Game Development

I’m a big fan of video games. To me, games are interactive art. Understanding the internal mechanics of how games work makes me appreciate them more.

Game Engines

JavaScript

• photonstorm/phaser

Unreal Engine

When users experience flickering in the UE4 or UE5 editor, this seems to be traced back to an issue with Nvidia’s overlay test mode. Applying a registry fix can correct this:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Dwm]
"OverlayTestMode"=dword:00000005

Resources

• Game Programming Patterns
• How to Make a Roguelike (archive)
• Game Jam Theme Generator Some interesting ones I’ve generated:
  • Nothing Is Permanent
  • Going Deeper
  • Parallel Dimensions
  • You Are Your Own Enemy
  • Stuck In A Loop
  • The Environment Changes You
• 2DGD-F0TH (2D Game Development: From Zero to Hero) is an eBook I found via a Hacker News post. This is on my list to read. It aims to be a collection of community knowledge for building and releasing 2D games. There were some comments in the HN post that the author didn’t have any industry experience, but I haven’t validated that and I’m not sure how much that would make a difference for the information in here.

Procedural generation:

• How to code your own procedural dungeon map generator using the Random Walk Algorithm
  • Random walker algorithm, Wikipedia
    • I don’t understand a lot of the math behind this algorithm yet. I have more reading to do here.

Creating game assets:

• Creating Isometric RPG Game Backgrounds (HN)

Shaders

• Shadertoy

Visual Assets

• ambientCG - public domain assets, materials, HDRIs, SBSARs, and models
• Game-icons.net
• Polyhaven
• Share Textures

Learning Plan