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Unity Bolt Tutorial: How to Add Triggers & Switches

SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 1, 2020

So in our previous tutorials we were using an update event, which was forcing our object to rotate constantly with each frame of the game. Step 4: Trigger the Event (Enter, Stay, Exit). So we need to trigger and event and there are three common event types of trigger. Notice this event is part of Unity’s physics system.

Code

Code Clipping Point and Click Dev

Main breakdown battle: human VS AI

Filmustage

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

We've been talking a lot about technology lately, and the topic of evolution has appeared several times on our blog. We use different coloured markers to divide the script into practical elements of the production - this is called tagging. Different colours are used for tagging costumes, props, make up, special effects, etc.

AI

AI Scripting Film Prop

Top Emerging Free Game Development Tools and Trends!

Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Grab your controller because this blog is your cheat code for building the next gaming masterpiece – for free! Use drag-and-drop nodes to connect events, actions, and conditions, creating interactive elements and gameplay mechanics. Forget hefty price tags and complex coding. Let’s jump in! Conclusion!

Game Developer

Game Developer Game Development Development Cross platform

Struggling with UA and player retention in a post-IDFA world? Minigames are the answer

Game Refinery

APRIL 6, 2023

Proper minigames in live events (retention approach) : Usually an integral part of the game to support the main gameplay or the event loop. At its core, Royal Match is quite a simple but polished game with linear match3-level progression, simple room renovation meta, and a rich recurring event framework.

Mechanics

Mechanics Puzzle Mobile Mobile

Bolt Introduction Tutorial For Absolute Beginners

SOVEREIGN MOON

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Now you’ll be brought to your graph editor where you’ll see by default Bolt has created two events for you. A “start” event and an “update” event. These default events are convenient but not necessary. For example, I can delete this start event because I won’t need it for this flow graph.

Code

Code Visual Scripting Game Developer Game Development

The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #31

Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

Hello, and welcome to the official Kristala dev blog, where we break down the development process for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala each month. If you've been keeping up with our dev blogs already, you know that they're pretty hefty when it comes to content. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! Kristala at Play NYC 2021. Concept Art.

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Dev Demo Concepts Animation

Game Developer’s Guide to Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) Part Three: Operation Best Practices

AWS Games

JANUARY 25, 2024

Introduction To continue our discussion about Amazon DocumentDB best practices in part two , we are going to focus on data protection, scaling, monitoring, and cost optimization in this blog. See Auditing Amazon DocumentDB Events for details. Auditing allows you to log certain events that occur in Amazon DocumentDB.

Data

Data Writing Games Feature

Custom Post Processing in Unity URP

Febucci

MAY 14, 2022

You can read more about interpolations, in my blog post about Easing Functions. Tags { "RenderType"="Opaque" "RenderPipeline" = "UniversalPipeline" } Pass { HLSLPROGRAM #include "Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/ShaderLibrary/SurfaceInput.hlsl". _MainTex ("Main Texture", 2D) = "white" {} } SubShader.

Render

Render Shaders Texture Feature

How to Turn Negative Play-Test Feedback into a Brilliant Game

Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Fix Event Cards that feel bad Add more opportunities to make decisions. I’ve found that many people include their emails, Discord tags, social media handles, or Steam names. As I’ve said before on this blog, blind play-testers can be tough to find and their time is valuable. Title coloring (temp. Major Issues.

Point and Click

Point and Click Games Mechanics Dev

Godot Web progress report #9: Godot Scripts JavaScript Interface

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 30, 2021

It hasn't been long since the last Web progress report , but it's finally time for the blog entry you have probably been waiting for. var window = JavaScript.get_interface("window") # Set the `window.onbeforeunload` DOM event listener. var js_event = args[0] # Call preventDefault and set the `returnValue` property of the DOM event.

Scripting

Scripting Console Code Content

The Complete C++ Guide For Unreal Engine

Awesome Tuts

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Strings represent characters and we use them to create variables that in most cases will repsent the names or tags of game objects. For a more detailed guide on how C++ memory management works inside Unreal Engine read our short blog post below: C++ Memory Management In Unreal Engine. end the game }. Classes And Objects In C++.

Engine

Engine Engineering Point and Click Code

Optimize game servers hosting with containers

AWS Games

AUGUST 12, 2022

The container has a unique tag defined from the date and time when the image was built. We also grant permissions to that role to access S3 to retrieve the deployment manifests and Systems Manager Parameter Store to access the latest docker image tag. Deploy containerized game servers to EKS. Conclusion.

Games

Games Asset Game Developer Game Development

D20 RPG – Entity (ECS)

The Liquid Fire

APRIL 27, 2023

Note that we also tagged the struct as Serializable which is necessary so that it can be saved and loaded as part of our game data. In the event that a test only needs to specify a few of the generated numbers, and does not care about the rest, I also added a fallback that is returned whenever the queue of values has been emptied.