Games

How to make a basic patrolling system in Unity/C#

Let’s see how to implement a basic waypoints-based patrolling system for a character unit!

Some (free) building assets for my RTS tutorial!

Today, discover some basic buildings I made to populate my RTS tutorial scene 🙂

A new game: Hyperspeed!

How about a little web-based runner game with starships?

The game is available over here:

https://www.minapecheux.com/games/hyperspeed/

How to use events to implement a messaging system in Unity/C#

Let’s see how to use C# events to broadcast messages and decouple our game systems!

Making a RTS game #21: Adding players and unit ownership (Unity/C#)

Today, let’s add some players and an ownership system to our RTS!

How to make a basic FSM in Unity/C#

Let’s design a simple 2 states-FSM for 2D physics-based player movement!

How to make smooth scene transitions in Unity/C#

Let’s see how you can cross fade your visuals and your audio when switching between two Unity scenes!

Coding together with C# partial types

Partial types at the rescue for code splitting!

Are Unreal Engine blueprints no-code?

Be warned: “visual scripting” is about “visual” AND “scripting”!

The concept of agency / Le concept d’agentivité (2/2)

Last week, I started to talk about agency, this “feeling that you are in control” and that your actions can have an impact on your environment. In particular, I mentioned how video games can help us understand when choices are meaningful and how they teach us this power of decision. Today, let’s continue with a focus on the links between games and real-life, and on false choices and manipulation.

The concept of agency / Le concept d’agentivité (1/2)

Two weeks ago, I talked about Skinner’s theories on human behavior and conditioning. I also mentioned how his discoveries, and most notably the Skinner box, have been used in game design. When we think about conditioning, something that we usually have difficulty with is the idea that some external force is deciding for us; that we have essentially lost our power of action. This ability to choose and influence the events in our life is called “agency”.