Tiny modular pieces utilizing the power of Scriptable Objects
Unity Atoms is derrived from and a continuation of Ryan Hipple's talk from Unite 2017. The original source code can be found here.
This talk by Richard Fine is a forerunner to Ryan Hipple's talk during Unite 2016.
The general approach to building scripts in Unity often generates a code base that is monolithic. This results in that your code is cumbersome to test, non-modular and hard to debug and understand.
Unity Atoms is an open source library that aims to make your game code:
- 📦 Modular - avoid scripts and systems directly dependent on each other
- ✏️ Editable - Scriptable Objects makes it possible to make changes to your game at runtime
- 🐛 Debuggable - modular code is easier to debug than tightly coupled code
Prerequisite: Since Unity Atoms is using the Unity Package Manager (UPM) you need to use Unity version 2018.3 >=
Add the following to your manifest.json:
{
"scopedRegistries": [
{
"name": "NPM Registry",
"url": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
"scopes": [
"com.mambojambostudios.unity-atoms-core",
"com.mambojambostudios.unity-atoms-mobile",
"com.mambojambostudios.unity-atoms-mono-hooks",
"com.mambojambostudios.unity-atoms-tags",
"com.mambojambostudios.unity-atoms-scene-mgmt",
"com.mambojambostudios.unity-atoms-ui"
]
}
],
"dependencies": {
...
"com.mambojambostudios.unity-atoms-core": "2.0.0",
"com.mambojambostudios.unity-atoms-mobile": "2.0.0",
"com.mambojambostudios.unity-atoms-mono-hooks": "2.0.0",
"com.mambojambostudios.unity-atoms-tags": "2.0.0",
"com.mambojambostudios.unity-atoms-scene-mgmt": "2.0.0",
"com.mambojambostudios.unity-atoms-ui": "2.0.0",
...
}
}
Note that the core package is mandatory while the others are optional. If you don't want a subpackage, simply remove it from your dependencies.
The Unity Atoms docs are now published at https://adamramberg.github.io/unity-atoms.
Read this article on Medium for a great introduction to Unity Atoms.
We are looking for more people to join the team! Contact us if you want to jump aboard.