“What happens if I just shoot this?” “Does this open if I step on it?” “Can we try to outrun these monsters?” “What’s next?” Hold on a minute, what do these questions have to do with any lens in game design? And I would say, read on and you’ll see…

Whether you are a rookie or a veteran in game development, you must have heard of singletons before. It is the most commonly used design pattern, even for myself when developing Night at the Clownville. Today, let’s explore a little bit about this design pattern and see for ourselves if…

Before we get right into understanding these two lenses, what I have learnt from the book The Art of Game Design is that these two lenses are inseparable, hence they have to be explored in one single article. With that taken care of, let’s dive into these lenses. If I…

I have to admit, I have a lack of experience in playing games. When I was young, I wasn’t exposed to a lot of games and believe me when I say I have never played Pokemon or GTA, or games of that sort. Well, I’ve seen videos of them but…

It is NOT a combination of mechanical and electronics engineering, surprisingly! — About a month ago, when I readily handed in my answer script for the examination paper on Power Electronics, it marked the end of my degree in Mechatronic Engineering. Well, at least in my own terms. This degree took a solid 4 years and the next phase of life is…

To be honest, I’m not really sure either. — If you have been following my indie game studio Instagram page, you might have noticed that there is a ton that we are doing in terms of bringing the theme park to life. Indeed, it is what we are doing at the moment. Let’s break down what the game will…

I’m sticking with OOP. At least for now. — If you have been developing using Unity for quite some time, you should have heard of DOTS by now. It is a fundamental change in Unity’s architecture and it also signals a change in how developers think about code and data. This data-oriented design (DoD), an opposite approach to the…

I just like using Event Systems! — Ever since I got into game development, there has been a ton of topics to learn, be it 2D art, animation, 3D modelling, programming in C#, getting familiar with the Unity engine etc — it is just overwhelming. But as overwhelming as it may seem, the learning part definitely is…

Can you beat your own time? — At this point, I think most of the world has gone crazy over the online word game from New York Times called Wordle. While that game is a single-player game, a famous YouTuber JedCal made a P2P version called WordleForFriends and captured his audience by surprise since anyone can send…