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)

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)