Unity

For this tutorial we are going to make a simple 2D snake game in Unity. If you are not familiar with the classic arcade game Snake, it is a game that was originally created in the 1970's, and it gained a lot of popularity when it was included on Nokia phones. The game itself has a few variants.

For this tutorial, the main objective of the game is to eat as many apples as you can without running into the any of the walls, obstacles, or yourself. As you eat apples, the snake will get longer, and the speed of the game will pick up, forcing the player to react faster, and to have to think strategically.

Unity will be holding another live training session on December 19th, at 3:00 - 4:00 PM EST. For this live session they will be going over how to make a simple 2D flappy bird style game. During this session, they will be going over the flapping mechanic, spawning random obstacles, and setting up a simple game manager.

This session will be hosted by Matthew-Schell. If you are interested in learning more or in signing up, you can do so here: https://unity3d.com/learn/live-training/session/making-flappy-bird-style-game

This past weekend, I got the chance to participate in the Ludum Dare game jam. If you are not familiar with Ludum Dare it is a game jam that has been around for over 12 years.

This time around the theme was “One Room”, so my teammates and I came up with the idea that you would play as a room in a house, and you would need to fight the rest of rooms to be the best room in the house. The game was going to be a 2D “fighting” game, but with the combat being very basic.

The game itself was made in Unity, all the audio was original, and most of the art was original this time. If you are interested in seeing our finished project, you can see it here:  http://scottwestover.github.io/games/RoomWars/

You can also view the game on Ludum Dare here:  http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-37/?action=preview&uid=113176

Unity will be holding another live training session on November 14th, at 3:00 - 4:00 PM EST. For this live session they will be going over how to make a multiple choice quiz game. During this session, they will be going over the core game loop, the code architecture best practices, and how to make the code easy to maintain and extend.

This session will be hosted by Matthew-Schell. If you are interested in learning more or in signing up, you can do so here:  https://unity3d.com/learn/live-training/session/creating-quiz-game-session-1