Unity ECS and Data Oriented Design

Jay and Matt take a deep dive into Unity's upcoming ECS and why its data oriented design is important.

Breakdown

• 2:06 - Personal experiences with mice and bats in the home
• 8:31 - Discord server
• 13:02 - Optimized code vs easy to use code
• 20:06 - Reactive vs Pure ECS
• 25:45 - Benefits of data oriented design and caching
• 32:13 - Unity job system
• 37:14 - C# managed memory and blittable types
• 42:54 - limitations you must follow when using Unity ECS and job system
• 50:51 - Jay's tips for Unity ECS hybrid mode
• 55:51 - Matt's thoughts on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• 1:04:22 - Jay's thoughts on Marvel's Spider-Man
• 1:13:47 - Matt recommends playing Total Chaos

• Unity video about caching - great info about how caching works
• Blittable types - if you want to actually know what blittable types are
• Total Chaos - indie game Matt recommends
• Game Maker's Toolkit Skill Trees video - referenced when talking about Spider-Man
• Spider-Man Animation Anaylysis - another Spider-Man video we referenced