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A Game Developer’s Guide to Strings in C#

Whether you’re working with non-playable character (NPC) names or text in your game’s user interface (UI), you’ll most likely run into strings in C#. Strings store and manipulate text.

9 min read

A Game Developer’s Guide to Operators in C#

If the player in your game picks up some ammo, you’ll need to update the ammo count to reflect this increase. It’s also common to reduce the player’s health whenever they take damage. These are operations that will require operators.

9 min read

A Game Developer’s Guide to Numbers in C#

From the remaining lives a player has to the health potions in their inventory, every video game deals with numbers at some point or another, so knowing how to work with them in C# is crucial to making a successful game in the Unity Game Engine.

10 min read

A Game Developer’s Guide to Constants in C#

A constant in C#, the half-brother of a variable, is like a mini storage location for temporary data you’ll reuse when building a video game in the Unity Game Engine. As the name suggests, a constant is a value that stays the same after it is created.

13 min read

A Game Developer’s Guide to Variables in C#

A variable in C# can be thought of as a mini storage location for temporary data you plan on reusing while building a video game in the Unity Game Engine. Variables are fundamental to any video game and make up a large percentage of the code you’ll write, whether by hand or using visual scripting tools.

11 min read
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scripting

A Game Developer’s Guide to Strings in C#

Whether you’re working with non-playable character (NPC) names or text in your game’s user interface (UI), you’ll most likely run into strings in C#. Strings store and manipulate text.

9 min read

A Game Developer’s Guide to Operators in C#

If the player in your game picks up some ammo, you’ll need to update the ammo count to reflect this increase. It’s also common to reduce the player’s health whenever they take damage. These are operations that will require operators.

9 min read

A Game Developer’s Guide to Numbers in C#

From the remaining lives a player has to the health potions in their inventory, every video game deals with numbers at some point or another, so knowing how to work with them in C# is crucial to making a successful game in the Unity Game Engine.

10 min read

A Game Developer’s Guide to Constants in C#

A constant in C#, the half-brother of a variable, is like a mini storage location for temporary data you’ll reuse when building a video game in the Unity Game Engine. As the name suggests, a constant is a value that stays the same after it is created.

13 min read

A Game Developer’s Guide to Variables in C#

A variable in C# can be thought of as a mini storage location for temporary data you plan on reusing while building a video game in the Unity Game Engine. Variables are fundamental to any video game and make up a large percentage of the code you’ll write, whether by hand or using visual scripting tools.

11 min read
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lighting

How to Bake Lights in Unity: A Step-by-Step Guide

Baked lights in Unity offer better performance than realtime lights because all the lighting computations happen before the game runs. They add realism to your game by simulating bounced light and how it lights up different areas in the scene.

7 min read
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audio

Free Music & Sound Effects for Your Unity Games

Music and sound effects (SFX) in video games increase the immersion and create a more believable experience for the player. Good audio doesn’t always come cheap, but there are places where you can find good music and sound effects at no extra cost.

3 min read
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Best YouTube Channels to Learn Unity Game Development

The rise of content creation has made game development more accessible than ever before. Social media these days is filled with content teaching aspiring game developers, but YouTube arguably stands out as the best platform for learning how to make games.

9 min read
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