In my Emacs video tutorial I’ll cover installation on Windows and MacOS. Then we’ll cover what you’d learn in a standard 300 page book. We’ll cover how to move around, editing, repeating commands, regions, searching, buffers, frames, shells, macros and then I’ll cover how to setup a programming environment using Clojure as an example.
A cheat sheet follows the video below. Give it a try and you’ll learn Emacs in no time. Continue reading Emacs Tutorial
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 one tutorial I will cover the basic syntax of the R programming language as well as provide numerous examples on plotting and statistical analysis. R is widely considered to be the best language for statistical analysis and data mining. R makes it extremely easy to perform numerous complex calculations with ease and its plotting system is second to none.
All of the heavily commented code follows the video below. Here is the baseball data. Continue reading R Programming Tutorial
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
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 code, going through portals, more about StartCoroutine, sound effects and much more.
All the Images are Here. The code follows the video below. 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 22
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 Always Remain Perfectly Centered. We’ll also have the Ghosts Move Erratically, Use an Array to Store Game Objects, Make Ms. Pac-Man use Portals and a whole bunch more.
All the Images are Here. The code follows the video below. 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 21
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 here. The code follows the video below. 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 20
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, Simulating Hitting Walls, Animating, Changing Ms. Pac-Man’s Direction without Pivot Points and more.
All of the images are here and the code follows the video below. 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 19
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 Setup Pivot Points, Putting GameObjects in an Array, Selecting GameObjects in Code, Cycling through GameObjects in Empties, Moving Ms. Pac-Man, Animating Ms. Pac-Man and much more.
The images are here and the code follows the video below. Continue reading How to Make Video Games 18
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 our project, create sprite sheets, create animations, sorting layers, and so much more! Understanding how grid based games work will dramatically increase the number of games you can make.
You can get all the images here. Continue reading How to Make Video Games 17
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 Sprite Sheet, Slice Sprite Sheets and a whole bunch more.
Like always the code follows the video below. The Unity Project files are here Continue reading How to Make Video Games 16
