Jul 19, 20212D Space Shooter: Powerups! Negative Effects For The Player Controller2D Space Shooter: Powerups! Negative Effects For The Player Controller In-Game Powerups are great for difficulty curves and progression. Objective: Providing a way to negatively effect the player progression by collecting a negative effect powerup. Powerups can be used for both good and bad scenarios towards the player.Game Development3 min readGame Development3 min read
Jul 7, 2021Inside Unreal Engine 4I’ve began my journey learning Unreal Engine this year (2021). Objective: Exploring the interface of Unreal Engine and taking a look inside Unreal Engine 4.Unreal Engine2 min readUnreal Engine2 min read
Jul 6, 2021Creating Enemy Shields; One feature, multiple answersThere‘s not only one solution to a problem to solve. There are many ways to solve problems. Revisiting the 2D Space Shooter project. I was going through some tasks, and decided to work on implementing Enemy Shields. Objective: Creating an Enemy Shield behavior in a creative and unique way to…Game Development3 min readGame Development3 min read
Jul 3, 2021Prototyping a Unity Project: A simple scene with interactionsAs we looked at how to create a Unity Project in our previous article, we will setup a simple scene to demonstrate motion and interactions. Objective: Set up our GameObject's with components to allow for interactions and movement. We can setup our GameObject’s Floor and Player Character with appropriate component's. …Game Development3 min readGame Development3 min read
Jun 28, 2021Creating a Unity Project: Exploring the interface and making a simple sceneAs we looked at before the overview of Unity Game Engine, our next step is to dive into the basics of the interface by creating a simple scene. Objective: Understand the basic framework of how Unity works and create a scene to begin. We will look at Assets, and GameObject's…Game Development3 min readGame Development3 min read
Jun 25, 2021Getting Started with Unity Game Engine: General OverviewNo matter which engine someone chooses to make something cool with, it takes time and practice to learn the ins and outs of how the engine works. Objective: Showcase the installation and initial game development process with Unity Game Engine. To begin we search for in the search engine “downloading…Gamedev2 min readGamedev2 min read
Jun 24, 20212D Space Shooter (Galaxy Shooter) — Overview : Game Features Pt. 1As a study and practice games can be very challenging to start and complete. Games require costs (time and money) and resources to make them shine. Objective: An overview of my first week making a fully playable 2D space shooter game. In this 2D Space Shooter Game, we look at…2 min read2 min read
Jun 16, 2021Racing and GamesRacing and Games have similarities. Objective: Overview of my journey into Racing and Games. Both require hard work, commitment and teamwork. Before I explain more, let me tell you a story… I grew up with my dad working on his race car; an ’87 Iroc-Z Camaro. This car was very…Racing3 min readRacing3 min read
Jun 16, 2021Mastering GetComponent in UnityObjective: (For an Internal Project […] our Turret Projectile needs to communicate with the PlayerController prefab object). GetComponent allows us to get class objects of its type and components for reference in Unity.Unity2 min readUnity2 min read
