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Frightful Favourites: The GameDev.tv Community’s Top 10 Halloween Games

Step into a world where pixels meet terror, and every turn could be your last. From the haunting melodies of to the gut-wrenching suspense. We’ve got a spine-tingling journey through gaming’s most chilling experiences.

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Make a fully functional calculator in Unity not only for VR, Part III

In the third, and also the last part of this tutorial series, we're going to adjust our fully functional calculator we've build in the part I and part II for a VR environment.

Unity

Make a fully functional calculator in Unity not only for VR, Part II

In the second part, we're going to make our calculator fully functional, by building tokenizer, recursive descent parser and a foundation for Abstract Syntax Tree.

Unity

Make a fully functional calculator in Unity not only for VR, Part I

The first part of the three-part tutorial of how to build a fully functional calculator prefab in Unity not only for VR games. In this part you will learn how to animate a button press using coroutines, how to work with Unity events, and utilize TextMesh Pro.

Assess Your Learning & Cement Your Knowledge! It's Time for Ignition!

Sometimes we're in such a hurry to get to the end, and complete a course, that we miss cementing some very important knowledge. In this blog, I'm going to discuss

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Learn How To Get Data From API in Unreal Engine 5 by Building a Virtual Art Gallery

Learn in a fun way about APIs. This Unreal Engine C++ tutorial will guide you through making HTTP requests, deserializing JSON responses, extracting data from complex structures, and dynamically rendering images fetched from the internet using transient textures and dynamic material instances.

From 3D to 2D: A Better Way to Make Games & Animated Movies!

As an Animation & Art Director, I'm always looking for better ways to help my team complete their job faster, with less stress. In this blog I'll cover how to use

Game Design Elements You Don't Want to Forget!

There are some game design elements you don't want to forget, because if you miss them, your game could lack the polish it needs. The topics I discuss in this

How I Transitioned my Career Into the Game Dev Industry in my Mid-30s

Do you remember when you were a kid and adults asked you what you wanted to become when you grew up? I certainly remember - I always had the same

Devology Livecast

Top 7 Game Dev Myths Explored

Have you ever questioned your ability to make a game? Maybe you’re concerned the hardware you own isn’t good enough? If so, keep reading (and watch the Livecast!) as we explore the top 7 game dev myths

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12 Simple Ways To Get Better At Game Development

Do you ever wonder how you can get better at game development? If so, keep reading for some great tips and watch the Livecast for all 12 ways to get better at game development.

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What Game Should I Make First?

Do you ever wonder what game you should make first? Or how to keep the development within a realistic scope? If so, keep reading this What Games Should I Make First Livecast and learn more.

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Ultimate Immersion

Have you ever wondered how to make your game immersive or why some games are more immersive than others? Learn about this and more in the Ultimate Immersion Livecast.

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How To Draw Pixel Art

Reece Geofroy joins Rick and Tim to discuss Pixel Art. Find out how easy it is to get started and what kind of pixel art you should use.

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Experiencing A Story

Rick, Tim and Laurie discuss storytelling in video games and talk about different ways to build a story in a game.

Using Inverse Kinematics for hand placement.

One of the hardest things to get correct in a game is the placement of a character's hands. In this article, I will use Inverse Kinematics (IK) to give that

Devology Livecast

The 'Aha! Moment'

Laurie (AKA Avocado Fire) joins Rick and Tim to discover the 'Aha! Moment!' in video games and how it impacts your experience.

Devology Livecast

Using AI To Generate Game Art with Grant Abbitt

Grant Abbitt joins Rick and Tim to discuss AI Art. Find out the pros and cons of using it and how to improve artwork created by it.

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Games That Play Themselves

Rick and Tim explore and discuss what it means to have a game that plays itself and provide some other helpful tips for aspiring game developers.

Launching Your First Game with Stephen Hubbard

Stephen Hubbard joins Rick & Tim to discuss how to launch your first game, talk about his game Tilecraft and what he has been up to recently.

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Cult Of The Lamb With Yasmin Curren

Yasmin joins Rick & Tim to play and discuss Cult Of The Lamb and what being a technical designer is like.

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Game Design Deep Dive: Low Brain Power

Find out how to create low brain power games and how to reduce anxiety with Rick and Tim's game design deep dive.

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Unity Visual Scripting With Taryn

Taryn joins Rick and Tim to discuss Unity Visual Script and our new course 'Unity Visual Scripting: Learn Programming The Easy Way'.

SheepIT - free render farm for Blender

SheepIT is a free Blender render farm that I've wanted to test for quite some time. Now that I've used it, I want to share my experience with you. The

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Indie Ingenuity

Find out about Indie Ingenuity and Innovation with Rick and Tim's deep dive.

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