Last year, I started developing with the Intel RealSense SDK and camera, which lets you capture 3D images in real time. In particular, I've been looking at...

The most recent SDK for the Intel RealSense SR300 camera now includes 3D scanning, meaning you can use it to scan in real world objects to use in your games!...

Skill themes are collections of levels which require the same player skills to beat them. They are the highest meaningful level of content in the Super Mario...

A game is usually made of several different entities that interact with each other. Those interactions tend to be very dynamic and deeply connected with...

Now that we know about the existence of the evolution and expansion challenges in Nintendo games, how can we use these concepts to design coherent,...

In this tutorial, we'll create a simple color swapping shader that can recolor sprites on the fly. The shader makes it much easier to add variety to a game,...

Fill your levels using a systematic method that was originally developed by Nintendo. Learn how Super Mario World introduced a system of specific techniques...

If we want to play a game, we first need to learn the rules. But reading tutorials is boring... so how can we make sure we don't scare off the player? In...

Now that we have a good idea of how to modify an A* pathfinding algorithm to work for platformers, it's time to actually code it. Rather than build it from...

In this tutorial, I'll explain a broad overview of how to modify a standard A* pathfinding algorithm to work for platformers by taking into account the way...

The possibility of death in game design is often a necessary evil to give the game some stakes, but the player's death is usually not fun in itself—unless...

I've been selling assets on the Unity Asset Store for two years, and I use a portion of the earnings to fund my current game's marketing budget. In this...