Unity Project and Package Management
posted in: Programming, Tutorials, Unity
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Using Projeny to share re-usable code and assets across multiple Unity projects.
Custom Unity Serialisation with Full Serializer
posted in: Programming, Tutorials
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Use the free plugin, Full Serializer, to serialise your own custom types with support for inheritance and Unity object (scene and asset) references.
Tutorial: Animated Spritesheets with GIMP and Unity
posted in: Programming, Tutorials
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A quick tutorial describing how to use a plugin I’ve written to create simple spritesheets with GIMP that can be used in Unity.
Building a Windows Store App with C++/CX and DirectX 11
posted in: Programming
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I recently took the plunge and upgraded to Windows 8, primarily so that I can develop an App for the soon-to-be-launched Windows Store. I’m going to be using C++/CX and DirectX 11 (and probably XAML) with Visual Studio 2012 as … Read More
Let’s Learn Python!
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Unbeknownst to me ’till recently, Google provides an excellent (and free) introductory class for learning Python, which you can find right here. I found the link via Reddit and decided that after a solid week of reaping the benefits of … Read More
3D Software Renderer Basics
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As part of my Introduction to 3D Graphics Programming module on the second year of Computer Games Programming at Derby University I am developing a 3D software renderer using C++. At its core the renderer’s purpose is to take a … Read More
Alien Swarm Mod: Dev Diary
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Ninja Vikings with Claws (an indie game developer founded by myself and other students on my course) has started work on a modification of Valve’s freely available co-operative shooter Alien Swarm, and I’ve decided to document the development process.
Pseudo 2D Convex Hull Generation
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While working with the separating axis theorem in a 2D XNA project, I started looking at ways to generate a tight-fitting convex hull around a sprite in order to implement more accurate collision detection than I would be able to … Read More
Drawing 2D Primitives with XNA
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As described on MSDN, drawing lines and other 3D Primitives with XNA involves defining vertices in world space, setting up an Effect, applying view and projection transformations, and finally making a call to the graphics card with a DrawUserPrimitives (or … Read More