Sebastian Schöner

programming! - previously: Epic Games, Unity, Paradox Development Studios, Chasing Carrots. / Stockholm

Website: https://blog.s-schoener.com
Business: https://www.kerntief.net

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2026-08-17 13:28:13 UTC

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having so much garbage that you drown in it is surely il-legal.

2026-08-17 11:49:26 UTC

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don't really know who to call on. I have a gut feeling we'll be left to collect lots of garbage if we delegate to naively.

2026-08-17 06:40:15 UTC

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I do, but I fear I that giving them to you would make you il-advised

2026-08-17 06:18:44 UTC

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I've heard that one doesn't just do mono but even stereo!

2026-08-16 10:46:37 UTC

What do you call C# compiler engineers? il-literate. (Sorry.)

2026-06-13 17:27:02 UTC

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on your plane of existence, maybe!

2026-06-13 17:24:07 UTC

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you are really crossing a line with your posts lately

2025-11-30 11:40:40 UTC

I couldn't help myself.
(original comic by SMBC: http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/why-i-couldn39t-be-a-math-teacher)
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/638/449/232/832/149/original/322b93c8f788b65c.png
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/638/449/959/683/228/original/199a2df70f12c4d4.png

2025-02-15 12:29:52 UTC

Unity has updated their DOTS Samples repository with two new documents: "Misconceptions about DOTS and Entities" and a performance checklist.
They are both really good and should be pinned because they are a fantastic step towards undoing a lot of confusion that Unity's communication has caused in the past.
Find them linked in the ReadMe here:
https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/EntityComponentSystemSamples?tab=readme-ov-file

2024-12-06 08:31:38 UTC

We interrupt our regularly scheduled tweets on program performance for a PSA on my dear hobby of listening to unabashedly silly music, which for once is somewhat topical:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yup8gIXxWDU

2024-11-22 13:29:04 UTC

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Importers are under-documented, which is a shame because they are inherently hard to get right. Even Unity's own scripted importers are somewhat broken.
Maybe some friction to stop people from shooting themselves into their feet unless they actually put in the work is intentional?

2024-11-22 12:45:10 UTC

I wrote some words (with an example!) about how to write custom async on-demand importers in Unity: https://blog.s-schoener.com/2024-11-22-unity-async-imports/