> Canonical URL: https://codingcat.dev/podcast/1-14-firestore-for-unity-c-plus-plus # Firestore for Unity and C++ ![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0Ju6klQ9k58/sddefault.jpg)[![Alex Patterson](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/hfh83o0w/production/a606dfaa381aab08ddbe16a33fe1d3e1fb37c927-400x400.jpg?w=48&h=48&fit=max&auto=format)Alex Patterson](/author/alex-patterson)[![Brittney Postma](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/hfh83o0w/production/f25e504779cb6ebb7c0dd7df367f2c7490e17784-735x735.png?w=48&h=48&fit=max&auto=format)Brittney Postma](/author/brittney-postma)[![Patrick Martin](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/hfh83o0w/production/a96a6bf2ac87f22bc4f4927a6a35e5f2e00ce6df-400x400.jpg?w=48&h=48&fit=max&auto=format)Patrick Martin](/guest/patrick-martin)March 31, 2021 ## Listening Options [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3RdXgoTUctaaHJoQRHglFP)[Apple](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1-14-firestore-for-unity-and-c/id1491655542?i=1000515201253)[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ju6klQ9k58)[Pocket Casts](https://pca.st/episode/75605050-0272-4280-a948-01ecdf98d10d)[Castbox](https://castbox.fm/episode/id2508485-id369284503)[Castro](https://castro.fm/episode/cNDkFL)[Overcast](https://overcast.fm/itunes1491655542)[RSS](https://anchor.fm/s/115b203c/podcast/rss) ## Questions - What is Unity? - What games or other apps are written in C++? - What is Cloud Firestore? - Wasn’t Cloud Firestore already available for Unity and C++? - What kind of games can be created using Firebase? ## Links - [https://firebase.google.com/games](https://firebase.google.com/games) - [https://github.com/firebase/quickstart-unity](https://github.com/firebase/quickstart-unity) - [https://github.com/google/mechahamster](https://github.com/google/mechahamster) - [Firebase Games](https://firebase.google.com/games) - [Firebase Realtime vs. Firstore Database](https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/rtdb-vs-firestore) - [Open Match 1.0](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/gaming/open-match-1-0-ready-for-deployment-in-production) - [https://www.cocos.com/en/creator](https://www.cocos.com/en/creator) - [https://phaser.io/](https://phaser.io/) - [https://www.cocos.com/en/creator](https://www.cocos.com/en/creator) - [https://phaser.io/](https://phaser.io/) ## Episode Summary 1.14 - Firestore for Unity and C++: https://codingcat.dev/podcast/1-14-firestore-for-unity-c++ 0:00 - Start 0:37 - Patrick Martin Introduction 2:03 - What is Unity? 2:59 - How does Unity compare to Unreal? 3:52 - How does the coding work in Unity? 6:16 - Unity for new game developers 7:41 - What is the difference between C, C++, and ## Picks ### Alex Patterson - [Firebase Extension - Stripe Subscriptions](https://firebase.google.com/products/extensions/firestore-stripe-subscriptions) - [Mecha Hampster](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.fpl.mechahamster&hl=en&pli=1) ### Brittney Postma - [Add Firebase to your Unity project](https://firebase.google.com/docs/unity/setup) - [NightwindCSS](https://nightwindcss.com/) ### Patrick Martin - [Loop Hero (game)](https://loophero.com/) - [Flutter 2](https://developers.googleblog.com/2021/03/announcing-flutter-2.html) ## Recent Podcasts [View More](/podcasts/page/1)[![GenAI for Engineers, What](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/hfh83o0w/production/3e48f44739be2aabf3aaa805e51b3a6328979153-1920x1080.png?w=1920&h=1080&q=80&fit=max&auto=format)](/podcast/genai-for-engineers-what-s-real-what-s-not-and-what-s-coming) ### [GenAI for Engineers, What's Real, What's Not and What's Coming](/podcast/genai-for-engineers-what-s-real-what-s-not-and-what-s-coming) November 19, 2025 Curious about GenAI for engineers? 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