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If you want to make 2D mobile games, you have a number of options. However, we recommend HTML5 game development, since there’s a lot of information out there and you can easily distribute your game after you make it. In addition, you’ll also learn the basics of web development, which is just a good career …
Sometimes, when you get in a coding hole, you can get caught up in typing out tedious code without thinking about more efficient ways to accomplish your goal. In particular, when you’re just starting out with a language and are figuring out really roundabout solutions to problems, you might just put your head down and …
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So you’re ready to cross the line from just playing games into coding your own games. If you’re interested in coding your first HTML5 game, you might have even already read our guide to web game development. Before you write that first line of code, though, let me give you a few quick tips: Keep …
Once a somewhat niche hobby, gaming is now one of the main ways people around the world entertain themselves. As gaming has become more and more accessible, so has game development, and making your own game is now about as hard as writing your own novel. In other words, it will of course take a …
With the widespread accessibility of the internet, learning game development has never been easier, because there are so many free and inexpensive tutorials out there. However, since there are so many resources, it can be hard to find ones that are worth your time, or ones that work with your learning style. That’s why you …
Messing around with game development can be fun. However, one of the hardest steps in game development can be upgrading from programmer art to actual art someone would enjoy looking at. After all, it’s much harder to improve your art than it is to improve your programming. This is where graphical assets come in. By …
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When it comes to coding, almost everyone can give you advice on where to start. Once you’ve gotten your feet wet a bit, you might run into a wall, as most tutorials either force you to start all the way at the beginning (which can be annoying) or assume you know way more than you …
If you’ve played video games for any significant amount of time, you’ve probably been interested in starting to program your own games. For most people, this feeling is fleeting and quickly goes away, but for others it just seems like the natural next step to take in their hobby. The only problem is game programming …
Just yesterday, we wrote a piece about how you can easily monetize your GameMaker games with HTML5. Today we’re sticking on the subject of GameMaker, because YoYo Games has just released their newest version of the powerful introductory game development software, GameMaker Studio 2. With the release of GameMaker Studio 2, YoYo Games has unfortunately …
For most people, Gamemaker is a fun way to explore a game development hobby, and little more. Of course, Gamemaker can very easily be used to release full-fledged games on various consoles, but most people use it as an educational tool. There is an easy way to release your Gamemaker games for multiple popular platforms …