High Performance Unity Game Development : Using data-oriented design

Get the eBook free when you register your print book at Manning.Data-oriented Design (DOD) has become standard practice for AAA games and indie devs who need to squeeze every drop of performance out of hardware and deliver games on a rapid schedule. DOD is a programming practice that streamlines the way your code accesses, stores, and uses data, taking advantage of modern CPU architecture and accelerating the dev process. This book is a unique and comprehensive guide to architecting and coding games using DOD principles.Modern games need to be smooth, high-framerate experiences with deep gameplay that keeps users hooked for years. Data-oriented design takes advantage of modern CPUs to upgrade game performance, easily outpacing traditional object-oriented programming. DOD uses arrays instead of objects, avoids design patterns and subroutines, and utilizes pure atomic functions as much as possible. Plus, because youre only thinking about data and logic, DOD-games take less manpower and t