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Although I’ve done a couple previous tutorials covering texturing in Blender, including this text one and this video one, I’ve never really shown the entire process. This video simply illustrates a quick UV Unwrap/Texture job in Blender. The high def video is available here. Art Blender 3D
UV Mapping in Blender Quick Video Tutorial Read More
In today’s Closer Look we are looking at the open source C# based 2D game engine Duality. The Closer Look series is a combination of review and getting started tutorial that is aimed at helping a developer decide if a game engine is the right choice for them. There is also an HD […]
A Closer Look at the Duality Engine Read More
Welcome to a new tutorial series on using SFML 2.x. This series is going to be in two parts, the first will look at how you use the various systems that make up SFML. The second will look at how to use all of these systems together to create a simple game. Every single part […]
SFML C++ Tutorial Series Read More
In the previous tutorial we covered the basics of using graphics in SFML. Chances are however your game isn’t going to be composed of simple shapes, but instead made up of many sprites. That is exactly what we are going to cover today. As always, there is an HD version of this tutorial […]
SFML C++ Tutorial–Sprites and Textures Read More
So I find myself needing to create a new website and this created a world of complications with one very easy solution, which I’m assuming you can guess from the title above… I started GameFromScratch.com some 5ish years ago and the state of the web has changed a great deal since then. I […]
Creating a Website with Jekyll 3 Read More
In the previous tutorial we look at the process of using sprites in SFML. Today we are going to look instead at using a sprite sheet or texture atlas. The process is very similar to working with a normal sprite, except that you have multiple sprites on a single texture. Loading and swapping textures […]
SFML C++ Tutorial–Spritesheets and Animation Read More
In this Closer Look At we are going to be taking a closer look at the Otter2D game engine. The Closer Look At series is a combination of an introduction, overview and getting started tutorial that is designed to help you quickly decide if a game engine/framework/library is right for you. Otter2D is an […]
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If you are a LibGDX developer or even a Java developer hoping to target iOS some pretty big news just happened. In a nutshell Xamarin acquired RoboVM (more details here). If both of those names are meaningless to you, here’s a quick rundown. Xamarin are ultimately the company formed around Mono, which is […]
So… this thing just happened with RoboVM Read More
In a past life in which I sat in a cubicle and someone actually gave me a pay check every week I was a huge fan of Xamarin products. They do very a good job of enabling .NET developers to leverage their skill across many platforms. In fact, they are the technology that Unity […]
Indie GameDev friendly licensing from Xamarin? Read More
As part of the ongoing Tiled Map Editor tutorial this part looks at using Object Layers, which can be used to interface your tiled map with your games code. This particular example includes the code using TypeScript and the Phaser game library. If you need more information on Phaser I’ve done a tutorial series […]
Tiled Map Editor Tutorial–Object Layer and Code Read More
