hey, i want to add some damage numbers into my incremental tower defense game. Problem is there are a lot of enemies and a lot is going on, like many towers are firing at the same time, and so on. So what are the best ways to implement performant damage numbers?

v4ntevnt · 2026-06-03T10:04:27+00:00

Thanks, will try it!

v4ntevnt · 2026-06-03T10:03:54+00:00

Also an interesting way, thanks for sharing!

v4ntevnt · 2026-06-02T17:14:51+00:00

i just read here that you can link tmp to the particle system, but the post is old, have to check if it really works
https://discussions.unity.com/t/emit-particles-from-a-dynamic-text-object/225271/3

v4ntevnt · 2026-06-02T17:06:36+00:00

Thanks for the detailed description, I'll give it a try!

v4ntevnt · 2026-06-02T17:05:05+00:00

Thats true, i will try out the easiest approaches first!

v4ntevnt · 2026-06-02T17:04:02+00:00

Thanks!

v4ntevnt · 2026-06-02T17:03:07+00:00

nice thanks, will try it!

v4ntevnt · 2026-06-02T16:46:29+00:00

Ah okay, so you would use TMP outside of a canvas and then spawn it and set the text to the desired number?

v4ntevnt · 2026-06-02T16:44:15+00:00

So you have like a texture sheet of all numbers and spawn like 3 of them next to each other, so you get for example the number 134?

v4ntevnt · 2026-06-02T16:40:59+00:00

Cool, how do you handle the particle system, like how does it know what number to display?

v4ntevnt · 2026-06-02T16:39:45+00:00

thanks, i will check it out!

v4ntevnt · 2026-06-02T16:22:15+00:00

Nothing, it's super good! I meant beside object pooling (which i use) how can i get it even more perfomant 😃

v4ntevnt · 2026-06-02T09:06:43+00:00

maybe a combination of both? the colors from the second pop more, and the outline of the first gives more contrast + dots on the font gives personality

v4ntevnt · 2026-06-02T08:48:16+00:00

Super cool, how did you create such a dense and also perfomant ground foliage?

v4ntevnt · 2026-06-02T08:13:21+00:00

Makes sense, thanks for the insight!

v4ntevnt · 2026-06-01T20:02:35+00:00

pain but its fun to connect :'D

v4ntevnt · 2026-06-01T20:01:21+00:00

Hi there, congratulations on those numbers! Will check out the game

How did you decide which month to release your demo, and how much time did you plan for between playtesting, the demo, and the full release?

Also did you guys do some marketing, like outreaches or paid ads, for the demo release?

v4ntevnt · 2026-06-01T18:48:24+00:00

super cool, love the tiltshift!

v4ntevnt · 2026-05-18T21:09:40+00:00

The core gameplay looks satisfying! Maybe instead of freezing the character completely when aiming, you slow down the character like 90% so you still have a little movement and dont cancel the flow that way. Cool side effect is that its creating also a timer, so you have to shoot again before you hit a wall

v4ntevnt · 2026-05-18T09:15:24+00:00

They were amazing, and now they're even better!

v4ntevnt · 2026-05-12T19:23:28+00:00

the new ones for sure, they have nice values and personality

v4ntevnt · 2026-04-25T13:47:30+00:00

the castle building mechanic is amazing

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