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This article originally appeared in Dev.Mag Issue 28, released in January 2009. Almost every video game needs to respond to objects touching each other in some sense, a practice commonly known as collision detection. Whether it’s simply to prevent the player character from walking through the walls of your maze […]

Basic Collision Detection in 2D – Part 1

13 Apr, 2009 in Development / Mathematics / Programming tagged collision detection / explanation / issue28 / math / tutorial by Claudio de Sa

It goes without saying that almost every game developer probably started out wanting to make games in 3D. After all, practically all of the AAA games that we played growing up were in 3D, so it comes as no surprise that we want to create our own 3D wonderworks. What […]

3D graphics in Game Maker Part 1

5 Apr, 2009 in Development / Game Making Tools tagged 3d / game maker / tutorial by Gazza_N

Think game design is about hard code and gameplay? Well, it can’t be denied that those things play some of the most important parts in making up a game – but to make a game that’s truly something special, you’re going to have to exercise that creative muscle and let […]

Narrative: Part 2

3 Apr, 2009 in Development / Narrative tagged narrative / story / tutorial by Quinton Bronkhorst

This article originally appeared in Dev.Mag Issue 28, released in January 2009. Many of you have experienced it. You go online, log into your instant messenger or e-mail account and receive a link from some excited friend saying, “ARARRRAARARR PLAY THIS GAME ASBFLARGAFAG www.insertrandomlinkhere.com!!!!!” Chances are it’s either an Internet […]

Flash for Free

2 Apr, 2009 in Development / Programming tagged flash / free / issue28 / tutorial by Nandrew

This article originally appeared in Dev.Mag Issue 29, released in February 2009. Game Development. The words have a way of sending a flurry of mathematical equations and complex code lines swirling through one’s head; after all, it’s exactly that which drives a game forward, isn’t it? – having your logical […]

Narrative: Part 1

29 Mar, 2009 in Development / Narrative tagged issue29 / narrative / story / tutorial by Quinton Bronkhorst

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