All About Karma: Decision Making and Morality in Games
As video games progress as an entertainment medium, they are becoming increasingly complicated. While there is still room for simple mechanic-driven games, there has been a noticeable trend in the...
View ArticleAll About Karma: Decision Making and Morality in Games
As video games progress as an entertainment medium, they are becoming increasingly complicated. While there is still room for simple mechanic-driven games, there has been a noticeable trend in the...
View ArticleBone-Based Unity 2D Animation: Creating the Actual Animations
In this series, we're focusing on the bone-based 2D animation tools provided by the Unity engine. The main idea is to present and teach the fundamentals of 2D animation in order for you to apply it to...
View ArticleBone-Based Unity 2D Animation: Creating the Actual Animations
In this series, we're focusing on the bone-based 2D animation tools provided by the Unity engine. The main idea is to present and teach the fundamentals of 2D animation in order for you to apply it to...
View ArticleMarketing Your Indie Game: The Single Most Important Thing That No One Knows...
Once upon a time, marketing was considered taboo and almost completely ignored by indie game developers. These days, most devs recognize its importance and do make some effort, but do little to...
View ArticleMarketing Your Indie Game: The Single Most Important Thing That No One Knows...
Once upon a time, marketing was considered taboo and almost completely ignored by indie game developers. These days, most devs recognize its importance and do make some effort, but do little to...
View ArticleHow To Fix Common Physics Problems in Your Game
Many games use physics engines to drive the way things move and react. Using a physics engine can add immersion, eye candy, and, best of all, emergent gameplay, but can also, if used incorrectly, lead...
View ArticleHow To Fix Common Physics Problems in Your Game
Many games use physics engines to drive the way things move and react. Using a physics engine can add immersion, eye candy, and, best of all, emergent gameplay, but can also, if used incorrectly, lead...
View ArticleBone-Based Unity 2D Animation: Mecanim and Scripting
In this series, we're focusing on the bone-based 2D animation tools provided by the Unity engine. The main idea is to present and teach the fundamentals of 2D animation in order for you to apply it to...
View ArticleBone-Based Unity 2D Animation: Mecanim and Scripting
In this series, we're focusing on the bone-based 2D animation tools provided by the Unity engine. The main idea is to present and teach the fundamentals of 2D animation in order for you to apply it to...
View ArticleAdd Motion Control to a Kiwi.js Game With the Leap Motion Controller
In this tutorial, I'll help you make your first HTML5 game that is controlled by a Leap Motion Controller, using the Kiwi.js engine. (In case you haven't heard of it, Kiwi.js is a relatively new game...
View ArticleHow to Polish Your Games' Environments
Your players will get bored far faster than you would expect if your play spaces don't retain their attention. In this tutorial, I'll show you how you can easily crank the polish of your world up a...
View ArticleFunding Your Indie Games With Client Work: Building Up Your Practice
Now that you've started working on other people's games (and are getting paid for the work), the next step is to start building it into a sustainable effort to keep work coming. In this article, you'll...
View ArticleHow to Deal With a 'Bad' Game Jam Theme
You’re sitting at your computer, staring at the second hand on the clock. It’s almost time. You’ve cleared your schedule. The next 48 hours will be devoted to rapid game development, and you’ve never...
View ArticleUsing the HTML5 Gamepad API to Add Controller Support to Browser Games
As web-based gaming gets more popular, one of the biggest sticking points for players is input control. While my first FPS games were purely mouse- and keyboard-based, I've now got so much more used to...
View ArticleBone-Based Unity 2D Animation: Introduction
In this tutorial, we will focus on the bone-based 2D animation tools provided by the Unity engine. The main idea is to present and teach the fundamentals of 2D animation in order for you to apply it to...
View ArticleHow to Make an Indie Game Trailer With No Budget
You have finally finished making a truly unique and amazing game—congratulations! Now comes the hard part: getting people to play it.If you are anything like me, then you have likely spent all of your...
View ArticleAll About Karma: Decision Making and Morality in Games
As video games progress as an entertainment medium, they are becoming increasingly complicated. While there is still room for simple mechanic-driven games, there has been a noticeable trend in the...
View ArticleBone-Based Unity 2D Animation: Creating the Actual Animations
In this series, we're focusing on the bone-based 2D animation tools provided by the Unity engine. The main idea is to present and teach the fundamentals of 2D animation in order for you to apply it to...
View ArticleMarketing Your Indie Game: The Single Most Important Thing That No One Knows...
Once upon a time, marketing was considered taboo and almost completely ignored by indie game developers. These days, most devs recognize its importance and do make some effort, but do little to...
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