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There are several game engines out there that present a code free option such as Stencyl and Construct. Today we are looking at an open source alternative, GDevelop. It is a cross platform, open source 2D game engine with a visual programming interface that requires no previous experience. However there is also the ability to […]
A Closer Look At GDevelop Read More
One of the major advantages to working in 3D is once you have your character modeled and rigged, creating new animations is simply a matter of defining a series of poses on a timeline. Animations are generally defined by moving a series of bones controlling your mesh, which in turn are powered by a […]
An Introduction To Spine–A 2D Bone Based Animation System Read More
In this Closer Look At we are going to be taking a closer look at the SFML framework. 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. SFML stands for Simple […]
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Gamefromscratch has a long running series taking an indepth look at various game engines available. Today we are going to look at the Godot game engine, an open source C++ based game engine with a complete Unity-esque world editor. Godot runs on Windows, Linux and Mac platforms and can target all of those, plus […]
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Previous Part Table Of Contents Next Part Now that we have Cocos2d-x installed and configured and our project created, we are going to take a look at basic graphics operations. This tutorial assumes you ran through the prior part and created a project already. I am going to assume you have a working […]
Cocos2d-x Tutorial Series: Basic Sprites, Positioning, Parenting and Coordinate Systems Read More
Now that Project Anarchy is out, I’ve decided to take a look at what you actually get. If you’ve never heard of it before, Project Anarchy is a collection of Havok game development tools made available completely free for mobile developers. In this post, we will look at exactly what those tools are composed […]
A closer look at Project Anarchy Read More
As you may know, if you want to publish on MacOS or on any iOS devices, you need to use an Apple computer. This can represent a rather large expense to many Indie developers ( no, I am not going to get into the ancient Mac price war argument! ). What if you want […]
Pay as you go Macintosh development? A MacInCloud.com review Read More
So exactly how far can a 10$ application take you? The answer is, surprisingly far! In this guided tour/review we are looking at Adobe’s recently released Photoshop Touch. EDIT: 2/17/2012 – Major changes since release have removed many of the negative points in this review, be sure to check here for […]
Photoshop Touch for Android Review Read More
Right off the hop when you load Photoshop touch, you will be brought to this screen: This is where you manage existing projects, organize, share and delete your files. The sharing aspect we will get to a bit later. The absence of a menu key is a bit […]
Photoshop Touch for Android: Part 1 The UI Layout Read More
Now lets take a quick look at the tools available in Photoshop touch. Obviously the tool bar is the ideal place to start. It is fairly sparse but at the same time is the essence of Photoshop and I rather appreciate the streamlined nature. Here is a graphic of […]
Photoshop Touch for Android: Part 2 The Tools Read More
