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 creating the whole game.

I think this will benefit people because they’ll see me make mistakes and then see how I go about solving problems. In this first video I show how to draw everything in Gimp. I then setup the game, create the borders, the interface and then all the tetrominos. I hope you enjoy this series and learn a lot. Continue reading How to Make Video Games 8 →

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, Utilize Sound Effects and use StartCoroutine, SpriteRenderer, Yield and more.

The Images & Sounds are here. All of the code used follows the video below. Continue reading How to Make Video Games 7 →

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 tips on how to avoid mistakes.

The Images & Sounds are here and all the code for the whole series follows after the video below. Continue reading How to Make Video Games 6 →

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 start making the Bullet and Alien C# Scripts. Like always all of the code follows the video below. Get Images and Sounds Here Continue reading How to Make Video Games 5 →

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, Making Objects Appear, OnTriggerEnter, SpriteRenderer, Changing Sprites, Destroying Objects, AI Players, Randomizing AI Actions, StartCoroutine, Yield, Animated Explosions and numerous tips that will help you avoid mistakes. The Images and Sounds used are here. This will be a 4 part tutorial. I hope you enjoy it 🙂 Continue reading How to Make Video Games 4 →

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, Splash Screens, Sound Effects, Background Music, Build Settings and more.

All of the code used can be found below and here are the sounds and artwork used. Up next I’ll make the most profitable arcade game in history Space Invaders!!! Continue reading How to Make Video Games 3 →

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 tutorial and show you how to create our sprites using Gimp. This tutorial series isn’t just about Pong. I will make numerous other games including games like Space Invaders, Pacman, Tetris, Mario and others. If there is a 2D game you’d like to see tell me and I’ll see what I can do. Continue reading How to Make Video Games 2 →

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, Splash Screens, and so much more.

I already have games based on Space Invaders, Asteroids, Pac Man, Mario, Tetris, etc. ready to go. I also plan on making 2D Tower Defense and other popular games over the course of this series. After I finish up with 2D I’ll then start making 3D games. It should be a ton of fun. Continue reading How to Make Video Games →