What Is the Global Game Jam? The Global Game Jam, aside from sounding like a killer party, is an event in which people congregate together and attempt to make their games from scratch. Think of it as the nuggets, most focused brainstorming session you have ever seen. Naturally, it comes from the mashing up of […]
Do You Have A Unique and Interesting Idea For A Card Game? Follow These Easy Design Steps…
Card games are and have always been immensely popular. You can see the wildly different iterations of old favorites like Go Fish and Apples to Apples even today. Building on a proven formula is a tried and true method. Like video games and other forms of interactive media, card games have evolved with the times. […]
The Rise of the Roguelikes: What Is A Roguelike? General Gameplay and Design
You and your party are deep in a dungeon. You’re low on potions, and everyone’s health is low. You don’t know what’s lurking behind the next corner, and there’s no going back. It could be a bountiful treasure chest or a vile monster. Situations like these may be familiar to some gamers. They’re the signature […]
What Does Anti-Aliasing Do? Why Less is More (Background, History, and Jaggies)
When pursuing the settings of your go-to favorite PC game, there’s your standard set of options like audio options and more. You have probably noticed something called anti-aliasing in the graphics menu in particular. It includes a bunch of different options to modify your graphical quality. However, what does it actually do? It sounds impressive, […]
Quick, Easy Steps To Animate A Character in the Unity Engine (Tutorials & Sample Animations)
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 (with Sample Game Pitches That Defined Genres)
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 […]
Create, Animate, and Edit Sprites Using Any of These 5 Simple Tools (For Beginners)
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 Traveler, you are already familiar with sprites in games. Creating and animating sprites allows game artists and […]
Visual Effects (VFX): Past, Present, Future (Transforming The Ordinary To Extraordinary)
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 (Video Tutorials, Drawing Books, Character Creation Games)
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 From the Bad and Focusing on the Good
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 For Making Your Own Magic
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 […]
Why Does Video Game Development Cost So Much? A Full and Line-by-Line Breakdown
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: The Best Way For Beginner Game Dev Who Loves 2D Games To Get Started
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 (Features, How It Works, Supported Platforms)
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: Open-Source and Free Game Engine (Strictly 2D)
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. […]
How To Develop Video Games With The Award-Winning SpeedTree (Resources & Tutorials)
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 Leadwerks Video Game Engine Guide (Ease of Access and Use For Newer Programmers)
Ever been browsing the insanely extensive game catalog on Steam, only to find nothing to your liking? Even if there are great sales on Steam, there’s no guarantee you’ll find what you’re looking for; that game that just’ clicks.’ If you ever find yourself in this position, there’s an aspect on Steam that you probably […]
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? Expert Career Tips from Game Design Pros
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 Here is the breakdown in questions we used, as we […]
What Is The Perfect Monitor Resolution for Gaming? Why More Is Definitely Better
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 (The Importance of Marketing Your Games)
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 […]
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