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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,â€‹ Jochen Schweizer VR,â€‹ ConcertVR PS4....

Interests:

Gamedev architecture
Graphics
Hardware and optimization
Research

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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, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, 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

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, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, 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

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, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, 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

Letâ€™s get back to ray tracing with Unity global illumination. See whatâ€™s a better fit for you: baked GI, screen-space GI and ray-traced GI.

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Forget Monochrome Shadows â†’ 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, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, 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

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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The Dark Side Of Ray-Traced Ambient Occlusion (RTAO)

Posted by Ruben Torres Bonet on Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:39:00 EDT in Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, 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

In this post, you will learn the Unity secrets behind Ray-Traced Ambient Occlusion (RTAO). Letâ€™s make your game look the way you intended.

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5 Signs You Need Ray-Tracing Now

Posted by Ruben Torres Bonet on Tue, 13 Oct 2020 10:42:00 EDT in Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, Programming, Art, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, VR, 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

Developing your game in Unity? Then you need to pay attention to 5 signs that reveal you should to move into Ray-tracing.

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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 :-

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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.

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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

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Interview With the Author of Mesh Baker (Ian Deane)

[Blog - 06/15/2020 - 11:04]

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