Game Design & Development Tutorials

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Creating Toon Water for the Web: Part 3
In part 2 of this series on using vertex shaders and the depth buffer to create stylized water, we're going to apply underwater distortion as a post-process...
Omar Shehata
25 Jun 2018
Shaders
Creating Toon Water for the Web: Part 2
In part 2 of this series on using vertex shaders and the depth buffer to create stylized water, we'll cover applying buoyancy to objects, adding water lines...
Omar Shehata
22 Jun 2018
Shaders
Interactive Storytelling: Linear Storytelling
In the last article we saw where the need for storytelling comes from: now it's time to dig deep and talk about the first kind of interactive storytelling:...
Matteo Sciutteri
22 Jun 2018
Game Design
Creating Toon Water for the Web: Part 1
Learn how to use vertex shaders and the depth buffer to create stylized water with foam lines and refraction using PlayCanvas!
Omar Shehata
20 Jun 2018
Shaders
Accessibility in Game Design: Text Displays
The video game industry is often lax when it comes to accessibility standards, but why miss out on potential players (and have them miss out on the fun?). We...
Kyle Sloka-Frey
18 Jun 2018
Accessibility
Interactive Storytelling: Why and How We Tell Stories
From books to games: how storytelling has changed during the history of humanity and why telling stories is so important.
Matteo Sciutteri
15 Jun 2018
Game Design
Which Digital Game Distribution Platform Is Right for My Game?
A look at the various digital game publishing platforms available and which one is best suited for your game.
Matthias Zarzecki
13 Jun 2018
Game Design
Envato Elements Now Offers Video!
If you work with video, your life just got a little easier. Instead of having to create everything from scratch or chase around the web looking for stock...
Envato Elements
5 Jun 2018
News
How to Make Your Action Game More Engaging With Reload Mechanics
In this post, we'll take a look at how various games use weapon reload mechanics to create interesting and fun experiences.
Matthias Zarzecki
15 May 2018
Game Design
Creating a Unity Game With PlayMaker
In this article, you will learn how to make a game object move in five minutes or less using the PlayMaker add-on for Unity, with no code.
Sandy Gerber
14 May 2018
Unity 3D
Create 2D Tree Shapes With Code
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create 2D tree shapes in Unity. We will be exploring two different approaches for creating mesh-based 2D trees: the...
Juwal Bose
26 Apr 2018
Unity
How to Create a Low Poly Sword in 3DS Max: Part 1
Follow this two-part tutorial series, a step-by-step to create a low poly sword model that you can use in video games, graphic design and illustration projects.
Jonathan Lam
19 Apr 2018
3D