Game Dev Story

As someone who helped build several gaming communities throughout their career, I strongly believe that the best experts about your game are not the developers but rather the users who are most invested in it. …

I started my very first game jam on April 1st 2023, I was very excited to be able to flex my new coding skills and learn alot from others. I chose my jam from the Itch.io jam page which is a really great place to find your next jam based…

Early access games have become increasingly popular in recent years, providing players with an opportunity to experience games in development and provide feedback to developers. While the concept is exciting, I have noted that early access games often have a less-than-ideal user interface (UI) design. …

For a long time, I have been a hardcore gamer. GIF credit: Call of Duty No, not that kinda hardcore! There seems to be a common misconception that hardcore gamers are people who play one game all their lives and become the best at it. While there’s a case…

Hello! This is the first — and probably longest — of what I hope is many mini dev logs following my journey of learning C#, Unity, and Blender to make a game! But first, hey! I’m Tom from North Wales. I’m currently working as a web developer, using mostly JavaScript…

hellloo, we’ll actually talk about the game in this one! It won’t be a very code focused one, we’ll mostly be going over character creation / learning Blender! Expect screenshots of terrible Blender learning and handless characters. Hands are HARD. When I decided to finally create a game, the thing…

a quick and simple guide/journey into game development Part 9: Animation Now we start breathing life into our piece. To do this we’re going to set up our Triple shot power up to animate. …

After considering some implications of adding AI NPC’s to an existing game in my previous article, I have taken the first timid steps into creating my first character in Inworld. …

a quick and simple guide/journey into game development Part 8: Starting to feel like a real Game! Now that we’ve finished our prototyping stage our game is looking more and more like a finished game with each step. Next we’re going to start adding features like power ups and build them on what we’ve already created. …