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I am currently embarking on a rather massive “from scratch” beginners game programming series over on YouTube. One thing that can make the process a hell of a lot smoother for a beginner or veteran alike is a good development environment. As a result I’ve created this page, a summary of the best editors […]
Editors and IDEs for Lua and Love Development Read More
This is a topic that seems to cause some degree of confusion, especially among new game developers. We often here the terms “game library”, “game framework” and “game engine” but what is the difference, where does one end and the next begin? This post attempts to explain the difference as clearly as possible. It’s […]
GameDev Glossary: Library Vs Framework Vs Engine Read More
Welcome to GameFromScratch.com! If you landed on this page, that most likely means you are just getting started in game development. Over the years we have created a number of tutorials and guides aimed at getting you started in the world of game development. Pick the link below that best describes what you are […]
Getting Started in Game Development Read More
One man game development studios are becoming more and more common these days and plenty of them are having success. That said, what do you do when that one man doesn’t happen to be an artist? This post looks at some of the options the Indie game developer has for creating or acquiring art for […]
A programmer’s guide to creating art for your game Read More
The following is a selection of sprites taken from this sprite collection. They have been trimmed to 7 individual 64×64 PNG images with the background deleted. The shadow seen below is added by the blogging software and doesn’t exist in the image. You can download the full set in […]
HTML5 Game Engines ImpactJS Cost: 99$ www.impactjs.com Melonjs Cost: Free http://www.melonjs.org Akihabara Cost: Free http://www.kesiev.com/akihabara/ Construct 2 Cost: Free / 79$ / 365$ depending on options http://www.scirra.com/construct2 Cocos2D-HTML Cost: Free http://www.cocos2d-x.org/projects/cocos2d-x/wiki/Html5 Cocos2D Javascript Cost: Free https://github.com/RyanWilliams/cocos2d-javascript Crafty Cost: Free http://www.craftyjs.com GameQuery Cost: Free http://www.gamequeryjs.com IsoGenic […]
Links of interest for HTML5 game developers Read More
Autodesk 3ds Max The program most often used for creating game graphics, 3DS is probably the gold standard of 3D applications. In recent years Autodesk has been snapping up all the competition and slowly they are becoming very similar. Package does just about everything you could imagine, as well as having perhaps one of […]
Graphic Applications Read More