'Gaming' tutorials

All 'Gaming' tutorials:

  1. Build Missile Command With SpriteKit: Project Setup

    Build Missile Command With SpriteKit: Project Setup

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial, you'll learn how to use Apple's SpriteKit framework to recreate a Missile Command game for the iPad. Along the way, you'll learn more about...

  2. An Introduction to the HTML5 Gamepad API

    An Introduction to the HTML5 Gamepad API

    Tutorial Intermediate

    As HTML games begin to gradually increase in popularity, vendors are starting to introduce some exciting new APIs to make gaming that little bit sweeter for...

  3. Create an Asteroids-Like Screen Wrapping Effect With Unity

    Create an Asteroids-Like Screen Wrapping Effect With Unity

    Tutorial Beginner

    Screen wrapping, as seen in Asteroids, Pac-Man, Star Control, and VVVVVV, is a gameplay effect that can add an interesting twist to your games. The edges of...

  4. Refactoring Legacy Code: Part 6 - Attacking Complex Methods

    Refactoring Legacy Code: Part 6 - Attacking Complex Methods

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Learn techniques for how to deal with complex and complicated unknown legacy code, how to understand it, and finally writing the Golden Master tests for...

  5. Build a Stage3D Shoot-'Em-Up: Full-Screen Boss Battles and Polish

    Build a Stage3D Shoot-'Em-Up: Full-Screen Boss Battles and Polish

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial series we will create a high-performance 2D shoot-em-up using Flash 11's new hardware-accelerated Stage3D rendering engine. We will be...

  6. Bone-Based Unity 2D Animation:  Mecanim and Scripting

    Bone-Based Unity 2D Animation: Mecanim and Scripting

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial series, we'll show you how to create a bone-based 2D animation with Unity. In each post, we'll focus on a specific part of the animation...

  7. Tips for Getting Greenlit on Steam Greenlight

    Tips for Getting Greenlit on Steam Greenlight

    Tutorial Beginner

    Steam Greenlight is a platform that allows active Steam users to vote on indie titles they wish to see showcased on its site. For a small submission fee, any...

  8. Quick Tip: Use Quadtrees to Detect Likely Collisions in 2D Space

    Quick Tip: Use Quadtrees to Detect Likely Collisions in 2D Space

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Many games require the use of collision detection algorithms to determine when two objects have collided, but these algorithms are often expensive operations...

  9. “Double Down” with an Awesome Flash BlackJack Game

    “Double Down” with an Awesome Flash BlackJack Game

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this Premium Tutorial, we'll be building an amazing BlackJack game from scratch using Flash and AS3.

  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. Best Practices When Working With Sensitive Data: Securing Your Server

    Best Practices When Working With Sensitive Data: Securing Your Server

    Tutorial Beginner

    Learn best practices for securing your web application's server. We'll discuss choosing server providers, what to do with disk failures, password security,...

  12. Best Practices When Working With Sensitive Data: Securing Your Application

    Best Practices When Working With Sensitive Data: Securing Your Application

    Tutorial Beginner

    Last time we learned how to secure our server, this time we'll cover securing sensitive data from within our application itself. We'll discuss proper...