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Unity DOTS vs Handbuilt: Sample Project

Nick Caston · demo · Watch on YouTube

Game programming & enginesSoftware performance & optimization

What it is

Nick Caston compares Unity's sample ECS/DOTS project (AngryBots) with his own from-scratch C++ and OpenGL clone. He benchmarks performance and discusses the effort involved in each approach.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it as concrete data in game engine debates, showing a custom engine far outperforming Unity at several times the effort.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here is a good video about benchmarking unity”

    Benchmarks Unity against a handbuilt engine.

    jokoon, 2020-01 · Recommendation · in “Godot 3.2”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: unity dots, ecs, custom engine, c++, opengl, benchmarking

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