Unity, and Epic’s Unreal Engine, the popular middleware tools frequently used by game developers are not limited to creating compiled applications that run as an executable. Unity previously had a web player, which was a downloadable plugin that used ActiveX. Chrome killed support for NPAP (Netscape Plugin API), but announced it over one year ago.…
This post is part of 3 week series giving current and aspiring game devs the tools, resources, and advice they need to get started building for Windows. We also have a great video course on game production basics at Microsoft Virtual Academy. Visual Studio Community Edition You need an IDE, or Integrated Development Environment,…
Earlier today I completed the final chapter of my book The Advancaed UnealScript Programming Cookbook. The book covers a number of topics ranging from creating custom weapons, advanced AI for navigating tight paths and following pawns, drawing a HUD without the use of ScaleForm, and adjusting crosshairs based on the actor your pawn’s eyes are tracing. It was…
You can find the first video here. How I put this together is illustrated in the second development diary as well. The noticeable changes I’ve made in this version include: A post processing volume with: 1) Depth of Field – I have it focused on the pawn, and it gradually decreases as the distance extends radially. It’s…
UPDATE: I’ve added my second prototype video shortly after I made this post. This is the second part of my developer diary series, which I plan to update on a weekly basis. You can find part 1 here, where I go over creating the environment art. I’ve also posted a brief video displaying the collision of the…
Wow, I’ve been writing like a mad man on here for the past two weeks! Anyway, here’s the first video I’ve posted for my Mega Man prototype. It’s half way through Bubble Man’s stage, and begins just after you drop into the water. The physics are way off, and I haven’t altered the values for…
Inspired by Ben Kane’s excellent The Great Porting Adventure series where he illustrates the life of a full time independent developer porting an XBLIG title to other platforms, I’ve decided to keep a development diary of my own. Oh what’s that, you haven’t taken a gander at his? Well if you’re looking for the inside…
The affable Zack Parrish has done an outstanding job of working on the soundtrack for the Mega Man 2 remake. He’s been an absolute pleasure to work with and provided instant feedback throughout the entire process. Take a look here to have a full preview of the soundtrack for the upcoming Mega Man 2 remake, due…
I haven’t updated my blog in a while, so I figured it was time I put some work up here. I’m still working on the Mega Man 2 project, more specifically, creating the models for the enemies on the stage. It’s all blocked out at this point, and much of the environment art is in…
Earlier in the year I was approached by Pakt Publishing to see if I’d like to work as a technical reviewer for two of their upcoming books on the Unreal Engine. The first one is out now! My role was to check the author’s work for any technical facts, and verify that they were correct,…