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Every once in a while I take a deep breath and reorganize my whole site. I never would have imagined that in 3 years I would have created over 700 articles and 500 videos. So, here I have every article and video organized. I’ve added a new category for just WordPress Theme Development since I’ve...
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How to Make Video Games 15
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
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
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
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
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...
Little Nightmares Livestream
The wife and kids went away to Girl Scout camp and I decided to livestream Little Nightmares. This game was highly recommended because it is a Puzzle / Horror game. I love the way the game looks. It is very similar in appearance to Limbo and Inside.
I wasn’t...
How to Make Video Games 10
We continue making a Tetris clone in this video. Our goal this time is to get those Tetris shapes to stack on each other. A lot more goes into that then we may have thought. I’ll be covering Simulating Game boards in Arrays, Printing Arrays, Removing Event...
How to Make Video Games 9
In this video I continue creating Tetris! This time I cover how to Move and Rotate Shapes, Except Keyboard Input, Spawn Shapes, Handle Custom Collisions, Debug, Make Shapes Fall, and Move Objects at Different Time Frames.
Like before I create all the code here blind...
How to Make Video Games 8
In this video I start making one of the greatest games ever being Tetris! I’m trying something new this time. In previous videos I tested ideas before videoing them. This time I will create Tetris with no previous preparation. I’ll test my way through...
How to Make Video Games 7
In this part of my Video Game Tutorial we completely finish Space Invaders! Well create the Alien AI, Think About when it Makes Sense to Ignore Collisions, Randomize AI Firing, Change Images, Hone AI Movement, Make Objects Appear, Randomize Actions, Animate Explosions,...
How to Make Video Games 6
Welcome to the next to last part of my How to Make Space Invaders tutorial! In this part I’ll cover Sound Effects, Bullets, Making Objects Appear, OnTriggerEnter, SoundManager, Changing Scores, SpriteRenderer, Changing Sprites, Destroying Objects, and a bunch of...
How to Make Video Games 5
Welcome to the 2nd video on how to make Space Invaders. If you missed the first Space Invaders Video definitely watch it first. Otherwise you may be confused.
In this video we’ll cover User Interfaces, Tags, Layers, Ignoring Collisions, Prefabs, and we’ll...
How to Make Video Games 4
This time we’ll make Space Invaders and learn a ton about making complex games. I’ll cover How to Draw Pixel Art with Gimp, Sprite Sheets, SoundManager, Camera, Animating Bullets, User Interfaces, Prfabs, Collisions, Ignoring Collisions, Sound Effects,...
How to Make Video Games 3
Welcome back to How to Make Video Games! This time I’ll finish up the Pong game. If you’ve watched the previous parts you’ve learned all about : Collision Detection, Animation, AI Controlled Competitors, Physics, Keyboard Input, Unity User Interfaces,...
How to Make Video Games 2
In this part we will create a Sound Manager which will hold and play our sound effects. We will also write the C# code required to make our ball ricochet off of paddles, walls and goals.
Because many people asked I will also use the Windows version of Unity in this...
How to Make Video Games
In this video I finally start my How to Make Video Games tutorial series. I’m going to start off with Pong so that we can completely understand the Unity 5.6 interface, Sprites, Scenes, Physics, Keyboard Input, Collision Detection, Sound Effects, User Interfaces,...
Kotlin Tutorial
Kotlin is a fantastic language that improves greatly upon Java and at the same time can use all Java libraries and frameworks. It provides both the power of OOP and functional programming. It is quickly becoming the language of choice for developing Android apps. In...
Learn Swift 3 in One Video
You guys asked for a Learn Swift 3 in One Video tutorial and here it is! I cover Data Types, Conditionals, Math, Strings, Arrays, Looping, Dictionaries, Tuples, Optional, Functions, Closures, Filter , Reduce, Enumerations, Structs, Classes, Inheritance, Protocols,...
The TALOS Principle C5
In this Live Stream I beat the whole C5 level of The TALOS Principle! I beat the levels Time Flies, Time Crawls, Up Close and Jammed and Dumbwaiter.
I’ll be taking a break after tomorrows Learn Swift in One Video tutorial. When I return I will be making a ton of...
Best Cheap 3D Printer
I have a ton of fun in the first Maker Monday Live Stream. I review 3 of the best cheap 3D printers. I show how to set up the best for the best 3D print results. I then print some D&D terrain models and show how to paint them. Also because the video was live I...
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The most common question that I get is How I Make YouTube Videos. I have held off on making this video because I’m definitely not an expert at making videos. I didn’t want anyone to think I thought I was either.
However, the past few videos have been about answering common questions so I decided...
The most common question that I get is How I Make YouTube Videos. I have held off on making this video because I’m definitely not an expert at making videos. I didn’t want anyone to think I thought I was either.
However, the past few videos have been about answering common questions so I decided...
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I haven’t made a recipe video in a while, so today I thought I’d present the recipe my wife and children love the best Shrimp Gumbo. The feature is definitely the shrimp, but the sweet and yet hot sauce is pretty amazing on its own.
I cam up with this after my family watched The Princess and the...
I haven’t made a recipe video in a while, so today I thought I’d present the recipe my wife and children love the best Shrimp Gumbo. The feature is definitely the shrimp, but the sweet and yet hot sauce is pretty amazing on its own.
I cam up with this after my family watched The Princess and the...
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Tutorial Vote
I’ve decided that my next tutorial series will be really big and will answer many of the questions I receive. The only problem is that most people either want to see an Android / Games Tutorial, or a J2EE / Application Development Framework Tutorial?
I can’t do both because they will each take at...
I’ve decided that my next tutorial series will be really big and will answer many of the questions I receive. The only problem is that most people either want to see an Android / Games Tutorial, or a J2EE / Application Development Framework Tutorial?
I can’t do both because they will each take at...
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Kotlin Tutorial
Kotlin is a fantastic language that improves greatly upon Java and at the same time can use all Java libraries and frameworks. It provides both the power of OOP and functional programming. It is quickly becoming the language of choice for developing Android apps. In this video I will cover what you’d...
Kotlin is a fantastic language that improves greatly upon Java and at the same time can use all Java libraries and frameworks. It provides both the power of OOP and functional programming. It is quickly becoming the language of choice for developing Android apps. In this video I will cover what you’d...