Here I will begin my large C++ tutorial that many people have been asking for. I decided to teach C++ through problem solving. This first video covers preprocessor directives, main, cout, if, terminal arguments, for, data types, variables, constants, printf, strings, getline, cin, conversions, and much more.
This tutorial is light on problems, but for each forward I’ll try to include at least 3 progressively complex problems for you to solve. I hope you enjoy it. Continue reading C++ Tutorial
In this tutorial I show how to install C++ and setup Visual Studio Code for C, C++ and Arduino development on Windows. Click here if you are a MacOS user.
Here is the link to Visual Studio Code. I also received questions on what Arduino kit I plan on using in my upcoming tutorials. If you get the Unable to open ‘PIO Home’ error, here is the fix. Continue reading Setup Visual Studio Code Windows
I received a bunch of requests on how to setup Visual Studio Code on MacOS and so I made a tutorial. I’ll show how to install C / C++ and then cover how to get Visual Studio code to work as a great C++ and Arduino platform. Windows users look here.
Here is the link to Visual Studio Code. I also received questions on what Arduino kit I plan on using in my upcoming tutorials so here that is for those that are interested. If you get the Unable to open ‘PIO Home’ error, here is the fix. Continue reading Setup Visual Studio Code MacOS
I asked everyone to tell me what tutorial they wanted and C++ won. In this tutorial I show you how to install C / C++ and NetBeans on both Windows and MacOS. I decided to use NetBeans because I think it is the best C++ IDE on every operating system.
Here is the link for Minimalist GNU, NetBeans and XCode. I’ll also be covering Arduino at the same time because of the interest in it. Fee free to use any IDE, because C++ code works on all of them. Continue reading Install C++ & NetBeans
In this tutorial I will provide you with all the knowledge and artwork to 3D print Settlers of Catan on a 3D printer!!! I will cover how to print out 3D Blender models on a 3D printer. I’ll also cover how to import vector art from programs like Illustrator and Inkscape into Blender.
You can get Inkscape and Cura here. Here are all of the SVG files that I created for the game. Here is a link to my 3D Printer Review as well as some painting tips. Continue reading Blender Tutorial 11
In this tutorial I finish The Incredibles car I started making in part 9. We’ll learn how to create curved edges, how proportional editing works, creating and extruding edges and a whole lot more.
I have the images I used to model the car here Front, Back and Side. A Cheat Sheet follows the video below. In it I list the different short cut keys I used to make the car and all it’s parts. Continue reading Blender Tutorial 10
In this part of my Blender Tutorial I start creating a more complex model based on Mr. Incredibles car in the movie The Incredibles. I’m going to cover everything at a slower rate so that everyone will know the exact steps for modeling complex shapes.
Here are the images I used to model the car Front, Back and Side. Following the video I also have a cheat sheet in which I list the key codes I used in the video. Continue reading Blender Tutorial 9
In this part of my Blender Tutorial series I’ll cover how to cut neat holes in both flat and curved meshes. We’ll be covering the Shrinkwrap Modifier, Knife Project, Bridge Edge Loops, Subdivision Surface Modifier, Beveling and more.
Like always you can find a cheat sheet with exactly what I did in text format below the video. I hope you find this tutorial useful. Continue reading Blender Tutorial 8
We’re going to have some fun in this Blender Tutorial! We are going to learn how to model 3D shapes in Blender. First I’ll demonstrate how to make a gear using the techniques we’ll use to create more complex models. Then we will make a 3D dog using a reference image.
We make 3D models using Extrude, Move, Scale and Loop Cuts. We also use the Boolean Modifier to make cuts in our shapes. Everything I did in this video is available after the video below. Continue reading Blender Tutorial 7
Cycles is Blenders production level render engine and today we are going to learn how to use many Cycles shaders. We’ll learn about Diffuse, Glossy, Anisotropic, Toon, Subsurface Scattering, Add, Mixer and Glass shaders. We’ll also learn how to import HDRI panoramic background images, create cartoony textures, simulate skin and create beautiful diamonds.
The finished file is here and the cheat sheet follows the video below. This was fun to make 🙂 Continue reading Blender Tutorial 6
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
Clojure is a functional programming language based on Lisp that runs on the JVM. In this one video we’ll cover the core language in one video. Basically I condensed a 300 page book into one 1 hour video.
I covered how to install Emacs here and how to set up Clojure here. Down below you can find both a timestamp list of all topics covered as well as a cheat sheet for the whole tutorial. I hope it helps 🙂 Continue reading Clojure Tutorial
