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Greg The Robot - Game Dev with TypeScript

by Marcelo Ricardo de Oliveira

A shoot'n'up HTML5 game made with Phaser game framework

Celerity: How it was all done

by Adam David Hill

All the juicy tricks and scandalous shortcuts which helped us ship our competition game on time

Blowing the Doors Off 3D Math: Part I - Matrix Multiplication

by CMalcheski

Thinking outside the box can result in critical performance gains

Decorator Pattern Usage on a Simplified Pacman Game

by Petar Brkusanin

An example of how Decorator, Dependency Injection, and Composition Root patterns can be used to extend the base game functionality.

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Tetris Wall Art for Arduino

by honey the codewitch

Display automated (optionally controllable) Tetris on an LCD or Neopixel panel

Autonomous Movement of Objects and Characters in a Game

by Member 10912276

How to control game elements based on predefined conditions

Redesigned German Cards Game "Schafkopf"

by Jo_vb.net

This article and the demo are about getting started using my Schafkopf_OOP VB.NET project.

Kaldoku Game

by KrirkDev

Kaldoku - a Sudoku like puzzle game

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Automating Graphic Design with WPF

26 Oct 2020 by Matteo Prosperi

This post is the the second in a short series investigating somewhat exotic parts of .NET.

WPF

XAML

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Converting DirectX .X Files for Use in Games

14 Dec 2016 by Simon Jackson

How to convert DirectX .X files for use in games

Creating E-Learning Games with Unity – A Review

24 Apr 2014 by Simon Jackson

Creating E-Learning Games with Unity – A Review

Unity3D

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Day 10: Creating An Enemy

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to create an enemy

Unity3D

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Day 11: Using Real Enemy Asset from the Unity Asset Store

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to use Real enemy asset from the Unity Asset Store

Unity

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Day 12: Creating AI Movements For Enemies In Unity

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to create AI movements for enemies in Unity

Unity

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Day 13: Attacking Enemies, Health System, and Death Animation in Unity

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

Attacking enemies, health system and death animation in Unity

Unity3D

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Day 14: Finish Attacking the Enemy and Walking Sounds In Unity

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

Finish attacking the enemy and walking sounds in Unity

Unity3D

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Day 15: Adding Shooting, Hit, and More Walking Sound Effects!

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

Adding shooting, hit, and more walking sound effects!

Unity3D

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Day 16: Using A Real Gun Model In Unity

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to use a real gun model in Unity

Unity

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Day 17: Shooting With A Gun In Unity

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to shoot with a gun in Unity

Unity

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Day 18: Creating Weapon Ammo in Unity

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to create weapon ammo in Unity

Unity

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Day 19: Creating Player Health System and Health UI in Unity

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

Creating Player Health System and Health UI in Unity

Unity3D

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Day 1: Going through the Unity Ball Tutorial

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

Going through the Unity Ball tutorial

Unity

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Day 20: Fixing Game Object Collider in Unity

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

Fixing Game Object Collider in Unity

Unity3D

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Day 21: Creating Game Over UI in Unity

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to create game over UI in Unity

Unity3D

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Day 22: Creating the Game End State and Game Over Animation

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to create the Game End state and Game Over animation

Unity3D

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Day 23 of 100 Days of VR: Creating a Spawning System for Enemies in Unity

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to create a spawning system for enemies in Unity

Unity3D

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Day 24 of 100 Days of VR: Creating Waves for Spawning System in Unity

11 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to create waves for spawning system in Unity

Unity3D

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Day 26 of 100 Days of VR: Adding Missing Audio, UI, and Creating Enemy Victory State

14 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to add missing audio, UI, and create enemy victory state

Unity3D

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Day 2: Going through the Unity Space Shooter - Tutorial I

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

Going through the Unity space shooter tutorial

Unity

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Day 3: Going through the Unity Space Shooter - Tutorial II

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

Going through the Unity Space Shooter - tutorial II

Unity3D

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Day 4: Going through the Unity Space Shooter - Tutorial III

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

Going through the Unity Space Shooter

Unity3D

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Day 5: Survival Shooter - Tutorial I

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

Survival Shooter - tutorial I

Unity

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Day 60: Setting up the Google Daydream Controller

27 May 2018 by IAmJoshChang

How to set up the daydream controller

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Day 6: Survival Shooter - Tutorial II

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

Survival shooter - tutorial II

Unity3D

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Day 7: Creating a VERY Simple First Person Shooter

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to create a VERY simple first person shooter

Unity3D

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Day 8: Creating a Character in a First Person Shooter

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to create a character in a first person shooter

Unity3D

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Day 95 of 100 Days of VR: Endless Flyer – Implementing The Invincible Power-Up Effect

6 Feb 2019 by IAmJoshChang

How to implement the invincible boost power-up

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Day 98 of 100 Days of VR: Endless Flyer – Creating the Item Shop Scene and UI

6 Feb 2019 by IAmJoshChang

How to create the Item Shop Scene and UI

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Day 99 of 100 Days of VR: Endless Flyer – Creating A Database For Power-Up Upgrades

6 Feb 2019 by IAmJoshChang

How to create a database for power-up upgrades

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Day 9: Setting up a Weapon

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to set up a weapon

Unity3D

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Developing Games for Cystic Fibrosis Treatment – Getting Started with Fizzyo

10 May 2017 by Simon Jackson

Developing games for Cystic Fibrosis treatment – Getting started with Fizzyo

Getting Started with MonoGame using XML

31 May 2017 by Simon Jackson

How to get started with MonoGame using XML

XML

Monogame

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How to Create a Recursive Call with Unity’s Coroutines

19 Feb 2015 by Michael Adaixo

How to create a recursive call with Unity's coroutines

Unity3D

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How to Ensure Images are Loaded Before Rendering Them

11 Mar 2012 by Aniruddha Loya

Receiving INDEX_SIZE_ERR: DOM Exception 1 in HTML5 drawImage() function - Here is a small trick that helps to make sure that images are loaded before being rendered.

How to Learn Game Development for Free

29 May 2015 by Eduardo Fonseca

In this post, you will find some tips and links to help you learn game development for free.

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How To: Get Started with XPG

9 Jan 2012 by XPG Live

A walk through of using all of the features XPG Live has to offer

How To: Initialize a Game on Android with XPG

26 Jan 2012 by XPG Live

How to initialize a game on Android with XPG

How To: Initialize a game on BlackBerry with XPG

26 Jan 2012 by XPG Live

This is a continuation of the How To series. The first post is here.

How To: Initialize a Game on iOS (iPhone/iPad) with XPG

26 Jan 2012 by XPG Live

How to initialize a game on iOS (iPhone/iPad) with XPG

How To: Initialize a Game on Windows Phone with XPG

31 Jan 2012 by XPG Live

Initialize a game on Windows Phone with XPG

How To: Use Leaderboards on Android with XPG

1 Feb 2012 by XPG Live

This post discusses how to use Leaderboards on Android with XPG.

How To: Use Leaderboards on BlackBerry with XPG

6 Feb 2012 by XPG Live

This post will cover leaderboard types and setup, accessing leaderboards in game, posting a score to a leaderboard, retrieving scores from a leaderboard.

How To: Use Leaderboards on iOS (iPhone/iPad) with XPG

26 Jan 2012 by XPG Live

Use leaderboards on iOS (iPhone/iPad) with XPG

How To: Use leaderboards on Windows Phone with XPG

31 Jan 2012 by XPG Live

Use leaderboards on Windows Phone with XPG

HTML5 Games 101 - An Introductory Tutorial to HTML5 Games

10 Aug 2012 by Aniruddha Loya

In this tutorial, I will show you how to use the basic features of HTML5 and get the simple game of Snake up and ready within a couple of hours, even if you are a beginner.

Improving Performance in Pygame – Speed Up Your Game

27 Mar 2021 by The Sun God

How to speed up your game in Pygame

Python

multi-threading

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Mastering Unity 2D Game Development–Animation Curves

27 Jul 2014 by Simon Jackson

Mastering Unity 2D game development - animation curves

Unity2D

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MonoGame 3.2 NuGet packages are GO!

13 Apr 2014 by Simon Jackson

MonoGame 3.2 NuGet packages are GO!

NuGet

Monogame

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My First Game: Start to Store

2 Jan 2014 by Vidyasagar Machupalli

How my first game went from start to store

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Playing Alley Cat, a Classic MS-DOS Game, From Your Web Browser

5 Apr 2023 by ToughDev

How to play the classic MS-DOS game - Alley Cat - from your browser

Programming Nostalgia: revisiting Mike Wiering’s Mario Game Written in Pascal

11 May 2023 by ToughDev

Revisiting Mario Game Written in Pascal

Taking Advantage of High-Level C# Features to Make Our 3D Games API Platform Independent

28 Apr 2011 by Inaki Ayucar

How to take advantage of high-level C# features to make our 3D games API platform independent

The Dark Arts: Game Development & the State of the Gaming Industry

19 Jul 2016 by Steve Naidamast

How to develop games

artificial-intelligence

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The Differences between SoundEffect and SoundEffectInstance in XNA

14 Apr 2013 by zoyobar

The differences between SoundEffect and SoundEffectInstance in XNA

The “War Game” and Understanding Complex Application Development

7 Jul 2016 by Steve Naidamast

Getting an understanding of complex app development

artificial-intelligence

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Unity 2D Game Development – A Review

29 Apr 2014 by Simon Jackson

Unity 2D Game Development - A Review

Unity3D

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Unity AI Programming Essentials–A Review

10 Jan 2015 by Simon Jackson

A review of Unity AI programming essentials

Unity3D

artificial-intelligence

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Unity Game Development Blueprints – A Review

14 Dec 2014 by Simon Jackson

This title from the onset aims to give you the tools and means to create your own games with unity with a few well-built examples, where this title differs from others is that it has limited this to just a couple and goes through them in great detail.

Unity3D

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Unity Multiplayer Games – A Review

12 Feb 2014 by Simon Jackson

Unity Multiplayer Games - a review

Unity3D

networking

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Unity Shaders and Effects Cookbook – A Review

3 Sep 2013 by Simon Jackson

This sturdy reference is a nice comparison to the previous HLSL cookbook I reviewed earlier.

Unity3D

Shaders

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Unity3D - Easily Handling Player's Objectives

1 Jan 2015 by Eduardo Fonseca

Unity3D - Easily Handling Player's Objectives

Unity3D

programming

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Unreal 5 Blueprints (Hello World)

28 Jun 2022 by Pete O'Hanlon

Epic Games recently released Unreal Engine 5 and I thought it was time that I wrote a series about using Blueprints to show the power of UE5.

Unreal

Blueprints

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Use XNA in Sliverlight, WPXNA (1)

22 May 2013 by zoyobar

How to use XNA in Silverlight

Why you need to remove event handler for XNA?

26 Jul 2012 by zoyobar

Why you need to remove event handler for XNA?

XNA and Beyond, the notable mentions

16 Jan 2013 by Simon Jackson

Some of the other frameworks which use XNA as a baseline.

XNA to MonoGame and Beyond

5 Nov 2012 by Simon Jackson

XNA to MonoGame and beyond

XNA to the Sunburn Gaming Engine and Beyond

6 Jan 2013 by Simon Jackson

So far in this series I’ve covered: MonoGame – a raw XNA implementation allowing you to create games but you have to code everything yourself UnityXNA – a way to host your existing XNA projects (or new ones) and deploy them using the Unity3D engine, but without utilising the advanced …

XNA to UnityXNA and Beyond

5 Nov 2012 by Simon Jackson

XNA to UnityXNA and beyond