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...

Having mastered the basics of shaders, we take a hands-on approach to harnessing the power of the GPU to create realistic, dynamic lighting.

In Part 1, we looked at the basics of writing a graphics shader with ShaderToy. In this part, we look at how to set up our own graphics shader environment on...

JavaFX is a cross platform GUI toolkit for Java, and is the successor to the Java Swing libraries. In this tutorial, we will explore the features of JavaFX...

In this part of the series, we'll add the missing pieces required to turn the hockey prototype into an actual, playable game. These include a score,...

In this tutorial, we finish coding our hockey game artificial intelligence using steering behaviors and finite state machines. This time, we implement the AI...

As you may know, the third edition of the js13kGames competition is here: the official start is set for August 13th, 13:00 CEST. Js13kGames is a competition...

In this tutorial, we continue coding artificial intelligence for a hockey game using steering behaviors and finite state machines. In this part of the...

You may have heard of data-oriented design, a relatively new concept that proposes a different mindset to the more traditional object-oriented design. In...

If you're going to make an action, sports, or strategy game with many units controlled by the computer, you will need some serious artificial intelligence....

In many games, the player needs a visual display of the time remaining before being able to perform a certain action, such as casting a spell. Cooldown bars...

Any game larger than a one level demo can benefit from the ability to restore the player's progress on subsequent play sessions. In this tutorial, you'll...