Alan Zucconi

Gamedev Tutorials, Shaders, AI & Short Documentaries...

Hi everyone! 👋

I'm  Alan Zucconi 🧔🏻, Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence, Science Communicator and author of a leading series of books on Shader Coding in Unity.


I have been working in the game industry for over 10 years, contributing to titles on all major platform. The latest one being the critically acclaimed Pikuniku 🍅.


Since 2015 I have been publishing over 150 educational tutorials about Game Development 🎮 and Machine Learning 🧠. This Patreon has given me the exceptional privilege to merge two of my biggest passions: teaching and programming. Becoming one of my patrons, you will have access to hundreds of educational tutorials.

What will you get?

By joining this Patreon you will get access to the entire library of tutorials and resources that I have posted over the years! This includes about 200 articles and dozens of Unity packages you can use in your games and projects.

I post a new tutorial every month, and a new video every week, so there will always be more content coming!

You will also get your name in the credit section of any video and short documentary I will produce.

🔴 A new video every week

By joining Patreon, you will also support Gamedev Graveyard, the weekly show where I interview cool folks from the game industry. There is a new live episode every Wednesday at 7pm BST!

That is a great opportunity to chat live with game developers and designers. And with me as well! 😅

📝 A new gamedev tutorial every month

Many of my resources focus on shaders, and how to use them in the most effective way to bring life to your games. Below, you can find a selection of the type of content I produce.

Shaders

• A Gentle Introduction to Shaders
• Journey Sand Shader
  
• Volumetric Rendering
• Parallax & Depth Maps
  
• Believable Caustics Reflections
  
• CD-ROM Effect: Iridescent Reflections
• Atmospheric Volumetric Rendering
  
  
• Fast Subsurface Scattering in Unity
  

Game Development

• A Practical Tutorial to Hack (and Protect) Unity Games
• Impossible Geometries: Non-Euclidean Cubes
  

Programming

• Evolutionary Computation
• Inverse Kinematics for Robotic Arms and Tentacles
  

Maths for Game Developers & Machine Learning

• An Introduction to Deepfakes and Face-Swap Technology
  
• A Gentle Primer on 2D Rotations
• The Secrets of Colour Interpolation
• Time Series Decomposition