Games a Beginner Can Make
This question came my way recently, and I bounced it out to the community: @HobbyGameDev I would love to get some ideas for games a beginner can make? Cheers. — Bradley Richardson (@potatongravy1)...
View ArticleFall 2014 Online Practice Team Project(s)
Battle dinosaurs with a bow and arrow! A new freeware online collaborative project started recently for the fall 2014 season. Anyone can join. It’s just for practice. (What about if you’re not into...
View ArticleAshley and Her Homemade Clothing
Growing up, there was a girl in my grade through high school named Ashley. Ashley’s outfits were never quite like anyone else’s. They weren’t especially fancy, and nor were they in noticeably bad...
View ArticleIf You Want to Make Games Competitively, Train to Compete
Making a videogame can be playful. Making a videogame can be hard work. There are times and places for both. Often here at HobbyGameDev I focus on videogame making as a playful activity. Making a...
View ArticleFree Video Course on Programming Your First Game
For those of my training clients who have never done any game programming before I’ve been using Hands-On Intro to Game Programming as our textbook. Section 1 from it is the simplest transformative...
View ArticleSafety Makes Practice Possible (Gamkedo and Learning Martial Arts)
I’ll open today with a 4 minute video about the connection between lowered risk and practicability, plus a bit about why I call my training Gamkedo: My mission is – and has long been – making...
View ArticleGame Developers Like You (Text Interviews): Call for Participants
This month marks 6 full years of HobbyGameDev.com, and to mark the occasion I’m trying something a bit different: open call for developer interviews! Advice, games, and perspectives from developers at...
View ArticlePartial Remake for Study: N64 GoldenEye in Unity
As indicated in the video: I am not releasing (and not selling) any part of this. I made the project only for practice, and as way to better understand the mechanics and functional details for one of...
View ArticleHobbyGameDev Blog is turning into the GameDevsLikeYou Podcast
You can find future interviews (a great first one is posted there already!) at GameDevsLikeYou.com, by subscribing to the official podcast page on iTunes, or subscribing via RSS. In just a few minutes...
View ArticleGameDevsLikeYou Podcasts 1-7
Hello everyone! As promised in the previous post I’ve been redirecting my monthly blogging energy into getting a new episode of the Game Developers Like You podcast posted at the start of each week....
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