Dan Does Games
One mans journey into Game Development
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Hello and Welcome Back, It’s been the Christmas break here in the UK, and December is always a busy month both personally and professionally for me, so my game development journey has taken a little backseat recently. However, a new year presents a fresh opportunity to learn, and I’ve made the decision to pause my…
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Hello and welcome back. Life has a funny way of getting in the way some times, and between work and life commitments, my progress has been slow over the past few weeks. However, I’m still here giving it a go! The Spinning Player At the end of the last sprint I was left with a…
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Hello and welcome back! This week has been a quiet one, but with some progress. Last time we had built our board and added a player with movement on it. This week, I’ve created a basic teleport pad which is my first “Ladder”, and added in scripting to automatically move the player. Once that worked…
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Hello and welcome back. After completing the Unity Essentials Pathway from the Unity Learn website, I’ve decided to have a go at putting my newfound skills to the test by creating my first 3D game. My 3 year old son loves a game of Snakes and Ladders, so I’ve decided to create a 3D Snakes…
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Hello and welcome back! For those who have been following my learning diary, this is the first of my Development Diaries, where I’ll be focusing on creating my first solo game, Snakes and Ladders! Introduction For my first solo project I’ve decided to make a version of Snakes and Ladders, mainly inspired by my little…
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Hello and welcome back! This week has seen me finish off the Unity Essentials pathway and begin to plan my first solo project to put my skills in action. Publishing Essentials – Add a bonus scene In this lesson I chose one of three options to create a bonus scene within my portfolio. I decided…
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Hello and welcome back! This week has been another bumper week where I managed to finish off the Programming Essentials mission, all of the 2D Essentials, and learn the basics of publishing in Publishing Essentials. This has all lead to publishing my first portfolio game, which you can find here: https://play.unity.com/en/games/15d544c7-1fc1-4254-b0eb-0d2d04f46ab2/dans-unity-essentials-portfolio If you’d like to…
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Hello and welcome back! This week has been another bumper week of learning, focusing first on the Audio Essentials, before making a little game where you pick up collectable items in the Programming Essentials Mission. If you’d like to learn more about Unity Essentials you can find out more here: Unity Essentials Pathway – Learn…
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Hello and welcome back. This week has been a busy one in my learning journey. First I finished off the Editor Essentials mission on the pathway, then proceeded through the 3D essentials mission, which I managed to finish within the week. If you’d like to learn more about Unity Essentials you can find out more…
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Hello and Welcome Back. So week one of my journey into games development has been fun. I’ve chosen a game editor and installed it, I’ve taken the time to get used to the interface, and navigated around my first 3D scene with ease. Four lessons in and I’m starting to get a feel on how…
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