Les StreetCreating Enemy Explosion VFX in UnityWith our game progressing nicely, it’s about time to start adding some flare to it. Shooting enemies is all well and good but they…2 min read·Jul 27, 2021----
Les StreetLoading Scenes in Unity and C#So let’s say our Player was unfortunate and just got a Game Over screen. What next? Our game doesn’t know what to do but I’m sure it’s a…3 min read·Jul 26, 2021----
Les StreetinNerd For TechCreating a retro style Game Over screen in Unity and C#One of the main challenges with the any game is to progress as far as possible — what makes this a challenge? The chance to not progress…4 min read·Jul 22, 2021----
Les StreetinNerd For TechUI made easy with Unity and C#With Unity, it is easy to create great looking UI for displaying useful information to the Player. However, computers are kinda dumb and…5 min read·Jul 21, 2021----
Les StreetinNerd For TechSwitch statements — the ‘clean’ If/Else If statements in C#When trying to trigger certain code based on the contents of a certain variable in C#, an If/Else If statement is a quick and easy way to…3 min read·Jul 19, 2021----
Les StreetinNerd For TechCreating a modular Powerup system in Unity and C#In a previous article, I went through the steps involved in creating a powerup for our Player’s weapon systems. It was, however, a very…3 min read·Jul 17, 2021----
Les StreetAnimating Sprites in UnityTo avoid having our in game sprites looking boring and static, Unity allows us to easily animate them.2 min read·May 4, 2021----
Les StreetCreating a PowerupWith our game out of the prototype phase, it’s time to look into giving the Player something to help them out — enter the Powerup!3 min read·May 3, 2021----
Les StreetPrototype to Work of ArtOnce we have the basic concepts of our game in place and functioning, we can look at moving away from the Unity primitives and getting some…3 min read·May 1, 2021----
Les StreetClear the clutter!!Following on from my last article on creating a Spawn Manager. You will notice that if you leave the game running for a while without…2 min read·Apr 28, 2021----