Month: August 2020

 I have just published tutorial two in the Dragon’s Claw tutorial series. This tutorial covers creating and displaying tutorials. You can find the tutorial on the Web Game Programming Tutorials page of the site. You can also read it using this direct link.

I spent the better part of the day working on the second Dragon’s Claw tutorial. The initial plan was Shadow Monsters but I’m not sure what topic I want to cover next. While taking some time to think about it I decided to move onto Dragon’s Claw. In this tutorial I do a lot of …

 I have publishes the first tutorial in the Dragon’s Claw tutorial series, which is a text based web game. This tutorial creates the project and goes over creating a new character. You can find the tutorial on the Web Game Programming Tutorials page of the site or at this direct link. This is what the create …

I made a lot of progress on the first tutorial in the Dragon’s Claw series today. The tutorial covers creating the project, setting up Less, creating some of the database tables, creating the layout for the game, creating some models, views and a controller, and some jQuery work. There was also some database layer work.  I’m …

 I have just pushed tutorial nineteen in the Shadow Monsters tutorial series live. This tutorial continues on with handling different resolutions. You can find the tutorial on the MonoGame Tutorials page of the web site or you can use this direct link. I’m also happy to announce that I have created a Git repository for the …

 I will starting work on a new tutorial series, Dragon’s Claw. Dragon’s Claw is a text based, turn based strategic RPG. It is in a sci-fi setting but it could easily be converted to a fantasy setting. It is entirely web based. I used the MVC pattern when developing it. Once you get to the …

 I have just posted tutorial 18 in the Shadow Monsters series. It starts on how to support multiple resolutions in the game. You can find it and all of my tutorials on the MonoGame Tutorials page of the blog or you can use this direct link.

 I’ve been searching for some GUI elements for the Shadow Monsters tutorial series. In particular I need buttons for moving a selection left or right. I went to my go to site, Open Game Art. I will be going with some graphics that were created by looneybits. They have a pack of graphic user interface …

 I will be linking it in my next tutorial but I found a tile set that I like for the tutorial series. It is by Fuwaneko Games and can be found here. It has more elements than the tile set that I’m currently using. I’ve linked the image below as well. I am working on …

 I have published the seventeenth tutorial in the Shadow Monsters tutorial series. This tutorial introduces the concept of a world instead of map. It updates both the game and the editor. You can find the tutorial on the MonoGame Tutorials page of the blog or you can use this direct link.