Unity is one of the premier game engines of the modern age. While perhaps not as powerful as the celebrated Unreal Engine, Unity has been the toolset for thousands of talented game developers and is officially the most popular third-party game development software. Games like Hollow Knight, Cuphead, Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality, Escape from […]
How To Pitch the Perfect Video Game Idea
Do you have an excellent idea for a game? Of course, you do! All of those times where you played games and thought, ‘different mechanics could really improve this,’ or ‘what if we had these types of game modes and characters in a different genre?’ lead to some creative video game idea submissions. And we […]
Simple Tools to Make Animation Sprites
We are reader-supported. Purchases made through links on our site may earn us a commission. Learn More. What is Sprite Animation in Multimedia? Sprite images are 2D bitmap graphics found in several games and other media. If you have ever played 2D games like Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, and the more recent title, Octopath […]
Visual Effects (VFX): Past, Present, Future
We see the magic of visual effects everywhere. The chances are good that some of your favorite movies or TV shows have some impressive visual effects added in. Before we get into the nitty-gritty, let’s take a step back and see just how visual effects, or VFX, have transformed storytelling in some of our favorite […]
How to Draw Game Characters for Beginners
What It Means to Draw Video Games If you’re reading this, chances are, you are of the camp that believes video games are art (they are!). To prove our point, we’ll tell you about how video game art has some striking parallels with the world of traditional and classical art. While game graphics and art […]
The Power of Experience: The Wonders of Video Game Immersion
It’s a night like any other. You have nothing to do, so you decide to fire up your console (or PC) of choice. You choose an open-world game that you hear great reviews about. It was advertised as having excellent ‘game immersion.’ Okay, sounds good. Next thing you know, it’s 3 in the morning. Where […]
Postmortem Games Analysis: Learning and Improving
A game that we have all been dying to play is about to come out. The hype has never been more palpable. Preorders are through the roof, people are talking in online forums, and YouTubers get early copies to make videos about it. The game finally comes out, and people enjoy it. However, after a […]
Impressive VFX Software
Whenever you are watching your favorite movie and you see some seriously impressive visual effects, do you ever ask yourself ‘how do they do that?’ Movie magic has always been an extremely nuanced and artistically impressive side to our favorite films. What Are Visual Effects? Visual effects, otherwise known as VFX, are created using software […]
How Much Does it Cost to Make a Video Game?
In 2009, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was released. It was then the most expensive video game ever developed. With a 50 million dollar development budget, a 200 million dollar marketing budget redefined what it meant to develop games. Why Does It Cost So Much? How did games like Grand Theft Auto V and […]
Duality 2D Engine: A Great Way to Start 2D Games
It used to seem like a crazy dream to be able to develop your own game. That stuff was for professionals, guys who got their impressive computer and data science degrees at some fancy institution. However, with time passing, you come to realize that the tools for natural game development are constantly evolving to suit […]
Bring Your Video Games To Life With PhysX
If you know your way around technology, whether you are a hardcore gamer or a casual computer user, the chances are that you have heard of Nvidia. They’re the company responsible for some of the most powerful graphics cards you can get on a gaming rig. For nearly 30 years, Nvidia has been bringing quality […]
Game Creation with Löve2D
Have you ever found yourself wanting to create some fantastic little games that you and your friends can boot up and play together? If you have spent a significant amount of time online exploring the vast amount of different game engines to use, you will know that there is a staggering amount to choose from. […]
Make Games With The Award-Winning SpeedTree
In 2016, I was addicted to the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. I was engrossed in the story and needed to see what happened. At a pivotal story moment, a significant character is being held up against a brick wall in a garden. Tensions were running high, and I couldn’t wait to see what happened. However, […]
The Havok Video Game Engine Guide: Create Realistic Looking Cloth and Hair Movement
If you have ever played a realistic game and were awed by things like ragdoll physics and destruction, then the chances are that you are intimately familiar with the Havok physics engine. With Havok’s widespread acclaim and reliability in the video game industry, who owns the Havok engine? As of right now, Havok is owned […]
Free Drawing Software To Choose From to Jump Start Your Art Career (Level-Up Your Skills Fast)
A close friend of mine is a World of Warcraft addict. Not that there’s anything wrong with that! What matters is that I would always see her hunkered down with her tablet, drawing not only her personal character but other World of WarCraft characters. This was the beginning of an established online art career for […]
Is It Hard To Get A Job in the Gaming Industry?
What better place to receive important game development knowledge than from the experts themselves? We wanted to see just what it took to not only become a game developer, but how to do it, and how to thrive in the industry. The 7 Important Questions We wanted to understand the role that gaming colleges play […]
What Is The Perfect Monitor Resolution for Gaming?
You may think that having the most current console will give you the best visuals. While that technically may be true, are you getting the most out of your visual gaming experience? Monitors and displays are capable of some genuinely staggering visual heavy lifting these days, and to better experience gaming, you need to find […]
Indie Game Marketing: 7 Proven Strategies
What Is Video Game Marketing? If you have ever seen a trailer for a game, movie, or show (and the chances are good that you have), then you have taken part in the marketing process. But how? Marketing is the culmination of the different practices and strategies to advertise a product or brand. While you […]
AI in Unity: AI Levels, Setting the Stage for Unity AI, Unity AI & Its Role in Automation
What Is AI? Artificial intelligence and games go together like peanut butter and jelly, mac and cheese, or whatever perfect food combination metaphor works best. Without artificial intelligence, games we love wouldn’t even be functional. How long do you think that you’d be able to play the Witcher 3 with the monsters and humans not […]
The Digital Painting Tools the Pros Use
I was sitting in one of my college classes (Statistics, which I was failing), and was zoning out as my professor’s dull tones droned on and on. Naturally, I wasn’t paying attention, (because I was failing), and my eyes wandered here and there, just wishing that there was something to look at and tear me […]
Use Meshroom To Create 3D Models from Photographs
Introduction What Is Photogrammetry? Although it sounds fancy, photogrammetry merely is compiling a bunch of detailed information about structures or an environment based on multiple recording techniques. The specific form of photogrammetry that we’re interested in is 3D scanning. There are two types of photogrammetry: aerial and terrestrial. Aerial is when the area is scanned […]
The Simple Process to Build VR Games
We are reader-supported. Purchases made through links on our site may earn us a commission. Learn More. How to Make A VR Game With the impressive rise of things like Oculus Rift and other headsets from VR companies, virtual reality gaming may well be a large cornerstone of gaming in the near future. You may […]
How to Make a Bump Map in Blender
As games become more realistic, we are blurring the line between fantasy and reality. With each passing year, we see more and more impressive displays of graphical prowess. This is helped along in part by bump mapping. This is the graphical technique of making objects appear to have their own distinctive features, (when they really […]
Unity 2D Animation Tutorials
Introduction to 2D Animation Some of the best games in video game history have been 2D: Early Final Fantasy titles; The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past; Castlevania, and more. It’s only natural that you would want to take part in this legendary and beloved gaming tradition. And now you can! With the […]
The Easy Way to Create Characters Sprites
We are reader-supported. Purchases made through links on our site may earn us a commission. Learn More. Character Sprites What Is A Character Sprite? A character sprite is a simple 2D video game graphic included as part of a broader environment. For example, The characters in Final Fantasy VI, The Legend of Zelda, Pokemon Red, […]
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