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Title

How to Track NPC Appearances Across Multiple D&D Sessions

Summary

One of the hardest parts of running a long campaign isn’t worldbuilding. It’s continuity.

Publish date

Feb 20, 2026

Author

Baer Bradford
Title

How-To: Real-Time World Mapping in your Session Logs

Summary

If you mention an NPC, Location, or Item that you’ve already created in the World Builder, the app recognizes it instantly.

Publish date

Feb 10, 2026

Author

Baer Bradford
Title

How to Create Random Tables and Batch Rolls

Summary

Learn how to create Random Tables and combine them into Batch Rolls to generate multiple results with a single click. This guide shows you how to build tables, add entries manually, in bulk, or with AI assistance, and reuse them to quickly generate NPCs, locations, encounters, and more.

Publish date

Jan 25, 2026

Author

Matthew Bauer

Unity

Check out our collection of Unity articles, covering everything from beginner tutorials to more advanced development techniques.

Sep 14, 2014 tutorial

Creating Health Bars using Unity GUI Textures

Technical talk from Matt Bauer about Unity creating scaling health bars in Nauticus Act III, the RTS style conclusion to Nauticus.

Matthew Bauer

Author

Nov 13, 2022 unity

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.

Marvin Knox

Author

Nov 25, 2014 td-video-series

Tower Defense Tutorials Part 4

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

Matthew Bauer

Author

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World Building

Explore our world building articles, offering guidance on crafting detailed settings, characters, and lore for your game.

Jul 11, 2025 world-building

How to Supercharge Your TTRPG Prep with Random Tables

You've got a session tomorrow, and you're short on time. Prep can be a daunting part of running a game, but what if you could cut your prep time in half and still deliver compelling sessions? Enter: random tables.

Baer Bradford

Author

May 25, 2023 world-building

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.

Jake Medina

Author

Feb 20, 2026 solo-play

How to Track NPC Appearances Across Multiple D&D Sessions

One of the hardest parts of running a long campaign isn’t worldbuilding. It’s continuity.

Baer Bradford

Author

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Learn C#

This series of blog posts is designed to help you learn C# from scratch, with a focus on game development. Each post includes a video tutorial and code samples to guide you through key concepts and practical applications.

Jan 08, 2020 learn-c-sharp

C# Lesson 4

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

Matthew Bauer

Author

Feb 19, 2020 learn-c-sharp

C# Lesson 12

Lesson 12 in a our series about learning C# teaches you about working with methods.

Matthew Bauer

Author

Jan 13, 2020 learn-c-sharp

C# Project 1

Test out your knowledge on basic C# programming with a challenging project doing conversions. Covers lessons 1-6 from the beginner series.

Matthew Bauer

Author

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Tutorials

This section offers comprehensive tutorials on a wide range of game development topics. From design to advanced programming techniques, each guide is crafted to help you level up your skills in game creation.

Sep 28, 2014 map-generation

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.

Matthew Bauer

Author

May 31, 2024 tutorial

Shaders in Unity: Core Concepts

Shaders are a powerful tool in game development, allowing developers to create rich, visually striking effects that can greatly enhance the realism and immersion of a game. However, they can also be complex and difficult to understand.

Baer Bradford

Author

Feb 15, 2015 legacy-earth-video-series

Ship Movement Tutorial

Video tutorial about ship and camera movement in a rail shooter built with Unity3d.

Matthew Bauer

Author

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Map Generation

Check out some posts related to 2D tilemaps for tower defense games, randomly generated maps for top down 2D games, and guides on pathfinding algorithms.