Skip to main content
GameDev.net gamedev.net

profiling

7 items across game development

7 results

News

Optimizing CPU-side Rendering Code

Godot has been tightening CPU-side renderer code, and one Polygon2D case showed why that matters: a scene with only about 20 animated characters was spending 15.7 ms in Polygon2D::_notification() and …

Clay John ·
godot graphics optimization cpu performance profiling +1
Tutorial

Why Your Unity Game Starts Lagging on Mobile — And How to Fix It

Unity game lagging on mobile? Learn five proven fixes to reduce stuttering, improve performance, optimize memory, draw calls, textures, garbage collection, and deliver smoother gameplay on Android and iOS. You …

Unity Source Code ·
Unity Mobile Game Development Optimization Performance android +5
News

Babylon.js 9.18.0 Released

Babylon.js 9.18.0 lands as a small but practical maintenance release, tightening up engine stability and editor workflow. The biggest fixes address PerfCounter min/max initialization and a texture leak tied to …

BabylonJS/Babylon.js ·
babylonjs release-notes bug-fix memory-leak profiling +1
News

Developers said…2026 Shader Ecosystem Survey Results

Khronos released its 2026 shader ecosystem survey, and debugging is still the biggest pain point for graphics teams. More than 400 developers said shader profiling and cross-platform porting remain costly, …

jphilips (jeff@khronosgroup.org) ·
khronos shaders graphics programming debugging profiling +1
News

LunarG at SIGGRAPH 2026

LunarG used SIGGRAPH 2026 to push two practical Vulkan debugging topics: GFXReconstruct for capture/replay profiling and descriptor heap debugging in the Vulkan Validation Layers. For teams shipping Vulkan-heavy games or …

Randi Rost ·
vulkan siggraph lunarg debugging profiling +1
News

How Samsung Built Its New Android GPU Profiler on LunarG’s GFXReconstruct

Samsung's new open-source GPU profiler, Sokatoa, leverages LunarG’s GFXReconstruct to provide real-time, multi-frame insights into GPU behavior. This tool significantly enhances the debugging process for graphics programmers, allowing them to …

Randi Rost ·
profiling samsung gfxreconstruct mobile
News

2026.01 - Agentic Profiling

Game developers often struggle with performance issues, leading to inefficient optimizations. The new Agentic Profiling module leverages AI to pinpoint root causes in Unity, streamlining the profiling process. This tool …

Ruben ·
performance unity ai profiling