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Time to take a look at our player shields system. So far, it’s been pretty simple. A single strike or a five second timeout takes it away. So today, we’llContinue readingShields Up!

Today we implement active thrusters for our player ship. This is different than our speed PowerUp, so some thought as to what distinguishes them and how they interoperate is necessary.Continue readingMust go faster…

Every desktop window system has its own conventions and common user interface standards. In 1987, IBM created the Common User Access standard which strongly influenced early versions of Windows andContinue readingThe Escape Button is a Feature

One of the ways we have for distributing our Unity games is via the web using WebGL. Compiling our game for WebGL is as simple as choosing WebGL as theContinue readingHow to Host Unity Games on the Web

There are at least two ways to add sound effects in Unity. The first, somewhat more obvious way is to use the Audio Source component. Like any other component, theContinue readingHow to Play Sound Effects in Unity

Time to make some noise! I mentioned in a previous post just how unsettling the whole Post Processing set of tools was for me. Obviously, that will take some timeContinue readingImmersion Starts with Sound

Okay, so the title is just a wee bit misleading. The Unity Post Processing system has been described as Photoshop for your game. It is a way to add imageContinue readingBring your game to AAA status through Post Processing!

We continue our game journey by sprucing things up with more animations. In particular, we’ll add some damage animations to our player when it takes a hit. Since our playerContinue readingDamage VFX using Animated Sprites in Unity

Overconfidence is such a killjoy. We just started animating our game objects and it all seemed so easy. Then we decided to create an animated explosion when our enemy objectsContinue readingCreating Enemy Explosions