Nitzan Wilnai

Nitzan Wilnai is an experienced game developer and engineering leader. He has worked in the game industry for the past 24 years, doing everything from making web games at Yahoo!, to AAA titles at Electronic Arts, to mobile games that topped the App Store charts.

books by Nitzan Wilnai

Data-Oriented Design for Games
  • MEAP began January 2025
  • Publication in Early 2026 (estimated)
  • ISBN 9781633435612
  • 350 pages (estimated)
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in black & white

Data-Oriented Design for Games teaches you to deliver high-performance games, with code that’s simpler to extend and maintain. You’ll learn to design games from scratch using DOD and also how to apply DOD to existing object-oriented codebases. Through a simulated development process—complete with Jira tickets—you’ll construct a complete “survivor” style game that runs at a high framerate on limited hardware while being easy to expand. The book is fully illustrated with Unity architectural examples, diagrams, and engaging war stories from author Nitzan Wilnai’s 20+ year career, punctuated by helpful sidebars that dispel DOD myths.