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How to Make Video Games 25

How to Make Video Games 25
Posted by on Oct 14, 2017
In this part of my Video Game Tutorial I’m going to setup all of my Zelda clones assets and create the entire board. These techniques can be utilized to make games in multiple frameworks. I a future video I’ll also show you how to do this in a Unity centric...

Crochet Stuffed Animals

Crochet Stuffed Animals
Posted by on Oct 11, 2017
First I covered How to Crochet and then How to Crochet Hats. In this video tutorial I’ll cover How to Crochet Stuffed Animals. The techniques documented here can be used to make numerous different stuffed animals. I also cover how to use safety pins to save your...

How to Make Video Games 24

How to Make Video Games 24
Posted by on Oct 7, 2017
This is the first part of my video series in which I will make a Legend of Zelda clone. I get asked all the time to cover how to make pixel art, so I’ll cover that first. I’ll show exactly how I drew Link and then I’ll draw a ground sprite as well....

Learn to Crochet a Hat

Learn to Crochet a Hat
Posted by on Sep 11, 2017
I loved making my Learn to Crochet video and a bunch of people liked it, so I decided to make another. Previously you learned the most important stitches and how to make scarves, towels, pot holders etc. This time I’ll show you how to make round crochet patterns,...

Legend of Zelda Sprite Sheets

Legend of Zelda Sprite Sheets
Posted by on Sep 8, 2017
I’m working on my next video game tutorial which will be a Legend of Zelda Clone. I want to make it as good as possible and that is why I have hand drawn very detailed Zelda sprite sheets. They are all finished now and can be found below. They are all transparent...

Unravel Gameplay

Unravel Gameplay
Posted by on Sep 8, 2017
Tonight I live streamed the puzzle platformer Unravel and it is one amazing game! The game mechanics are fantastic! The puzzles are challenging, but not sadistic. It is beautiful and I think the story will be as well. Like always I played the game while you guys...

Learn to Crochet

Learn to Crochet
Posted by on Sep 4, 2017
I want to start up Maker Monday again and I thought it would be fun to teach everybody how to crochet. I’ll cover how to hold your yarn and hook, as well as Slip Knots, Chain, Single, 1/2 Double, Double and Triple Crochet Stitches. It is very important when...

How to Make Video Games 23

How to Make Video Games 23
Posted by on Aug 30, 2017
In this video we finish Ms. Pac-Man and learn how to do even more! We’ll create and set up all 4 Ghosts, position Ghosts in the center cell, return Ghosts after eaten, move Ghosts randomly, chase Ms. Pac-Man, have Ghosts eat Ms. Pac-Man, update scores and a whole...

How to Make Video Games 22

How to Make Video Games 22
Posted by on Aug 26, 2017
In this part of my tutorial on making Ms. Pac-Man we learn all sorts of useful techniques. We’ll learn how to use arrays to keep Ms. Pac-Man in the maze, modeling a game board in an array, turning ghosts blue, animating ghosts, accessing game object scripts in...

How to Make Video Games 21

How to Make Video Games 21
Posted by on Aug 19, 2017
In this part of my Video Games Tutorial I show how to make the hardest part in Pac-Man, which is the Ghost AI Algorithm. We’ll Create the Ghost AI so Ghosts Circle Around the Maze on their own, They’ll React to Collisions with Pivot Points and They’ll...

How to Make Video Games 20

How to Make Video Games 20
Posted by on Aug 16, 2017
In this tutorial we continue making Ms. Pac-Man. This time we will Find out How to use Multiple Audio Sources, Set up Sound Effects, Allow Ms. Pac-Man to Eat Dots, Set up the Interface, Update Scores when She Eats Dot and a whole lot more. All of the images used are...

How to Make Video Games 19

How to Make Video Games 19
Posted by on Aug 12, 2017
In this video I finish setting up the system that will allow Ms. Pac-Man to perfectly travel through the maze. We’ll cover how to calculate if Ms. Pac-Man can Move in Certain Dirctions, Working with GameObjects in an Array, Keeping Ms. Pac-Man from Getting Stuck,...

How to Make Video Games 18

How to Make Video Games 18
Posted by on Aug 9, 2017
In the next 2 videos I’ll cover how to lock Ms. Pac-Man perfectly inside of the maze as she moves around. We will do this not through colliders, but instead by using pivot points, which will make the movement very clean and also resource light. We’ll cover...

How to Make Video Games 17

How to Make Video Games 17
Posted by on Aug 2, 2017
You asked for it, and now here it is a Ms. Pac-man Clone! In this specific video I’ll cover how to draw all the sprite assets in Gimp including the Ghosts, Ms. Pac-Man, GameBoard, Dots, etc. Then we’ll cover how to create a pixel precise grid layout, setup...

How to Make Video Games 16

How to Make Video Games 16
Posted by on Jul 26, 2017
In this video tutorial we completely finish our Mario Clone!!! It has been a ton of fun for me. I hope you have liked it as well? In this video we will Learn how to Program Wall Jumping, Use Raycasts, Animate Enemies, Create Enemies that Attack, Use Gizmos, Draw a...

How to Make Video Games 15

How to Make Video Games 15
Posted by on Jul 22, 2017
In this part of my tutorial on how to make a Super Mario Clone we cover a ton of topics! We cover how to Fix Collision Errors, Fix Scene Errors, AnimationCurve, Moving the UI with the Camera, Block Collisions, Reacting to Collisions from 1 Direction, Exploding Brick...

How to Make Video Games 14

How to Make Video Games 14
Posted by on Jul 19, 2017
In this tutorial we continue making our Super Mario Clone! We cover Sorting Layers, Animations, Collisions, Controlling Characters, Awake(), Changing Characters Facing Direction, Jumping, Raycasting and Much More. All of the code follows the video below. Here are all...

How to Make Video Games 13

How to Make Video Games 13
Posted by on Jul 14, 2017
In this video tutorial we start making a Super Mario Clone!!! I’ll cover Pixel Art with Gimp, Sprites, Setting up a New Game, Cleaning up Images, Slicing Sprite Sheets, Designing Scenes, Tracking Chracters with a Camera, and Much More. All of the code used...

How to Make Video Games 12

How to Make Video Games 12
Posted by on Jul 12, 2017
In this part of my How to Make Video Games Tutorial series we finish Tetris!!! We add sounds, increase game difficulty, create a game over scene, display the next Tetris shape before it is displayed and much much more. Like always all of the code follows the video...

How to Make Video Games 11

How to Make Video Games 11
Posted by on Jul 8, 2017
Only 2 videos remain until we finish Tetris! In this video we will focus on deleting full rows. We will search each column in each row to find those full of cubes. Then we’ll delete them in the array as well as in the scene. Then we have to bring all blocks above...
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