--- title: Game Optimization - Introduction & General Principles -... description: Today we begin a new series of videos about optimizing games. We're going to cover all kinds of optimization topics in the series over the next few months.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/game-optimization---introduction-general-principles---episode-1-h9igsehj6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Game Optimization - Introduction & General Principles - Episode 1 | daily.dev og:description: Today we begin a new series of videos about optimizing games. 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Today I start by introducing the topic, explaining why you should optimize, who should optimize, and when you should optimize. I also discuss measuring performance in frame rate vs frame time, and go over what not to do. Shader Book Recommendations https://www.bencloward.com/resources_books.shtml ------------------------------ Theme Music Peace in the Circuitry - Glitch Hop http://teknoaxe.com/Link_Code_3.php?q=1526 Background Music Speo - The Little Things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvCYuyyLgC0 #UnrealEngine #shadergraph #Unity ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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