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  I will admit, I am somewhat late to this party… I’ve shared a project or two to Github in the past, but I’ve never really embraced it.  It’s one of those things I should probably change and I will start to address.    So here we are starting with the code samples for the […]

  Now that we know how to create vector graphics on iPad, let’s take a look at the process of getting them into and using them in Codea.  This part is insanely easy, in fact if this was all there was to it, I could cover this entire process in a single Tweet!  Let’s do […]

  Previous Part Table Of ContentsNext Part   In this tutorial we are going to look at loading and using Tiled TMX maps.  Tiled is a free, open sourced map editor, and TMX is the file format it outputs.  You basically use it to “paint” levels using one or more spritesheets containing tiles, which you […]

  As part of the ongoing Guide to Creating a Game Entirely on an iPad series, we recently looked at a number of 2D raster and vector graphics programs available on iOS.  One of the programs that really stood out was iDraw, a vector drawing program.  I’ve actually used iDraw for a while now, going […]

  A question came up in a comment in the Scene2D part of the LibGDX tutorial series about re-using actions.  You very much can re-use actions, so I decided to do it in post form here.  This entire post is mostly just one large code sample.  It’s just easier to do it here than in […]

  As I mentioned earlier in the introduction to Codea, it does not support Spritesheets out of the box. I also mentioned earlier that it was a fairly simple thing to add. In this tutorial I am going to show how I created a class in Codea for enabling sprite sheets, which can also serve […]

  Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part   In today’s tutorial we are going to cover the simple but powerful concept of grouping in Phaser.  As the name suggested, grouping allows you to group like minded Sprites together.  Probably easiest to jump right in with a simple example:   /// <reference path="phaser.d.ts"/> class SimpleGame […]

  Now we are going to look at available raster graphics programs available on iPad.  While this post is part of an over all series about creating a game using only an iPad, this post should be of use to anyone looking to create art in general.  The iPad ( and other tablets ) are […]

  Some months back here on Gamefromscratch.com we switched to using a product called Highlight for all our syntax highlighting needs.  It has worked out pretty well with one major exception.  On the Mac, there is no GUI interface.    My typical workflow is: Copy whatever code example I want to share to clipboard. Paste […]