Game Dev Cheat Sheet
Quick reference tools for game developers. Built by the engineers at Ocean View Games.
Animation and Tweening
Performance and Optimisation
Frame Budget Calculator
CPU/GPU budget breakdown by platform and target frame rate.
Texture Compression
Compare ASTC, ETC2, BC7, and more. VRAM costs, platform support, and quality ratings side by side.
Audio Calculator
Convert between linear volume, decibels, and perceived loudness with engine code output.
Reference and Cheat Sheets
Screen Reference
Every device resolution and aspect ratio you need for UI scaling.
Game Maths
Interactive cheat sheet with live visualisations. Distance, lerp, dot product, vectors, and more with Unity C# code.
Input Mapping
Every keycode, gamepad button, and mouse input with Unity, Unreal, and Godot code.
Platform Capabilities
Which platforms support haptics, HDR, ray tracing, VRR, and more. Filterable matrix.
Audio Import Settings
Recommended Unity audio clip import settings for music, SFX, UI, dialogue, and more.
Shader Properties
Searchable reference for Unity shader property names with C# get/set code for Standard, URP, and HDRP.
Physics Layers
Interactive Unity collision matrix editor with presets and C# code export.
Coroutine vs Async
Side-by-side comparison of Unity coroutines and async/await with code for every common pattern.
UI Anchoring
Visual reference for Unity RectTransform anchors with code for every preset and common UI patterns.
Networking and Multiplayer
Visual and Art
Workflow and Tooling
Git for Game Dev
Git LFS setup, .gitignore templates for Unity, Unreal, and Godot, and common workflows.
Scripting Order
Interactive Unity MonoBehaviour lifecycle diagram. When does Awake, Start, Update, and every callback run.
Object Pool Generator
Generate production-ready Unity object pooling code with configurable options.