The Complete Guide to OpenAL with C++ – Part 2: Streaming Audio
Your game needs music! In this article, I will take you through everything you need to know to stream audio files for your game.
February 2020
Random Game Idea Generator
Do you need a cool idea for a new game but you’re struggling to think of anything interesting? I mean, all the games have already been made already right? Well, the random game generator below has over 55,000 possibilities that it can produce. They haven’t all been done before. Some of it might be a …
Game Engine Development: Utilities
You’ve thought about the rendering engine in Part 1, taken a look at all of the work needed in Part 2, and covered the sorts of functions you’ll need for audio in Part 3. Now we’ll go over the various “utilities” that you might need. Utilities are the part of the engine that I’m not …
Making Simple Music for Your Game
A while ago I wrote an article on how to make quick Chip Tune music for your game using free and open-source software. Well, that was all well and good and everyone made some suitable music for their games. But now we need to get a little more in depth. In this article, I’ll show …
How To Make Pong: Finale
You’ve done it! You’ve made your first game, a clone of Pong. You went through the architecture of the codebase in part 1, then you coded the game up in part 2. Now you have a game! It’s a fun game, but it’s just like every other version of Pong, right? There’s also some things …
The Complete Guide to OpenAL with C++ – Part 1: Playing a Sound
Your game needs audio! In this article, I will take you through everything you need to know to get sounds in your small game.
How To Make Pong: The Code
For this second article I’m going to go through each of those classes and the glue and I’m going to give you some code that will compile into Pong and you can play it, and have fun.
How To Find a Game Development Team
Making games is hard, and you’re a people-person, so what better way to make a game, than with a team? And so here you are, trying to work out just how you find a game development team.
Comparison of Game Engines 2020
Are you interested in becoming an indie game developer, but you’re not sure what game engine to use? Well, you’re in luck, in this article, I’m going to be talking about game engines. The benefits of each, my personal preference, and tips on how to get started. Hopefully this will help you find the right …
How To Make Pong: The Architecture
In these articles, I’m going to show you how to make Pong from scratch. Not completely from scratch, we’re going to use some libraries. Or maybe you could combine this article with some learning of your own to build your own libraries.