From tight controls to rewarding progression, great platformers balance challenge, creativity, and immersion. By blending physics, level design, and feedback systems, they keep players hooked. Whether ...

Rick Warren is a Senior Features Editor from the United States who has been a massive gamer and comic book fan ever since he played Spider-Man on the PlayStation 1. He loves writing about everything ...

The Unity Physics 2D Plugin is a library for implementing pseudo 2D physics behavior using Unity Physics. Currently, Unity Physics does not support 2D, and if you want to use it in a 2D project, you ...

Godot, the open source game engine, has included basic OpenXR support for a number of years now, allowing developers to easily publish their apps across a variety of XR headsets. Now, Godot just an ...

This is an advanced 3D tutorial. Hopefully you have seen my previous Unity 3D tutorial or are fairly familiar with Unity 3D because I am assuming you are aware of familiar Unity 3D concepts. In ...

Anthony is a writer who's worked in the games industry for four years. He's a competitive gamer with a soft spot for retro titles. Anthony enjoys speedrunning a few titles, but Simpson's Hit & Run is ...

The video game industry is now bigger than it has ever been before, with more and more young people interested in developing their very own video games –- and rightly so. After all, game development ...

Callum is a seasoned gaming managing editor for a number of publications and a gamer who will always try to shine a spotlight on indie games before giving AAA titles the time of day. He loves nothing ...

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Up until this year, game engines were not something most gamers had to give much thought to beyond the one or two seconds their logos might appear while a game was loading. That’s why this news about ...

For many, making video games is usually a dream that seems unattainable. This is because major video game studios are bureaucratic behemoths that are often highly selective with their employees, and ...