects for Godot
Create a rainbow trail effect for your 2D games using Line2D
Singletons and Autoloads with Godot and C#

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Singletons and Autoloads with Godot and C#
We'll walk through how to setup and enable singletons using Godot's autoloads also known as Globals.
Starter Player Controls For 2D Godot Games

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Starter Player Controls For 2D Godot Games
We'll walk through simple yet effective starter controls for your 2D Godot games to get your characters up and running.
Build an Asteroids game in Unity with JetBrains Rider

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Build an Asteroids game in Unity with JetBrains Rider
Recreating a version of the classic arcade video game.
Adding a spaceship and asteroid to the scene

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Adding a spaceship and asteroid to the scene
Add prefabs to the game scene.
Conclusion

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Conclusion
What have we learned building an asteroids game?
Game graphics, assets and project setup

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Game graphics, assets and project setup
Create project, find and import Unity Asset Store graphics.
Adding basic UI for keeping score

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Adding basic UI for keeping score
Add UI elements to the game.
Controlling the player – Shooting lasers and moving around

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Controlling the player – Shooting lasers and moving around
Add behavior to Unity GameObjects.
Spawning asteroid GameObjects

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Spawning asteroid GameObjects
Dynamically add asteroids to game scene.
Moving and exploding asteroids

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Moving and exploding asteroids
Add Unity script to asteroid GameObject.
Creating a starfield skybox

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Creating a starfield skybox
Add a skybox to your Unity game.
How to Build Pong with Godot and JetBrains Rider

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How to Build Pong with Godot and JetBrains Rider
We'll walk you through building a Pong game using Godot Game Engine and JetBrains Rider.
Asset Management

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Asset Management
Learn how to manage assets in Godot.
Adding Scripts To Your Godot Game

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Adding Scripts To Your Godot Game
Learn how to add C# scripts to your Godot games for interactivity and gameplay mechanics.
Game Design

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Game Design
Sketching out our game and its mechanics to prepare for building a Godot game.
Godot Nodes and the Scene Tree

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Godot Nodes and the Scene Tree
Working with Godot Nodes to build out our game's scene.
Set up a Godot Game Development Environment

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Set up a Godot Game Development Environment
Setting up your game development environment for Godot Game Engine.
Source Control Management with Godot

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Source Control Management with Godot
Using Git source control for your Godot project.
Introduction To Game Development

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Introduction To Game Development
Introduction to game development and why you would consider Godot Game Engine and C# for your game.
Can I script a Unity Game with AI Assistant in under 15 minutes?

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Can I script a Unity Game with AI Assistant in under 15 minutes?
In terms of game development, I am a total beginner. Can I script a Unity game with AI Assistant?
How to improve code quality in game development with Qodana and Unity

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How to improve code quality in game development with Qodana and Unity
Game development with Qodana and Unity.
Empowering Non-Developers - Creating Editor Tools and Customizations in Unity

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Empowering Non-Developers - Creating Editor Tools and Customizations in Unity
Ants Aare Alamaa.
Getting Started Developing for Apple Vision Pro with Unity

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Getting Started Developing for Apple Vision Pro with Unity
Dan Miller
Godot Playfab - A Godot Extension To Easily Integrate PlayFab, a Cloud-Based BaaS

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Godot Playfab - A Godot Extension To Easily Integrate PlayFab, a Cloud-Based BaaS
Johannes Ebner
How to Apply the Software Engineering Process to the Gamedev Process

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How to Apply the Software Engineering Process to the Gamedev Process
Ryan L'Italien
Game DevOps - Elevating Your Unity and Unreal Build Pipelines With TeamCity

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Game DevOps - Elevating Your Unity and Unreal Build Pipelines With TeamCity
Daniel Gallo
How Sprocket Games Achieved 10x Playtest Velocity for an Unreal Engine Game

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How Sprocket Games Achieved 10x Playtest Velocity for an Unreal Engine Game
Nicolas Tittley
How To Stop Writing View-Classes for Unity UI

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How To Stop Writing View-Classes for Unity UI
Dmitrii Ivashchenko
Introduction to Data-Oriented Design in Unity

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Introduction to Data-Oriented Design in Unity
Johnny Thompson
Insights on Testing Unreal Engine Support in Tools With Many Dependencies

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Insights on Testing Unreal Engine Support in Tools With Many Dependencies
Oleg Kuldyshev
Scalable and Cloud-Native Mobile Game CI/CD Environment Using Unity

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Scalable and Cloud-Native Mobile Game CI/CD Environment Using Unity
Nemoto Tadashi
Top 10 Unity Assets That Every Project Should Use

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Top 10 Unity Assets That Every Project Should Use
Oles Dibrivniy
JetBrains GameDev Day 2023

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JetBrains GameDev Day 2023
Session recordings of JetBrains GameDev Day 2023.
Recreating Wolfenstein 3D in F#

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Recreating Wolfenstein 3D in F#
James Randall
JetBrains Space and JetBrains Rider

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JetBrains Space and JetBrains Rider
A full solution to power your game development process!
Creating Games With Unreal Editor and JetBrains Rider

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Creating Games With Unreal Editor and JetBrains Rider
JetBrains Rider is the best scripting editor for Unity – let's find out why!
Creating Games With Unity - Scripting Logic With Rider

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Creating Games With Unity - Scripting Logic With Rider
JetBrains Rider is the best scripting editor for Unity – let's find out why!
Generate code

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Generate code
Rider helps with boiler-plate code, code completion, and more.
Debugging Unity games

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Debugging Unity games
Suspend execution and inspect variables. Use pausepoints to visually inspect your scene.
Keyboard shortcuts - Shift+Shift and Alt+Enter

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Keyboard shortcuts - Shift+Shift and Alt+Enter
The two keyboard shortcuts that get you places!
Inspections and quick-fixes for Unity code

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Inspections and quick-fixes for Unity code
Rider helps you write better code, faster.
Navigating around a Unity project

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Navigating around a Unity project
Find your way around your code base, asset usages, and more.
Unit testing

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Unit testing
What is RiderFlow? And where to find it?
Debugging Unreal Engine with Rider

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Debugging Unreal Engine with Rider
Use the Unreal Editor log and the debugger to see what's going on in your game.
Editing, code completion, inspections

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Editing, code completion, inspections
Let's explore what the coding experience is like!
Unit testing

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Unit testing
The Unreal Engine testing framework is built in and works without additional configuration.
Navigating your project

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Navigating your project
Use Search Everywhere to helps you find code, functions, blueprint usages, and more.
What is Rider for Unreal?

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What is Rider for Unreal?
Learn about using Rider for your Unreal Engine games.
Working with Blueprints

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Working with Blueprints
Navigate back-and-forth between code an blueprints, find usages, and more.
Godot Community Resources

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Godot Community Resources
Community resources that will help you on your Godot journey.
Design and Manage Scenes With RiderFlow

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Design and Manage Scenes With RiderFlow
We'll walk you through the best tips for RiderFlow to help speed up your Unity development!
Getting Started with Rider for Unity

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Getting Started with Rider for Unity
What is Rider? And how to start using it with Unity?
Code Editing

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Code Editing
Dive deeper into code with the smart editor in Unity!
Hierarchy, bookmarks and camera presets

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Hierarchy, bookmarks and camera presets
Find your way through complex scenes.
Adding assets to a scene

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Adding assets to a scene
The scene view management toolbar can search assets that you can use in your scene.
Find and Show Asset Usages

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Find and Show Asset Usages
Visually understand the scene structure and where an asset is used.
Introducing RiderFlow

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Introducing RiderFlow
What is RiderFlow? And where to find it?
Replace Assets

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Replace Assets
Replace assets on your scene. It's like refactoring, but visually!
Search Everywhere

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Search Everywhere
Quickly search throughout your project. For anything!
JetBrains GameDev Day Online 2022

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JetBrains GameDev Day Online 2022
Session recordings of JetBrains GameDev Day Online 2022.
Five game developer habits that bring software engineers to the next level!

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Five game developer habits that bring software engineers to the next level!
Alexander Chatzizacharias, Erik Pronk
Making Plugins for Game Engines as a Business

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Making Plugins for Game Engines as a Business
Alexander Pirogov, Victor Careil
Making UIs With C++ in Unreal Engine

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Making UIs With C++ in Unreal Engine
Ben UI
Unreal Engine Game Optimization on a Budget

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Unreal Engine Game Optimization on a Budget
Tom Looman
Welcome to Rider, your one stop gamedev IDE!

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Welcome to Rider, your one stop gamedev IDE!
Matt Ellis
Unity Packages: From WTF to FTW with Needle Tools

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Unity Packages: From WTF to FTW with Needle Tools
Felix Herbst
Unity Support

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Unity Support
Write smarter C# for Unity!