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Building a Beat 'Em Up in Game Maker, Part 3: Combo Attacks, More AI, and Health Pickups
This article will continue the series on developing a Beat Em Up in Game Maker by expanding the abilities of our AI enemies, by introducing a Combo system,...
David Silverman
14 Oct 2016
Game Development
Building a Beat 'Em Up in Game Maker, Part 2: Combat and Basic Enemy AI
This article will focus on creating a dynamic camera, making BattleRegions or areas for combat to take place, and giving the enemies the ability to start...
David Silverman
12 Oct 2016
Game Development
Building a Beat 'Em Up in Game Maker, Part 1: Player Movement, Attacks, and Basic Enemies
In this article series we‘re going to look back and explore how to make a classic Beat ’Em Up game.
David Silverman
10 Oct 2016
Game Development
How to Learn Board Game Design and Development
Over the past decade, board games have gained increased prominence within the game industry. With the growing popularity of Euro-style board games, such as...
David Silverman
29 Nov 2013
Game Development
Make a Match-3 Game in Construct 2: Chaining and Game Overs
The time has finally come: we are just about done with our game, and are ready to implement the final gameplay mechanic. This article will focus on making a...
David Silverman
14 Jul 2013
Game Development
Make a Match-3 Game in Construct 2: Eliminating Pre-Made Matches
In the previous tutorial we finally got our game moving and added motion to our blocks. On top of that, we created a rudimentary difficulty system to make...
David Silverman
7 Jul 2013
Game Development
Make a Match-3 Game in Construct 2: Block Movement
In the previous part of this series, we made some small but important changes to many of the systems we created for our Match-3 game. With these improvements...
David Silverman
29 Jun 2013
Game Development
Make a Match-3 Game in Construct 2: More Swapping, Points, and Matching
We are now halfway through this series, and so far we've covered a lot. In the previous tutorial, we added a points system to our game, we finally applied...
David Silverman
16 Jun 2013
Game Development
Make a Match-3 Game in Construct 2: Points, Matching, and Gravity
In the previous tutorial, we integrated a basic match-detection system into our Match-3 game. While we are well on our way to having a playable game, there...
David Silverman
9 Jun 2013
Game Development
Make a Match-3 Game in Construct 2: Match Detection
So far, this series has covered the basics of setting up a Match-3 game, and implementing the initial gameplay elements such as block-swapping. In this...
David Silverman
2 Jun 2013
Game Development
Make a Match-3 Game in Construct 2: Animations and Block Swapping
In the previous article in this series, we spent time setting up our game so that we had all of the necessary images in place, and randomly spawning a grid...
David Silverman
26 May 2013
Game Development
Make a Match-3 Game in Construct 2: The Basics
Welcome to a new series of tutorials in which I will show you how to build a Match-3 puzzle game, from scratch, in Construct 2. In this first part we are...
David Silverman
18 May 2013
Game Development