What was and what is:
Hello again! Today I've caught up on patron messages, set my computer back up (had moved it downstairs for some local mp stuff over the holidays!), paid my taxes, cleaned up my office a bit, cleaned up the house a bit, answered my emails, planned a b...
2018-01-02 17:40:43 +0000 UTC View PostHope everyone has had a good holiday season! I've been playing a lot of Mario Odyssey since Christmas and it's great. Sometimes you really don't know how much you needed time off until you take it. But I'm feeling good and ready to get back to business. I've had today off, but tomorrow I'll be doing...
2018-01-01 19:45:13 +0000 UTC View PostHello everybody! Gosh look at those numbers.
I'm very happy to report that as some of you have seen, Patreon have walked back their fees update. Sadly there's no way to reach my supporters who understandable walked out over it, but a few of you have found your way back and even more new supporters...
2017-12-18 14:12:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Here it is! It's pretty long at 30 minutes but I did make an effort to keep the pace moving with it. The script isn't all that complicated you just have to be careful as it's very easy to slip up and make a mistake. Follow closely!
Project files are free for $5+ supporters. Go to 2017-12-15 15:51:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello! As a minor asset this one is available for all patrons $5+. The video tutorial on building this yourself will hopefully be up for you guys by the end of tomorrow. In the meanwhile the $5+ crew can check ...
2017-12-14 20:48:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Shaping up well! There might be an expanded source code made available with this with a few more examples and options than I'll be able to fit into the main video. Look out for it soon!
2017-12-13 18:25:55 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate: Patreon have now announced a walkback on these changes, which comes as a huge relief. The below text represents my stance on a fee change t...
2017-12-07 23:08:08 +0000 UTC View Post
I made a thing! I overscoped pretty badly this time around and didn't finish in the 48 hours required for the Compo, so I submitted to the 72 hour Jam version instead.
I made lots of fun mistakes that wil...
2017-12-05 15:53:07 +0000 UTC View Post
I want to keep things Ludum Dare focused for this weekend so this won't be going out to the public this week. I'll be uploading another quick video soon to talk about the livestream and direct people there.
However as promised, you guys get these videos whenever they're ready. So here it is. I've ...
2017-12-01 21:24:01 +0000 UTC View PostHow do you guys feel about these updates? Are they helpful to you? I notice in my stats they don't get a whole lot of views/engagement compared to my number of patrons and I figured some of that is down to people largely just trusting me to Get On With It™ but I presume you get email notified abou...
2017-11-27 13:20:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Bit of a late upload, it's almost 2am here! -_-
Enjoy!
<3
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2017-11-25 01:56:32 +0000 UTC View Post
This was a toughy to plan but I think I've pieced together a way to show a useful example of this stuff. Coming soon, hopefully!
Demo source code to be released as a patron-only extra.
2017-11-23 14:45:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! I came to a bit of a wall with the video, in the meantime I decided to properly clean up and release my dissolve shader.
https://shaunjs.itch.io/dissolve-shader
As a commercial work, it is free fo...
2017-11-22 22:29:07 +0000 UTC View PostSo I'm pretty committed now to doing these every Monday. I think it's useful to let you all know what I'm working on and what I'm planning even if those things change.
Couple of things on the agenda for this week. Video-wise I'm making a sequel to last Friday's 2017-11-20 14:26:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Decided to split this topic into two videos: one to just cover the basics of playing and fading music, and a second to cover general management of music and audio groups.
Here's part 1!
I've also thrown up a few more of the videos from GameMaker Meetup which you can find on my channel =)
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Hello everybody! I'm working on this week's music tutorial, but I've been thinking about a new type of thing I'd like to try.
I'm going to be totally honest, as much as I love creating tutorials, at heart I'm a game developer more than anything and I'm trying to find wa...
2017-11-15 17:29:27 +0000 UTC View PostResults for the poll were... not what I expected!
I think there's definitely a mix of people here supporting my work that combine beginner developers trying to get their first things finished and also mor...
2017-11-13 12:36:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Creating a simple menu! Only so much I could cover in the time so I might expand the topic further later in the series.
Also tempted to make a standalone version of this, perhaps even as an article rather than a video.
Got some cool ideas for future content too but it's late and ...
2017-11-10 22:41:15 +0000 UTC View Post
This part of the platformer series is going to be focused on setting up a simple menu screen. Just the basics can get a little heavy if you want to do it right so it's going to be a pretty straightforward end result for this video (you can see it in the GIF more or less in its entirety!).
However,...
2017-11-08 14:27:04 +0000 UTC View PostHello everybody!
I managed to finish off the last of my freelance stuff last week which is good news for keeping me financially supported for a bit while I continue to do tutorials here.
I'm going to let last weeks 2017-11-06 13:34:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Public release on Friday as per usual. Feel free to share with friends etc before then as per usual if you want to.
This one is pretty straightforward but has a pretty strong effect! I've been cramming a lot of stuff into each part of this and I'm worried it's a bit dense so I'm trying to separate...
2017-11-01 18:23:42 +0000 UTC View PostI'm almost done with my freelance video work so I should be able to put up a tutorial this week. This week I'm carrying on with the Platformer series and taking a look at simple parallax scrolling for background elements. It's going to be a short piece as I don't have a lot of time, but hopefully it...
2017-10-31 13:34:14 +0000 UTC View PostThis week I'll be working on another part of the Platformer series, I'm tempted to then also roll that into another part immediately after since people seem to be enjoying that? It's not super far off being finished so it's tempting to do a lot of it.
Afterwards though I'd like a new topi...
2017-10-30 11:17:17 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
My next video project for YouTube is planned to be the next part in the Platformer series. But this week I'm going to be doing some freelance video work for YoYo (so ultimately I'm still making public tutorials one way or the other!).
I can't say what it's about but it ...
2017-10-23 14:15:15 +0000 UTC View Post
As usual I can't scope or estimate my work correctly and this time in a positive way! I got the video done ahead of schedule so here it is.
Getting better and faster with some of this after effects stuff which is very very helpful.
I'm planning to spend the rest of this week tackling f...
2017-10-18 18:13:16 +0000 UTC View Post
I've recorded today most of the footage for my debugger video. I'm looking forward to this one as I even learned something awesome myself while working on it.
This is going to need more editin...
2017-10-17 16:28:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Ended up around 17 minutes so I kept this one focused(ish).
Live on Friday as standard! Speaking of Friday I'll be away doing a talk at the GameMaker Meetup in London. If you're about you can come hang: 2017-10-11 18:39:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Hopefully a bit shorter than my recent trend of 50 minute lectures to give your learning muscles a bit of a break, but just as flexible and solid of a system being taught. If there's some spare time (like if it's only coming to 10-15m or so) I'll likely be exploring sound effects too.
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TL;DR Summary of the hopeful, liable to change plans for a busy busy week:
More 50+ minute madness. This one wasn't really intended to be that long it just sort of ended up that way.
I opted for flexibility in the system rather than a fast solution. Unsure how worth it this was as the video could have easily been less than half the duration.
I also l...
2017-10-06 15:13:25 +0000 UTC View Post