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GameDev Academy
Company blog · gamedevacademy.orggamesprogramming
GameDev Academy is the company blog at gamedevacademy.org, writing about games and programming. Since 2013, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 18 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Unity game development tutorials, including a guide on handling huge worlds. HN readers mostly link it while discussing whether multiple scenes are a sound way to build large game worlds.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Advance your career with self-paced courses in game development.
What Hacker News says?
Yes, multiple scenes are common practise. Using it to stitch game worlds is not common though. Most terrain systems would have their own, more optimal/efficient ways of doing that. https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SceneManagement.Loa... https://gamedevacademy.org/a-guide-to-handling-huge-worlds-i...
Comment linking /a-guide-to-handling-huge-worlds-in-unity-part-2/
on “Basic Concepts in Unity for Software Engineers”Submitted How to Create an RPG Game in Unity – Comprehensive Guide as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Gear VR Game Development – Creating a Space Shooter Game as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Creating Augmented Reality Cards with Unity and ARToolkit as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Create a Fruit Ninja Game in Unity as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Comprehensive Guide – Create a 3D Multi-Level Platformer in Unity as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The first of a series of CSS3/HTML5 visualization tutorials as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lean UX for Non-Designers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Learn Unity’s NavMesh by Creating a Click to Move Game as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Create a Game UI with the HTML5 CANVAS as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lost Decade Games - HTML5 until the Crypt.. and Beyond as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Nadbor Drozd – creator of Turing “Don’t take game advice from non-gamers” as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Create a HTML5 Mario-Style Game with Quintus as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tutorial on Creating a CSS3 Timeline as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The second of a series of CSS3/HTML5 visualization tutorials as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tutorial - Create a HTML5 Educational Game with Quintus as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dash – Visual Game Dev Tool is Looking for Funding as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted New game dev site - The Game Dev Academy as a story · 1 points
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