Teaching people how to play your game is a critical component of game design - and yet a lot of players hate tutorials. So how to teach people without boring them? Better still, how to provide a tutorial that players don't think of as a tutorial? This article discusses the subject through the lens of Puzzledorf.
It's been a long while coming but I am ready to announce the release date of Puzzledorf for Steam. It will also be releasing on the Humble Bundle store at the same time.
This article shows you how to change the screen size at run time via script, while avoiding the unexpected pitfalls that can occur, as well as other topics, such as toggling full screen and windowed modes, limiting frame rate, toggling vsync, and setting the resolution.
So you've made a game - now what do you do with it? Do you sell it on Steam? Or do you attempt the mobile market, hoping to stand out against millions of other games? Or perhaps there's another way? In steps Itch.io, a viable alternative (although I did not end up using it for Puzzledorf,... Continue Reading →
Ever wanted to know how you can make a GIF for your game's website? gifCam is one viable solution, though I prefer ScreenToGif. Below is a GIF I recorded from my game Puzzledorf with Screen To GIF. Puzzledorf Now below is the same scene recorded in GifCam. gifCam is one way I record my gif's,... Continue Reading →
Through making a number of games I learned a lot of techniques to make my projects run faster in Fusion. This guide will share what I know. I have since moved on to Unity where I developed Puzzledorf, but this guide should still remain relevant, at least for Fusion 2.5. Puzzledorf NOTE: You do not have... Continue Reading →
Sound. The doorway to music. We rely on our sense of sound so much that we could easily to forget how important it is. And when it comes to creating games, every body needs sound effects. Introducing Audacity - the free audio editor. There's this idea that if something's free, it's probably not worth getting.... Continue Reading →
Puzzles. Games that make you think. They've existed for thousands of years, and now anyone can make one with Puzzle Script. It's a free, simple game creation tool designed specifically for html5 block-pushing puzzle games (think Sokoban) similar to my game Puzzledorf - although by mucking around in it's basic scripting system, it's easy to make... Continue Reading →
There are a lot of game making tools out there that claim to require no programming or make your life easier. Of all of the 'no programming' game creation tools, I would say Fusion 2.5 is the best. There are a lot of very good features about Fusion if you want to create small games,... Continue Reading →
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