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Ruben Torres Bonet's Blog   Expert Blogs

 

We finally meet.

I am Rubén Torres Bonet, presently working as a Senior Game Programmer at ForceField XR in Amsterdam. Previously, I was a Technical Lead at Exozet Games.

I have worked in games such as: Star Trek Bridge Crew (Oculus Quest), Anne Frank House VR, Time Stall, Catan Universe, Diamond Dash, Jelly Splash,  Blackguards, â€‹Carcassonne,​ Jochen Schweizer VR,​ ConcertVR PS4....

Interests:

  • Gamedev architecture
  • Graphics
  • Hardware and optimization
  • Research

Reach out in Linkedin and my blog.

 

Expert Blogs

Object Pooling in Unity 2021+
Posted by Ruben Torres Bonet on Wed, 28 Apr 2021 10:23:00 EDT in Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, Design, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, Design, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Programming, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, VR, Design, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, VR, Design, Programming, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, VR
In this blog post I will show you how to use object pooling in Unity 2021 with this new official API so you don't have to mess with 3rd party code that breaks on every Unity upgrade.

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How to Use Occlusion Culling in Unity — The Sneaky Way
Posted by Ruben Torres Bonet on Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:33:00 EST in Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, Design, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, Design, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Programming, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, VR, Design, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, VR, Design, Programming, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, VR
For those who never went through an occlusion culling tutorial in Unity... can you guess what's wrong in this game's indoors scene?

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Compilation Visualizer: Uncover These Iteration Time Killers
Posted by Ruben Torres Bonet on Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:29:00 EST in Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, Design, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, Design, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Programming, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, VR, Design, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, VR, Design, Programming, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, VR
Learn how to measure your assembly compilation times to uncover these time robbers that are making you release a worse game.

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Unity Ray-Tracing: Get Started Now
Posted by Ruben Torres Bonet on Mon, 04 Jan 2021 10:37:00 EST in Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, Design, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, Design, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Programming, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, VR, Design, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, VR, Design, Programming, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, VR
Here's one of the questions that I often get when it comes to ray-tracing in Unity: how do I get started? Let me help you out with that.

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The Bright Side of Ray-Traced Global Illumination
Posted by Ruben Torres Bonet on Tue, 10 Nov 2020 02:31:00 EST in Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, Design, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, Design, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Programming, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, VR, Design, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, VR, Design, Programming, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, VR
Let’s get back to ray tracing with Unity global illumination. See what’s a better fit for you: baked GI, screen-space GI and ray-traced GI.

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Forget Monochrome Shadows → Go Colored Instead
Posted by Ruben Torres Bonet on Thu, 05 Nov 2020 10:51:00 EST in Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, Design, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, Design, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Programming, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, VR, Design, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, VR, Design, Programming, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, VR
Learn how to render ray-traced colored shadows in Unity to give a unique tint to the style of your game. Real-time ray-tracing will do this for you.

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Ruben Torres Bonet's Comments

Comment In:
How to Use Occlusion Culling in Unity — The Sneaky Way
[Blog - 02/08/2021 - 10:33]

Hey thanks for your comment ...

Hey thanks for your comment Chris.I 'm giving it a grammar pass.Ruben

Comment In:
Simplify Your Life With Mesh Simplifier
[Blog - 09/15/2020 - 11:09]

Thanks for the correction Amir.I ...

Thanks for the correction Amir.I wrongly assumed it was developed at Unity.I updated the article to give lots of credits to Mattias and his great work.AutoLOD is now on my radar for a future post :-

Comment In:
Oops... Are Your Unity Sprites Too Tight?
[Blog - 08/11/2020 - 10:55]

That 's great news, thanks ...

That 's great news, thanks for your comment Brett. I 'll update the article now.

Comment In:
Expression-Bodied Members to Reduce Your Code Verbosity
[Blog - 08/03/2020 - 11:00]

Hi Joe,I did not encounter ...

Hi Joe,I did not encounter any issues yet with 2019, but please do let me know if you find any.Ruben

Comment In:
Interview With the Author of Mesh Baker (Ian Deane)
[Blog - 06/15/2020 - 11:04]

Fixed ...

Fixed

Comment In:
Get Started Now With Performance Optimization — Learning Resources for Unity Addressables 2020+
[Blog - 04/06/2020 - 10:32]

Yeah Unreal is pretty good ...

Yeah Unreal is pretty good as well, especially as you have the source code

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