Extensible and maintainable architecture for Unity games

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Introduction

Over the years working on many projects, I have developed a clear approach to structuring game projects in Unity, which has proven itself to be particularly extensible and maintainable.

For a long time, I wanted to write down my thoughts, converting them into a format suitable for the public.

This article is an updated version of my 2017 GDC talk (“Data Binding Architectures for Rapid UI Creation in Unity”).

Disclaimer: you should understand that these are only practical recommendations that I have developed that reflect my experience and outlook on development, and not a universal solution to all problems and definitely not the only correct approach for every project or team.

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