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How to make AI sentient in Unity, Part II

In the second, and final, part of the miniseries about AI senses, I'm going to guide you through an implementation of reactive AI behavior for patrolling between selected points, chasing a player when it's seen, and investigating a location player has been heard on.

Unity

How to make AI sentient in Unity, Part I

In the first of two parts miniseries about AI senses, I'm going to guide you through an implementation of eyes and ears for NPCs, that takes advantage of inheritance and UnityEvents. In the subsequent part, I'll show you how to create some reactive behaviors using the state pattern.

Getting Started

Turning Laser Defender into My First Attempt at a Full Game (Pt. 1)

In this post Nick shares his experience of creating his first full game, and the lessons he learnt on the way.

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Lets Finish the Inventory System

Most RPG's have some sort of inventory system. With modular characters we can add to our existing one to make our inventory more realistic.

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My game development story: How to fail hard and dust yourself off

Late 2015 “Ha! It’s moving! It’s bloody moving!” I shout to nobody in particular. “What’s moving?” my wife asks, popping her head into my study. I stand

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How To - Basic Inventory in Unity (Part 1)

An inventory system can be tricky to achieve, especially if you are a beginner, so, for those of you that keep scratching their heads, here’s a tutorial on how to create not one, but two types of inventories.

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How to - Basic Pause System in Unity

Having trouble creating a Unity pause menu? GameDev.tv Unity student and forum Master Problem Solver, Miguel, is here to help! Creating a Pause menu is one of those things

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A story about having two kids, a full-time job, no game development experience and selling a game in 14 months during a pandemic.

Read about how Mike Capozzi utilized GameDev.tv to learn about game development and overcome challenges to release and sell Mystic Hammer.

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Creating an InventoryItem EditorWindow

This series of blog posts will be devoted to the creation of an InventoryItem editor, using some of the skills taught in the first section of the RPG: Dialogues and Questing 2 course. It relies on the code taught in the RPG:Inventory Systems course.

indie games

How I went from knowing nothing about making games to publishing one on Steam, in 18 months.

Read Kirt's journey from knowing nothing about making games to publishing his first one on Steam, in just 18 months.

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The Road From GameDev.tv Student to Kickstarter and Launching a Full Studio

Hi folks, I’m Jordan Heaton, the founder of Skjöld Game Studio (currently working on Battle Siege Royale) and I wanted to share my journey from a first-time programmer

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Triggering World Animations In Unity Timeline To Tell Stories

How do AAA games make their worlds feel alive and interesting, even if all the player is doing is walking down the street? They consider their worlds as living entities,

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Why A-Star Pathfinding Sucks

Looking to get a game character from A to B? Want it to work-out its own route around obstacles? This is called pathfinding, and everyone keep harping on about A*