My goal in this article is to provide you with concise information that will help you make and promote your own games. This should be useful whether you are just curious about making games, or you’ve already made a few. Here are the 3 main topics we will cover: Tips…

The second game of my “one game per week” challenge on lessmilk.com was a space shooter called Pixel War. When I released it I thought it was a decent game and I was proud of it. …

Important note: this tutorial uses Phaser v2, to learn about Phaser v3 check this tutorial on my own website lessmilk.com/phaser-game-tutorial/ Flappy Bird is a nice little game with easy to understand mechanics, and I thought it would be a perfect fit for a short tutorial. …

When I was doing my “one game per week” challenge on lessmilk.com, the most common question in my inbox was “how do you come up with new interesting ideas every week?” In this article I’ll try to answer that. Use Constraints When you know you want to build something, the next step…

I often play web games in my free time and I noticed something that a lot of games get wrong: the inputs. The way players interact with a game is so important that getting this part wrong might make your game unplayable. I listed below 3 simple tips that will…

Important note: I wrote a new and improved version of this article on my own website lessmilk.com/pixel-art-tips/ When creating your own video games, the art is extremely important. And you have only three choices for the design: Hire an artist. This is the best option but it will most likely…

Here’s a very basic 2D platformer that is quite boring. You collect the coins on the left and then you die on the red block. In this article we will see how to tweak this game, step by step, to make it better. Better Player First, let’s focus on the player. For…

Have you noticed a lot of people copy the 8-bit Mega Man run cycle? That’s because it’s good. You should too for practice! This tutorial was originally written by unseven. The author gave me permission to post it here since it’s no longer available online. It’s just 4 frames long…