Hello! Thank you for downloading the 2D Essential Utils package. I hope this package jumpstarts your journey in 2D game development. The code for this package is heavily commented on, so this document will act as a high level overview of the package features and why you want to use them.
Features:
● Example Scene to demonstrate how the event system and Global Persistent Values can be implemented
● An Event System that supports void and various parameter signatures
● Global Persistent Values stored outside of your scenes which can also be reset on scene load
● Global Persistent Lists stored outside of your scenes, which can be reset on scene load
● Unity Utility methods that I commonly use in my 2D projects
● Unity Extension methods to make working with a 3D-oriented engine easier for 2D developers
Event System: The event system allows you to invoke Unity events without requiring a listener. This is useful for decoupling code throughout the project and makes the project more modular. The event system permits sending void events and events with data that the receivers can use in their response.
Global Persistent Values And Lists: Global Persistent Values and Lists allow you to store globally accessible data outside of your scene and lets you access it without the need of In-game reference objects like game managers. This helps by reducing the dependencies between game objects and global data because a common issue with singletons and monosingleton patterns is that they form dependency chains which lead to NPEs. The Global Persistent values and lists are only referenced by the objects that need them, and do not care if they are referenced between scenes. They also come with a handy Reset On Scene Load feature that lets you reset them to preselected default values whenever a new scene loads.