Learn how to make retro games! Explore old-style space shooters, road-crossing games, ’80’s & ’90s mechanics, and more via free retro game tutorials.
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In this tutorial we are going to build a simple demo to learn how to use Unity multiplayer features. Our game will have a single scene where we will implement a multiplayer Space Shooter. In our demo multiple players will be able to join the same game to shoot enemies that will be randomly spawned. … Read more
Introduction Complex games can be a lot of fun, but sometimes all players want to do is sit back and relive the retro days where simple mechanics and goals were the reigning champs. As a developer, not only might you want to create your own retro, arcade-style types of games (with some modern flair), but … Read more
You can access the full course here: Unity 2D Projects – Rocket Defender Part 1 Welcome to Zenva’s Retro Series – Rocket Defender course. Throughout this course, we’re going to build a base defending game where we protect our bases from falling enemies using rockets. In this lesson, we’re going to lay out our level. … Read more
You can access the full course here: Unity 2D Projects – Toads and Fireflies Part 1 Setting Up Our Scene: Import needed sprites. Create our Toad objects. Create our level. Open the Unity editor and create a new Unity project and call it “Toads and Fireflies.” For this course we are using the latest version … Read more
In this multipart tutorial, we will be using Phaser 3 and Socket.io to create a simple multiplayer game. For our multiplayer game, we will follow the client-server game architecture. If you are not familiar with the client-server game architecture, the client is responsible for displaying the game to the player, handling the player’s input, and for … Read more
Become a professional VR developer as you learn to code and create 15 immersive games in Unity from the ground up – no prior programming experience required! Welcome to the world’s most comprehensive online curriculum on VR game development, where you will learn and master the foundations of C#, Unity and VR by building practical … Read more
Go from Zero to Professional Game Programmer as you build 2D, 3D, Mobile, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Games with Unity! The Unity Game Development Mini-Degree is a massive collection of online courses that will teach you how to code and build impressive games with Unity. Beginning with the fundamentals of coding and the basics of the … Read more
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In part one of this tutorial, we created our Node.js server, set up a basic Phaser game, and added Socket.io to allow communication between the two. If you missed it, you can find part one here. In this tutorial, we are going to focus on adding the client-side code that will: add and remove players … Read more
