Whether you’re a backend, UI, web, or full-stack developer, much of the Software Development toolkit looks similar. Even when the exact tools are different, the toolkit translates intuitively between fields: version control systems, debugging and profiling tools, editors and language servers, and package managers work together similarly. What do these tools like when developing software and games with Unity? We’ll dive into this today.
Unity — as a proprietary, closed source Engine — is a walled garden of sorts For better or worse. You’re often given an entire ecosystem of tools made by Unity Technologies that fill the end-to-end needs of a game developer, from an editor, build system, profiling, and debugging system, to a package manager, UI styling language, version control system, etc. Sometimes, using the tools you know and love is relatively easy, but at others, interoperability is less than ideal. One advantage of walled gardens is that they often offer an optimized experience. The disadvantage, of course, is that interoperability and choice are lacking. This article will show which parts of Unity can fulfill your needs and which tools outside Unity can interoperate well.
Version Control
Unity Technologies offers two source control solutions: Unity’s built-in Collaborate tool and PlasticSCM. That…
