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Explore this collection of free game development tutorials from experienced industry instructors. Learn new skills, theory, game development software, and more.

All Game Development tutorials:

  1. Procedural Asset Management in Unity

    Procedural Asset Management in Unity

    Tutorial Intermediate

    We've looked previously at adding our own tools to Unity's editor; now, in this short tutorial, I'll introduce you to handling the assets by script in Unity....

  2. Create a Three Shell Game in Flash

    Create a Three Shell Game in Flash

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial, you'll learn how to design and code a Flash version of the classic street-side shell game. The main difference is, ours won't cheat!

  3. Getting Started With Scoreoid

    Getting Started With Scoreoid

    Tutorial Beginner

    Games are becoming ever more popular, especially casual games on mobile devices and tablets. In these games, the importance of leaderboards is multiplied -...

  4. Getting Started With Unity: GUI, Scoring, Timers, & Particles

    Getting Started With Unity: GUI, Scoring, Timers, & Particles

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial we'll introduce scoring with and more complex gameplay with a variety of different pickups to collect, some hindering the player and some...

  5. How to Add Your Own Tools to Unity’s Editor

    How to Add Your Own Tools to Unity’s Editor

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial you'll learn how to extend the Unity3D's editor so you can make better use of it in your project. You'll learn how to draw your own gizmo,...

  6. October Facebook Fan Bonus Now Available!

    October Facebook Fan Bonus Now Available!

    Tutorial Beginner

    Fans of the Activetuts+ Facebook page can now access a new bonus tutorial - in this month's Facebook Fan Bonus, you'll learn how to remove the background...

  7. Adobe MAX 2011: Day Two

    Adobe MAX 2011: Day Two

    Tutorial Beginner

    MAX is Adobe's annual conference, where they announce their new products and acquisitions, and give us all an idea of their current strategy. Last year they...

  8. Adobe MAX 2011: Day One

    Adobe MAX 2011: Day One

    Tutorial Beginner

    MAX is Adobe's annual conference, where they announce their new products and acquisitions, and give us all an idea of their current strategy. Last year they...

  9. Interview With Untold Entertainment's Ryan Henson Creighton

    Interview With Untold Entertainment's Ryan Henson Creighton

    Tutorial Beginner

    Twice a month, we revisit some of our best posts from throughout the history of Activetuts+. This week's retro-Active post is an interview with one of my...

  10. Quick Tip: Easy AS3 Character Movement With KeyObject.as

    Quick Tip: Easy AS3 Character Movement With KeyObject.as

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial I will introduce a class by Senocular.com that allows easy movement of game characters with minimal code.

  11. September Facebook Fan Bonus Now Available!

    September Facebook Fan Bonus Now Available!

    Tutorial Beginner

    Fans of the Activetuts+ Facebook page can access a new bonus tutorial, this month covering Flash's underrated Graphic symbol!

  12. Golden Eggs: Build a Flash Game Using Twitter API Calls

    Golden Eggs: Build a Flash Game Using Twitter API Calls

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial I will walk you through some of the uses of the Twitter REST API, and how you can use it to create a game that not only displays real-time...