Puzzling with React and Redux
I needed a refresher on React, Redux and JavaScript functional programming and to do something hands-on I decided to make a collection of mini-games using those techniques. For gamification purposes…
Category: Game programming
Making a 2D platform game with Godot 3.0
A few weeks ago I stumbled upon the game engine Godot and I decided to give it a try by learning how to use it for creating a 2D platform…
A memory game with React
During Christmas I got a little bit bored so I spent some time creating a simple memory game with React, JavaScript and a set of old nature photographs of mine.…
Adventures in Swift: Playing with CMMotionManager and gravity
I recently added an iOS game embryo to GitHub: https://github.com/LarsBergqvist/GravityBall It’s a SpriteKit-based game in Swift 2.0 where you tilt the device to roll a spike ball around with the aim…
Adventures in Swift: Making a blasting shoot’em up
For further fun and learning with Swift and game design, I decided to make a space shoot’em up in classic style for iOS. The code for the game can be…
Adventures in Swift: simplifying platform game level design with SpriteKit
Since my formative Commodore days (and even before with Colecovision), I’ve always loved platform games, and now I’ve found a fun programming exercise in making one for iOS. I have already…
Adventures in Swift: exploring SpriteKit
I decided to have a go at Apple’s programming language Swift, and for some extra fun I opted for making a simple SpriteKit game for OS X. I have made…
