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 …
Space Invaders Live!
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 …
Space Invaders
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 …
Classic Games
I have added a new page to the blog devoted to tutorials for creating clones of classic games. The first new tutorial is for Pong, one of the oldest video games. You can find the tutorial on the Classic Games page of the blog. Since it is also a classic, I added a link to …
Computer Woes
First, I am back. I was away because of computer problem. I re-built my computer and it would not work. I tried three different motherboards and none of them would work. They would all give me the beep code that the memory wasn’t right. So, I tried three different sets of RAM. The beeps continued. …
New Basic Tutorial!
I have just finished uploading a new basic tutorial on MonoGame. It covers getting set up with MonoGame in Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code. It also talks about key game programming concepts instead of making a game. You can find the link to the tutorial on the MonoGame Tutorial page of my site. What’s …
New Android Tutorials!
I have added two new Android tutorials to my site. The first tutorial goes over the basics of setting up your environment for developing games with MonoGame. The second tutorial covers creating fireworks as a brief introduction to Android. You can find the links to the tutorials on the Android MonoGame Tutorials page of my …
Sorry For Being Absent
Apologies for being absent the past few days. I’ve been busy writing, just not game programming related topics. I’ve been working on Binary Hearts and Serendipity, my novels about Natasha, a young transgender woman and her story. I’ve also started book three in the series, which I have not given a title to yet. The …
Binary Hearts
Welcome back to my blog. While I may not be able to post daily, I am committed to sharing updates whenever possible. Currently, I am diligently working to finalize a project—a story about a young transgender woman who is just beginning her transition. This narrative will soon be available on Medium.com. It serves as a …
Early Morning
So, it is early morning and I’m up before everybody else. It gives me time to work on my projects and still be able to spend time with my family. I’ve been working on my game, mostly the Android version of it but the desktop version as well. As I’ve mentioned before, I spend more …