Best Practices — 6 — CI/CD With Unity Buildalon
Hello! I am Samuel Asher Rivello, a professional game developer with over 20 years of game development experience. In this series, I share best practices for Unity.
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Best Practices
Adhering to coding standards in game development ensures consistency and readability across the codebase, making it easier for teams to collaborate effectively. This is vital from ideation and prototyping through to game launch and liveops.
CI/CD
In today’s fast-paced game development environment, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) have become essential. They streamline the process of building, testing, and deploying projects, enabling teams to release software faster and with fewer errors. By integrating frequently and automating builds and tests, game developers can reduce manual work and catch issues early.
CI/CD Benefits
- Higher code quality
- Faster deployment
- Reduce production time
- Reduce costs / tech debt
CI/CD For Unity
Unity projects are serious software and these best practices and workflows are available. There are countless options to setup automated builds with the Unity Engine.
Popular options include the first-party Unity Cloud Build and the 3rd-party Buildalon.
Buildalon For Unity
Unity Buildalon offers a tailored CI/CD experience designed specifically for Unity developers. It supports cross-platform builds, automation of repetitive tasks, and smooth integration with popular version control systems like Git. Whether you’re working on mobile, desktop, or console games, Unity Buildalon allows you to focus on development while it handles the heavy lifting of testing and deployment.
Buildalon Features:
- Cross-Platform Build Automation: Easily configure automated builds for iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and more.
- Version Control Integration: Seamless GitHub integration ensures that your project is always in sync with the latest codebase.
- Automated Testing: Unity Buildalon runs your tests across platforms, ensuring that your game works as expected before reaching the player.
Conclusion
To fully master Unity testing and CI/CD, enroll today in Unit Testing For Unity.
This course offers a structured approach, covering everything from basic concepts to advanced techniques, and is a valuable investment for both your current and future projects.
I also offer a fantastic course on MVC Architecture For Unity to create scalable game projects.
Stay tuned for the next video in the series!
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📜 Articles
- Best Practices — 1 — Unity Project Structure
- Best Practices — 2 — Unity C# Coding Standards
- Best Practices — 3 — Unity Overview
- Best Practices — 4 — MVC Architecture For Unity
- Best Practices — 5 — Unit Testing For Unity
- Best Practices — 6 — CI/CD With Unity Buildalon
- Best Practices — 7 — Best Unity Asset Store Packages
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