BulletML for Unity

Hello folks,
We have just released our first plugin on the Asset Store!

BulletML for Unity​

BulletML For Unity on the asset store.

BulletML for Unity is a simple and powerful wrapper around the BulletML library.

It allows you to design some very complex bullet patterns with a simple XML file. It's especially useful in "Shoot'Em Up" games to create memorable boss fights or enemies.

Main features

- Simple and lightweight. No scripting required (if you don't want to).
- Bullet bank mechanism. Associate a pattern's bullet to a sprite easily.
- Customizable.
- Multi-platform.
- Completely documented.

This plugin works on all the platforms Unity supports.

Demo

Check our demo (including a showcase and a boss fight) to try the plugin.

Disclaimer

“BulletML for Unity” is NOT the BulletML library (but it includes it).

It’s a wrapper around it to make it work on Unity effortlessly. We are not the provider and main developer behind the official library or format.

We use our own open-source fork of the BulletML C# engine in the plugin.

Documentation

We provide a complete documentation for the plugin. You will find there how to use it and how to write BulletML files.

Incoming version 1.1

A new version is currently under review.
The changelog:
- Fix a bug where the an aimed bullet has not the right position at the first frame
- Replace the BulletMLLib.dll by the whole source code

 

Nice work!! i'm looking for something like this.
Question, 1. Do you include the demo scene? and 2. instead of use a sprite can i use anything else? like lights or models
Greetings!

 

Hello, thanks!

1/ Yes, the two demo scenes are bundled in the package, so you have two concrete examples in addition to the documentation.

2/ Yes, you can customize pretty much every behavior, just remember BulletML works in a 2D space (X and Y). So for a game in 2D or 2.5D, it's perfect.
See http://pixelnest.io/work/bulletml-for-unity/customization/, the "OnBulletSpawned" event.
You can create or instantiate your own GameObject, the only thing the plugin need is that you return a BulletScript (and you can easily add one, there is no requirements).

I hope that helps, please feel free to ask any other question.
Regards.

Damien, from Pixelnest Studio.

 

Have you tried this on mobile?

I have added pooling and my game still runs very slow. I don't know if Unity just cant handle many gameobjects (about 100-300 bullets) or is there something wrong with this plugin. All my textures are really small size and I have tried different compressions and no compression at all. They don't affect the framerate in any way.