My Game Programming Adventures including projects and tutorials
Pokemon inspired tutorial series using the MonoGame framework.
Learn MoreEyes of the Dragon is top down RPG tutorial series based on the MonoGame framework.
Learn MoreMy eBook on creating a clone of Q*bert is not live! I’m calling it an eBook instead of a tutorial due to the length of the tutorial. Rather than publish multiple tutorials, I opted to publish it all at once. You can find the link to the tutorial on my Classic Games page, or you […]
Well, I did a lot of work on the Q*bert tutorial over the weekend. It is more of an eBook than a tutorial. I could publish it as it is. However, I want to make it more of a full game. The gameplay is working, and I want to add a few bells and whistles, […]
I have been working on Q*bert when I have been able to. I do have a pretty busy schedule, though, and time to devote to games is very lean. I have been making fairly good progress. I have Q*bert traversing the pyramid. I have the colour of the cubes working wonderfully. I have the red […]
I’m planning on doing another tutorial. I’ve been looking at classic games from when I was younger, and all the time I spent in the arcade. There are a number that I want to make a clone of. Games like Pole Position, Pac Man, Q*Bert, Dig Dug and more. What’s Next As title eludes to, […]
I have just published part two of my tutorial on creating a Frogger clone with MonoGame. You can find the tutorial on my Google Drive. This tutorial adds snakes and demonstrates how to create levels using JSON. If you are cloning the repository from GitHub, you will want to clone the Frogger-2 branch. What’s Next? […]
I have just finished uploading my tutorial on creating a Frogger clone with MonoGame. I ended the tutorial, planning on finishing it in a Part Two, because it was getting to be more of an eBook than a PDF. You can find the tutorial on my Google Drive, here. The tutorial covers creating the frog, […]
Well, I started work on a Frogger clone tutorial. I’ve got the frog moving around the screen. I’ve added the road and the vehicles for the frog to avoid. If the frog runs into a car, the game resets. I’ve just started on adding the parts to the water, like the logs and the turtles. […]
I have just finished uploading a new tutorial dedicated to the Snake Game. This is another tutorial in my classic game tutorial series. You can find the PDF at this direct link. What’s Next? Well, I’m thinking about that. I’m thinking of doing another clone of a classic game, not sure which one yet. If […]
I have just finished part one of my Space Invaders tutorial. It is a fully functional game. The one thing I did not implement was the shields. I need to come up with a way to implement them. I have a few ideas that I will give a try. You can find the tutorial at […]
I’ve been working on the next tutorial in my classic games tutorial series. This tutorial makes a few changes to the classic game. Instead of the field resetting once all the aliens have been destroyed, new rows of aliens show up. I have just started work on the aliens dropping bombs on the player. Once […]