You can create a variety of effects with particle systems. In this article I'm going to describe a simple way to improve them by adding some turbulence. I'll...

A constraint is a restriction upon a physically modeled object within a simulation. In general, an object starts with six degrees of freedom, representing...

In the series so far, we've coded the gameplay, added enemies, and spiced things up with bloom and particle effects. In this final part, we will create a...

Spritesheets have been used in games for a long time. Classic games such as Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and even modern games like Cut the Rope have...

We've coded the gameplay, audio, and UI for our jMonkeyEngine-powered Geometry Wars-inspired game, and now we can turn to some neat graphics effects and...

So far, in this series about building a Geometry Wars-inspired game in jMonkeyEngine, we've implemented most of the gameplay and audio. In this part, we'll...

In the first part of this series on building a Geometry Wars-inspired game in jMonkeyEngine, we implemented the player's ship and let it move and shoot. This...

In this tutorial series, I'll explain how to create a game inspired by Geometry Wars, using the jMonkeyEngine. The jMonkeyEngine ("jME" for short) is an open...

When filling in an area randomly with objects, like rooms in a random dungeon, you run the risk of making things too random, resulting in clumping or just an...

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a simple shattering effect for your Unity game. Instead of just "deleting" a crate (or any other object) when...

A finite-state machine is a model used to represent and control execution flow. It is perfect for implementing AI in games, producing great results without a...

In my previous article, Create Custom Binary File Formats for Your Game's Data, I covered the topic of using custom binary file formats to store game assets...