Events are like specialized delegates. They allow us to create a type of broadcast system where other classes and objects to subscribe and unsubscribe to our delegates. In this scene I’ve created 3 cubes and a button. …

In this article I’ll go over some User Interface basics in Unreal Engine 5. Once you’ve got the engine installed, you can create a new project by selecting the “Launch” button from the installed Engine Version. This will bring up a window that allows you to decide from a bunch…

In this article I’m going to demonstrate how to use different action types. To do this, I’m just going to create a simple cube in Unity, give it movement, “sprint” movement, a fire ability, and a self destruct ability. This will help me demonstrate a few different basic action types. …

So you have the New Unity Input system installed. What now? In order to actually start using the new input system, you need to create something called an input action asset. For my project, I created a folder called Input in the assets folder. From there, I simply right click…

The new input system in Unity is an awesome tool. Before this, in order to hear inputs from the user, one would have to write something like Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E) to read the input of the E key. Its simple, and fairly straight forward, but other situations may arise that make this…

You read that right.. we’re starting from absolute scratch with these articles. Unreal Engine is an amazing tool for game developers. There is always debate on which engine is better. Unity or Unreal? My answer: “who cares? Get to work…” They’re both insanely useful and SO huge its impossible to…

What the heck are delegates? Delegates can be thought of as a variable that holds a method or several methods. To declare a delegate: Use the keyword delegate. Give it a method signature. The method signature is going to be of the type of method you want to hold. And…

Ok soo…. I didnt know this, so forgive me if I’m late to the party. I’m going to go over how to test a game being developed in Unity on an iPhone. All you literally have to do is get your game to a testable state, however you see fit…

Its been a little bit since I wrote about my journey establishing a career in game development and being a dad at the same time. Long story short, I think I’ve finally broken in. I’m not at a big time studio like Activision or anything, but I am with a…