Zero player games are a type of video game that requires no players. Zero players games are more like simulations than games, but they are still enjoyable. They’re like a virtual fish tank to watch and enjoy. The game of life by Conway is the most well-known zero player game. There’s an online version you…
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If you’ve just found the perfect background for your computer, but then you try it and it looks fuzzy and has a low resolution. You can use an image upscaler to take a low resolution image and turn into a higher resolution image. Machine learning has made image upscaling easy and gives much better results…
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If you want to try 3D modelling and animating and just play around, try this fun 3D modelling project from a recent research paper. HERE is a video explaining the paper and showing how to use the software to create some cute monsters. HERE is the web-based version of the project where you can try…
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If you’re wanting to make a 3D game with pixel art textures, ie. Minecraft-style, normal maps are an easy way to add depth and shading. Normal maps are a way of using a 2D texture to simulate depth and detail. Adding a normal map to your pixel art textures makes it look like the 2D…
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If you’re looking to get serious about coding and make more projects, you’ll need to learn git to avoid a lot of headaches. Git is a version control software that tracks your changes and lets you revert to past versions if needed. HERE is a great guide to learn git. GitHub is where you can…
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Game development requires a myriad of skills from making art to programming, and you may not want to spend all of your time making hundreds of sprites before even coding anything. Here are some websites where you can find some free game assets that you can just download and stick into your game. Itch.io has…
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With game prices ever climbing, you might want to check out some other sources of games that are all free. You may have to dig a bit to find some hidden gems, but that’s part of the experience. Itch.io is a great source for some free or cheap indie games. Many of the games are…
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Since finals have ended and we have an extended winter break, its time to take a break from work and have some fun playing video games. If you want to do some PC gaming, but don’t want to use a keyboard, you can grab a controller from another console and use it to play on…
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Physically-Based Rendered materials or PBR materials are materials for 3D models that are based on scans from real life objects. They combine different types of materials, such as albedo for colour and metallic and normal maps to make an object look shiny, and textured. THIS site is a great resource for many free, high-quality PBR…
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This week’s post will be a repair tutorial for a Boxy watch winder. Watch winders are devices that will rotate your watch a specific amount of times a day. Why would you want to do that? Aside battery powered watches, there are automatic watches – these watches use springs and motions to keep themselves powered.…
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