I finally decided to check out LibGDX, a very cool and popular Java based cross platform game development library.  I’ve been meaning to check out LibGDX for ages, it’s the Java part that turned me off.  It’s not the programming language, Java is a really good one, it’s the eco-system.  Always it seems like […]

  One of the oldest and most popular articles on my site is I want to be a game developer… now what?  It offers a collection of advice for new game developers.  I keep intending to update it but frankly, not enough changed.  The following was recently posted on GameDev.net:   https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2011/08/04/I-want-to-be-a-game-developer.aspx This article was […]

  Now we are going to continue adding details.  Frankly the only reason for Part 2 and Part 3 being separate is space, the process continues and remains nearly identical.  This is also the part that requires the most artistic ability, having an eye for where to add detail and where not to.  In the […]

  In this part of the tutorial we are going to start modelling the outline of our jet model.  It all starts with a box and involves only a handful of operations.  You may have noticed up until now, all of the various top view reference images I’ve created have only been half of the […]

  In the previous post, we looked at creating a simple design concept for our game jet sprite.  Now we are going to start modelling our jet using Blender.   Of course, I cannot teach Blender in a single post.  Fortunately I have already covered modelling in Blender in a prior tutorial series.   Programmer […]

  A pair of PlayStation Mobile new tidbits today.   Back in March, Sony announced they would be giving away free 1 year developer licenses.  Today they announced they will be extending that program:   We are looking forward to seeing your exciting ideas become reality and having fun developing together. To help out all […]

  As you may have noticed yet we ( somewhat prematurely ) reported on Maya LT, a new indie focused version of Maya.  Today marks the official release of Maya LT. I also got the opportunity to get some additional clarification from Autodesk, in an interview below.   Here is the official press release: Autodesk […]

  YoYoGames have released update 1.2 for their popular GameMaker cross platform 2D game engine, which was used to make such titles as Hotline Miami and Home.  Included in this update is one pretty bold claim…  New YoYo compiler runs projects up to 100x fasterI!  That’s a pretty big claim, and I have to say… […]

  This one comes care of Tom’s Hardware:   Autodesk has introduced Maya LT, a new 3D animation product based on their award-winning Maya software. This new product also brings with it a subscription pricing model that they hope will make it more affordable to indie developers.     Indie developers, whether working for mobile, […]

  If you thought SFML took a long time to reach 2.0 you’ve not seen nothing yet!  Today SDL 2 was finally released, after being in development for about a decade.  If you have never heard of it before, SDL is a cross platform game development library that gives access to graphics via OpenGL or […]