https://polyphantom.com/Polyphantom CreationsHere you will find articles on topics related to games and game development, regardless of what technology you use and what knowledge you are looking for, you will definitely find something for yourself here! 2025-07-19T17:04:23+02:00 Polyphantom Creations™ https://polyphantom.com/ Jekyll © 2025 Polyphantom Creations™ /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png Don't Use Frames to Measure Performance2025-07-12T17:00:00+02:00 2025-07-12T17:00:00+02:00 https://polyphantom.com/posts/why-you-should-not-use-frames-when-talking-about-performance/ Polyphantom Creations™ I once heard a speaker at a Game Dev Conference say, "We changed one thing and gained 5 FPS just because of that", which made me wonder how meaningful is that gain for real. While targeting a specific FPS (like 60) is clear, talking about FPS gains can be misleading. In this article, I'll explore why FPS alone doesn't tell the whole story when measuring performance. Custom Logger - Simpler log managment2025-02-16T10:00:00+01:00 2025-02-16T10:00:00+01:00 https://polyphantom.com/posts/custom-logger-simpler-log-managment/ Polyphantom Creations™ The Unity engine provides a static Debug class that includes methods to facilitate error tracking and game analysis during development. As a project's complexity increases, so does the number of generated logs, which can make debugging more difficult. Often, we want to analyze a specific system without going through irrelevant messages from other parts of the game. Therefore, the ability to fil... How Fast Is Get Component?2025-01-09T18:00:00+01:00 2025-01-09T18:00:00+01:00 https://polyphantom.com/posts/how-fast-is-get-component/ Polyphantom Creations™ While learning Unity, we will come across information to use the GetComponent method wisely, as it is quite a slow piece of code. We should also avoid placing this method in the Update method. In this post, I would like to focus on this issue and check as reliably as possible the real speed of execution of this method by our computer. How To Make Movement Independent Of Frame Rate?2025-01-06T18:00:00+01:00 2025-01-06T18:00:00+01:00 https://polyphantom.com/posts/how-to-make-movement-independent-of-frame-rate/ Polyphantom Creations™ The number of frames per second in a game is always a very hot topic. However, a high number of frames doesn't always have a positive impact on the gameplay. In this article, we will discuss the basics, from a technical perspective, and we will show how to make our features frame independent.