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Making Simple Music for Your Game

DeckheadFeb 21, 20201 min read

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 you some very basic music theory and a couple techniques that you can use to…

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How To Make Pong: Finale

DeckheadFeb 16, 20201 min read

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…

Title of the article: The Complete Guide to OpenAL with C++: Playing a Sound

The Complete Guide to OpenAL with C++ – Part 1: Playing a Sound

DeckheadFeb 15, 20201 min read

Your game needs audio! You’ve already utilised OpenGL to get things drawn to the screen. The API worked for you, you understand how it works, and so you look to OpenAL because the name seems familiar. Well good news, OpenAL…

How To Make Pong: The Code

How To Make Pong: The Code

DeckheadFeb 13, 20201 min read

In part 1 of this series I covered the arhcitecture of our little Pong game. We’ve got a few classes that we need to build and a little bit of glue-code to keep it all together. For this second article…

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How To Find a Game Development Team

DeckheadFeb 12, 20201 min read

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. There’s a few…