README.md
March 27, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
Trove is a collection of packages for Unity DOTS.
All of these packages care about:
- Performance
- Customizability
- Netcode compatibility
- Keeping things as simple and not over-engineered as possible
- Having as little impact on your architecture as possible
- Making you do things manually so you are fully aware of everything that happens
Installing the packages
The packages are hosted on OpenUPM. You can install them like this:
- Open
Edit/Project Settings/Package Manager. - Add a new Scoped Registry
- Name:
package.openupm.com - URL:
https://package.openupm.com - Scope:
com.trove
- Name:
- Click Save or Apply.
- Open
Window/Package Manager. - Click
+and selectAdd package by name.... - Enter package name (and optionally version, if want a specific one), then click
Add.
Package list
| Name | Package | Description | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common | com.trove.common | Trove Common provides various tools and utilities that may be used by other Trove packages, or by any project in general. | Documentation |
| Event Systems | com.trove.eventsystems | Trove Event Systems provides various types of event systems to facilitate deferred logic. | Documentation |
| Polymorphic Structs | com.trove.polymorphicstructs | Trove Polymorphic Structs provides a codegen tool for polymorphic behaviour in burstable unmanaged code. They can be used to solve a variety of problems that are not so obvious to solve in ECS, such as: ordered events where order can't be determined by type, state machines without structural changes or large jobs overhead, etc... | Documentation |
| State Machines | com.trove.statemachines | Trove State Machines provides templates for state machines in DOTS | Documentation |
| Stats | com.trove.stats | Trove Stats allows you to define identifiable "numbers" (stats) on entities, and add/remove "rules" (modifiers) that affect the evaluation of these numbers' values. This tool can be used to effortlessly setup gameplay mechanics such as RPG character/equipment stats, buffs, effects, roguelike-style stackable powerups and synergies, etc... | Documentation |
| Spatial Queries | com.trove.spatialqueries | Trove Spatial Queries provides tools for querying objects in the scene. | Documentation |
| Utility AI | com.trove.utilityai | Trove Utility AI provides a flexible and efficient decision-making system for ECS. | Documentation |
| Tweens | com.trove.tweens | Trove Tweens is a simple tweening tool that allows you to create your own highly-efficient custom tweens. | Documentation |
| Audio | com.trove.audio | Trove Audio is a simple ECS interface for FMOD. | Documentation |
| Debug Draw | com.trove.debugdraw | Trove Debug Draw is a GPU-persistent burst-compatible debug line/mesh drawer. | Documentation |