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Making a Video Game Character

Video games have become a staple of modern entertainment, providing players with immersive experiences that transport them to fantastical worlds filled with adventure, danger, and intrigue. At the heart of these games are the characters that players control each unique in their own way. Creating an ...

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Tower Defense Tutorials Part 6

The sixth video tutorial of a series which takes you through the process of building a tower defense game.

How to Install the Official Plugin for Hosting Unity WebGL Builds

This article explains how to download and install the Official Plugin for uploading Unity WebGL games to FinalParsec.

What did Unity just announce at Unite 2022

Announcements from Unity's 2022 conference. An exciting look at everything new: cross-platform, XRI, advanced UI, immersive graphics, and facial animation.

Tower Defense Tutorials Part 5

The fifth video tutorial of a series which takes you through the process of building a tower defense game.

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Using Cellular Automata to Create a Random Map Generator

Learn how to programmatically generate earth-like terrain using cellular automata.

Worldbuilding in Video Games

Building a narrative setting for your games is very important. Think through the vision for your world, draw from other work and experiences, and consider the limitations to build a compelling and interesting universe.

Plotting a Game Path

As a game dev, creating an engaging game that hooks players is crucial. The critical path, a sequence of objectives, plays a key role. Here's a step-by-step guide for plotting it.

Writing Dialogue for Video Games

Writing good dialogue for video games is an essential skill for game developers to master, as it helps to bring the game's characters and story to life, and makes the game more immersive for players.

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C# Lesson 2

Learn how to read input from the user in the second lesson from our series on learning C# for beginners.

C# Lesson 4

You truly need this lesson from our beginner series if you aren't familiar with using a Boolean in C#.

C# Lesson 10

Lesson 10 in a our series about learning C# teaches you about working with arrays.

C# Lesson 9

Lesson 9 in our series about learning C# teaches you how to make Strings do your bidding.

Videos

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Deploying Unity Games to Android

Step-by-step instructions to learn how to deploy an existing Unity game to your Android device or get a game ready for releasing to the Play Store.

Tower Defense Tutorials Part 2

The second video tutorial of a series which takes you through the process of building a tower defense game.

Object Pooling

Learn how to create a simple object pooler in Unity3D in our series about building a 3D shooter on rails.

Parallax for Dummies

An enlightening guide on how to create a simple parallax effect in Unity. Using parallax is a really cool way to breathe life into your games.

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Deploying Unity Games to Android

Step-by-step instructions to learn how to deploy an existing Unity game to your Android device or get a game ready for releasing to the Play Store.

Scurvy Siege Dev Log 1

Introducing a new project from Final Parsec's. Scurvy Siege takes piece from our past games to make a great new experience in the tower defense genre.

Deploying Unity Games to Android Part II

An addendum to a previous post that gives additional details if you're still having trouble deploying your Unity games to an Android device.

Aurora TD Released on Web and Android Devices!

Aurora Tower Defense has just been released for PC, Mac, and Android devices. Play for free in your browser now!

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Using Cellular Automata to Create a Random Map Generator

Learn how to programmatically generate earth-like terrain using cellular automata.

A* Pathfinding Visualization

See a few video examples of a Unity program that visualizes A* pathfinding in a user friendly way with a tracing option.

Tower Defense Tutorials Part 2

The second video tutorial of a series which takes you through the process of building a tower defense game.

Announcing the Tower Defense Tutorial Video Series!

The first video tutorial of a series which takes you through the process of building a tower defense game.