Units and Structures spreadsheet:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ito3cpsd2kbptad/techiton-units-and-structures.xlsx?dl=0

http://soumidelrio.com/docs/unity-rts-engine/buildings/

http://soumidelrio.com/docs/unity-rts-engine/buildings/building-component/

For a solid reference, see Total Annihilation's soundtrack orchestrated by Jeremy Soule
Jeremy soule is awesome.

For this game: synthwave and metal.
See Carpenter Brut (youtube).
Also Dance with the Dead and their top tracks here

Unity3d Graphics Library

Hexagonal mapping research:
DIY

• Third Party Resources
  • Unity Hex Grid

tutorial and real practice
Note: look into heightmap terrain map generation. The focus is procedural generation of maps by seeding an array

Unity asset (paid: $25) | hex grid procedural map

Procedural generation, (list src):

• Best Unity Procedural Generation Tutorials

  • Catlike Coding - Procedrual Levels - http://catlikecoding.com/unity/tutorials/
  • AlexStv - Voxel Terrain - http://alexstv.com/index.php/category/voxels
  • ScrawkBlog - Procedural Terrain/Noise + GPU - http://scrawkblog.com/
  • Unitys own Procedural Examples - https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/5141

• Best Unity Procedural Assets

  • Fractscape http://www.starscenesoftware.com/fractscape.html
  • Procedural Toolkit https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/16508

• Best Procedural Resources

  • Rouglike Procedural Games http://www.roguebasin.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
  • Procedural Dungeon Techniques http://www.futuredatalab.com/proceduraldungeon/

http://soumidelrio.com/docs/unity-rts-engine/maps-terrain/

• Unity asset (paid) Gaia Terrain generation

• Unity asset (paid) | River auto material

• [Multiple Terrain Brush 2.0]

see this guy's work: https://www.artstation.com/yughues

• Textures: soil collection

• Textures: grass

• Textures: metal

• Textures: Lava

  • Unity asset(paid: $35 | Lava & Volcano Environment

• Textures: Trees, Rocks, and plants; low poly FREE

  • https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/landscapes/lowpoly-style-free-rocks-and-plants-145133

• Textures: Mountain Terrain + Rock + Tree

  • https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/landscapes/mountain-terrain-rock-tree-97905

for more detail, check Issue #2: https://app.gitkraken.com/glo/board/XTtq71o8GQAQzb6c/card/XUTfqhH8MQAPlZUE

https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/gettingstarted

Mastering Unity Project Folder Structure. Level 2 – Assets Organization _ Nravo Developers.pdf

Rapid game prototyping
Notes:
"Your imagination is the very first tool that helps you create impressive art. Use references! It's not cheating - it's inspiration. Your references will guide you as you create the look that you want."

https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/130848/how_to_prototype_a_game_in_under_7_.php?page=2

Hey, was this intentional? Is this safe?

you might want to consider moving the key to environment variables or something?

https://github.com/euheimr/techiton/blob/bf9ca7c9d8fe4f74b4cf811ecf4d9b6663f5d185/Assets/GameDev.net/Scripts/Editor/GameDevNetEditor.cs#LL70C55-L70C55

Units and Structures spreadsheet:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ito3cpsd2kbptad/techiton-units-and-structures.xlsx?dl=0

Mind maps:

• Techiton Service Architecture: https://mm.tt/1303597775?t=CxgiFRo2bc
• Build Tables: https://mm.tt/1310357783?t=ToNOPW3BDF
• Units Data: https://mm.tt/1285217473?t=1v4X3ppTz3

Core:

• Finish Map

• Finish Commander (builds only structures; Build tables, movement and attack)

• Create Builder Bot unit (builds only structures)

  • Create "build structure" table
  • Create primitive worker model

• Create primitive models of each class

• Complete Build Tables

  • Build Bot Unit Tables (only builds structures)
  • Structure Build Tables (only builds units)

Models:

• Commander unit model
• Builder Bot unit model
• Bot Factory structure model

Textures

• Bot Factory Build Animation
  • Start build animation
  • Particles using sprites

Unit sound effects

Research:

Case-Based Reasoning for Build Order in Real-Time Strategy Games (2009)

http://soumidelrio.com/docs/unity-rts-engine/game-manager/
http://soumidelrio.com/docs/unity-rts-engine/faction-type-info/

Nature assets (non-free)

physically based rendering:
textures.com PBR Materials
free pbr text sets

textures:
Unity free texture packs
https://www.deviantart.com/nobiax

img:
Metal textures
Rock textures

Mind maps:

• Techiton Service Architecture: https://mm.tt/1303597775?t=CxgiFRo2bc

Mirror is a high level Networking API for Unity, built on top of the low level Telepathy library.

• https://github.com/vis2k/Mirror

FizzySteamyMirror

• Fizzcube bringing together Steam and Mirror.
• Version 2, complete rebuild utilising Async (Previously SteamNetNetworkTransport) of a Steam P2P network transport layer for Mirror - 2018 branch (vis2k's UNET replacement for Unity)
• FizzySteamyMirror uses Steamworks.NET wrapper for the steamworks API.

Server:

Valve Sockets C#

Nakama | Unity store link (Distributed server for social and realtime games and apps.)

• Nakama docs
  • Recommended prod settings
  • Deployment notes

DB:

cockroachdb

• cockroachdb docs
• hardware reqs

Lockstep research:

1500 Archers on a 28.8: Network Programming in Age of Empires and Beyond(2001)

https://github.com/euheimr/LockstepFramework

Start with modeling this ^

In-Depth Lockstep Explanation (src)

You need to have a future command queue that will only be acted upon once all parties will have confirmed reception of the command.

• This queue will include no-operation null commands if no new command is to be executed.

• The delay for each command can be dependent on the ping/lag.

• The simulation on every peer only executes to the point (call it frame number, time, or step) where all commands have been confirmed as received so every peer will execute the same thing at the same time.

• So let's say the step granularity is every 100ms, got a 175ms max network ping, we're at 332ms, the user click to move a unit, we send a packet "#N: unit A move to XY at 600ms" (332 rounded up to 400ms + rounded up ping to 200ms).

• So long as a reply from all peers comes in saying "Packet #N Confirmed" before game time 600ms the game wont need to wait, if we don't receive confirmation we hold the game simulation and we resend the command packet every N ms (don't flood the network) until we get confirmation.

• We also need to receive command packets from all peers for all steps, even if there are no commands send a no-command sync packet eg: "Nothing to do at 700ms".

• "Confirmation of the confirmation" is simply the next command packet which is only sent if the peer has received confirmation of its previous packet, it will resend its previous command if no confirmation arrives until it gets a confirmation (or a time out and the connection is considered lost).

• Confirmation can be sent as part of the next command packet to reduce traffic by increasing the queue to 2 commands with half the time (same lag overall, half the packets).

• From there a lot can be added such as variable lag/ping detection/adjustments, prediction and rollbacks, etc, to reduce the perceived network lag.

Valve

• Latency Compensating Methods in Client/Server In-game Protocol Design and Optimization (2001)
• Client-side prediction

TODO:

• Steam API integration
• Game networking sockets
• Create game network lobby
  • Unity asset (free) | Network lobby