In this part of my Blender Tutorial series I will focus in on lighting by covering all the lighting lamps, light emitting planes, and 3 point lighting. I’ll also cover a bit on the Cycles Renderer materials and much more.
The file I used is available here. A cheat sheet with every thing I typed in the tutorial is available below the video. I hope you find the video useful. Continue reading Blender Tutorial 5
I continue my Blender Tutorial series this time by talking a great deal about Materials. I also cover lighting, textures, show how to simulate glass, how to get lights to track objects, provide many examples and much more.
Following the video below I have a full transcript of every command I used. The Blender files I used are available here for download Sphere File and Glass File. Continue reading Blender Tutorial 4
In this tutorial I’ll cover all the Generate Modifiers I didn’t cover in the last tutorial. Specifically we’ll cover the Screw, Skin, Solidify, Triangulate, Wireframe, Subdivision and Remesh Modifiers.
If you missed the first part watch it first otherwise you may be confused. A cheat sheet for this video follows the video below. Continue reading Blender 2.79 Tutorial 3
We’re going to continue learning about all the tools in Blender. We’ll cover the rest of the Edit tools we didn’t cover last time. We’ll learn an easy way to snap merge vertices. We’ll learn how layers work. Then we’ll learn how to use the following Modifiers : Array, Wave, Bevel, Boolean, Build, Decimate, Edge Split, Mask and Mirror.
If you haven’t seen part 1 of this series watch it first. Also check out the cheat sheet that follows the video below. Continue reading Blender 2.79 Tutorial 2
In this tutorial I’ll teach all the basics you need to start creating amazing 3D models using Blender. Blender allows you to do anything involving 3D including modeling, animation, simulation, game design, movie editing, etc.
This is a multipart tutorial, but by the end of this video you should feel more then comfortable with using Blender. You can download it here. This is the mouse I use. Continue reading Blender 2.79 Tutorial
In the final video of my How to Make Video Games series I’ll cover many things not covered before. We’ll mainly focus on how to animate throwing the boomerang. I’ll animate the path and rotation of the boomerang directly in Unity. I’ll then write the code for stunning the villains hit by the boomerang.
We’ll also destroy bushes, pick up gems, attack villains and much more. The full project is available here for download. Continue reading How to Make Video Games 31
I recently received a Peloton cycle and I thought it would be fun to talk about my experiences. I’ll cover why a stationary bikes are amazing at improving your health. I’ll also show the Pelotons specs and compare it to other bikes at different price points. I’ll show my results and also talk about the numerous class types, instructors and more.
If you want to see my Strava and Peloton class stats look here. You can save $100 on Peloton accessories with my referral code : 3CE646 See classes here under Find Your Ride. Continue reading Peloton Cycle Review
In this part of my video game tutorial I will continue making Zelda. I’ll focus this time on something I have not covered before which is how to create the AI for our villain so that he will travel on his own around the game board looking for Link. The villain will travel around using very few system resources. He will be able to locate Link any place on the map. We will use multidimensional arrays to store travel nodes. We will also learn how to find out which node game objects are closest to.
All of the code used follows the video below. Continue reading How to Make Video Games 30
In this part of my How to Make Video Games series I will continue making a Zelda clone. I’ll create animations for the villains and animate them. I’ll also cover a new way to animate Link’s sword from inside of code. We’ll use coroutines to make items show and then disappear on the screen and a whole lot more.
All of the code used follows the video down below. As always feel free to do what ever you’d like with it. Continue reading How to Make Video Games 29
As we continue making Zelda, I’ll show you how to make the camera follow Link. We’ll create a script that animates Link smoothly. I’ll show you how to handle collisions between game assets and I’ll demonstrate the usefulness of tags. We’ll also make a Sound Manager we’ll use the play all our sounds and much more.
Like always all of the code follows the video below. Here is a link to the sprite files used. Continue reading How to Make Video Games 28
In this part of my Video Games Tutorial we will continue to design our Zelda clone, but this video is also a stand alone tutorial. We’ll be taking a look at how the Tiled Map Editor can make it easy to design levels. We’ll then bring those levels into Unity with Tiled2Unity. As an added bonus I’ll show you a quick way to fix Sprite Tearing. Here is a link to the Sprite Sheet I use. Continue reading How to Make Video Games 27
In this part of my How to Make Video Games Tutorial we’ll cover how to animated Link, moving Link, creating a game board array and numerous other things. Here is a link to the Sprite Sheet I’m using.
I decided to show 2 ways to create Link and the game board to show the positives and negatives of both. Below you’ll find all the code used in this tutorial. Feel free to do what ever you’d like with it. Continue reading How to Make Video Games 26
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 way using a program called the Tiled Map Editor.
All of the sprites are available here in a free download. Feel free to do what ever you want with them, but be aware that most everything is based on a Nintendo property, so I don’t own anything. Continue reading How to Make Video Games 25
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 place, increasing width, decreasing width, making spheres, fastening pieces, reading patterns, skipping stitches and much more. The pattern used follows the video below. Continue reading Crochet Stuffed Animals
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. We’ll also look at the finished sprite sheet I’ll use for the game. The sprite sheet is available here for free download.
In the videos that follow I’ll make a fully functioning Zelda clone. It will be a ton of fun! Continue reading How to Make Video Games 24
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, an awesome beanie hat and I’ll also show you how to read crochet patterns!
The patterns for this hat follows the video below for the Men’s, Women’s and Teen version of the hat. Continue reading Learn to Crochet a Hat
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 PNG files. I’m now making the game boards and hope to start the Zelda Clone series this week.
I hope you find the sprites useful. If you have any ideas on what games I should make next tell me. Many more are coming. Continue reading Legend of Zelda Sprite Sheets
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 helped me when I got stuck. I answered random questions and talked about my fear of teaching kids how to play soccer tomorrow. I hope you enjoy it. It was a very fun stream to make. Continue reading Unravel Gameplay
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 starting to keep your loops loose and to avoid tearing the yarn if it gets snagged. I provide numerous examples on how to avoid these beginner pitfalls. With a little practice you’ll be able to make scarfs, blankets, towels and if people are interested I’ll show how to make hats and just about anything else you can imagine. Continue reading Learn to Crochet
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 lot more.
All of the code follows the video below. You can also download the whole Ms. Pac-Man Unity Project here. You can also Download all of my Unity game files so far for Pong, Space Invaders, Tetris and Mario. Continue reading How to Make Video Games 23
