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Alone IGF Teaser

Alec Holowka — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:16:56 +0000

Here’s a new teaser video for our IGF entry “Alone”:

We’ve also launched a new blog specifically for following progress and sharing tutorials about “Alone.”

http://aloneindreams.tumblr.com

Alone

Alec Holowka — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:33:24 +0000

A child wakes up.
Listens for a whisper, a sigh, a cough, a cry.
The child is alone.
Only the scuttling of tiny limbs, the distant creak of wood.
The child puts on a mask.
A face to hide behind, a name for the nameless.
The child steps blinking into the empty house.
The soft padding of slippered feet and the bounce of a ball.
Companion to naught but the creatures that inhabit the night.
There are faint breaths seeping in through the walls
A pale rustle of life echoing from beyond

Where have they gone?
The child descends into the dark

I’m working on a new game with Frederico Machuca, a talented 3D artist from Brazil. It is an adventure game that integrates many different elements into an atmospheric experience accessible to all ages.

We’ve just submitted our game to the IGF. In fact, we’re still frantically working on improving it as you read this!

This game will also be a vehicle for creating a new series of Unity tutorials. “Alone” mixes together a lot of different gameplay mechanics, so it’s a great way to demonstrate Unity’s diversity and potential.

Working with Frederico has been a lot of fun so far, and hopefully we’ll be updating you with more information in the months to come.

Special thanks to everyone who has been helping us test the game and improve it in many ways during our insane crunch:

Chrissy Chubala
Adam Saltsman
Marlon Wiebe
Tom Rab
Noel Berry
Kyle Pulver
Joel Forest
Kert Gartner
Greg, Deb and Eileen Holowka

Tutorial Tuesday: Reboot

Alec Holowka — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:09:17 +0000

Howdy, I’ve decided to “reboot” my Unity tutorial series, with a look at the newest version of Unity: 3.0, beta 7.

Note: You can get access to the Unity 3.0 beta at the Unity website, if you preorder.

From here on, I’m going to diverge the tutorials into two separate streams:

N00b Series One will be for complete n00bs. It will attempt to explain scripting in a way that people who have never done any programming will hopefully understand. The end goal of the n00b series will be to build a really basic platformer.

Intermediate Series The other will go into more advanced topics, for those who already get the basics of scripting. These topics will include physics gameplay, 2D layering, connecting to online services, etc.

Requests Let me know if there are topics you’d like me to cover.

Thanks for watching, and enjoy!

Tutorial Thursday: 3D Menus

Alec Holowka — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:29:28 +0000

Following up on my last video on Unity’s built-in 2D GUI functions, we dive into 3D menus. We also cover the amazing (free) iTween library.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Tutorial Thursdays: Super Simple Title Screen

Alec Holowka — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:41:50 +0000

Today’s Unity tutorial covers the basics of Unity’s built-in GUI system.

Tutorial Saturday: How to Make a C4Ke!

Alec Holowka — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:12:09 +0000

You might think today’s tutorial would be this – but you’d be wrong… :O

I decided to release the Unity project files for my GammaIV entry “C4Ke” – its a 4-player, 1-button game that uses a minimalist visual style, physics and a few other tricks.

First, a video overview of how the project basics:

You can download all the source files here: C4Ke.Project.2010.04.03.zip

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

If you run into any problems or have any questions, let me know ~ Enjoy.

Tutorial Tuesday: Collision and Messaging

Alec Holowka — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:02:46 +0000

In today’s tutorial, I talk about how to do basic collision detection in Unity3D. I also talk about messaging, getting more into code organization. Flashbang Studios have written a great messaging library that extends Unity’s core messaging functionality – making life easier for everyone.

We’re looking at our example space shooter project “Schpooter” again. You can play it and download the project files here. Remember, you can get a stripped down version of Unity3D for free here.

UT02 Part 1: Project Layout
UT02 Part 2: Basic Scripts and Collisions
UT02 Part 3: Collisions and Messaging
UT02 Part 4: Messaging
UT02 Part 5: Messaging Continued

If you have trouble following any part of the tutorial, or if you’d wish I’d elaborate on certain subjects; let me know in the comments. If there are enough requests for certain topics, I’ll spin them off into separate tutorials.

Tutorial Tuesday: Schpooter!

Alec Holowka — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:33:26 +0000

IA’s Unity Tutorial Series continues with a game called “Schpooter!” This is a simple side-scrolling space shooter example, but it has been built to demonstrate a few different ways of using Unity.

Part 1 is an introduction to how the project file is set up.

In part 2 we’ll dive into how the scripts work! If you have any questions or comments, please leave them here or on YouTube.

If you find these tutorials useful, send the link to others that you think would be interested. Thanks!

Unity3D Intro Tutorial

Alec Holowka — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:44:00 +0000

So I just sat down and recorded an impromptu Unity3D introduction tutorial. Its a bit all over the place (I didn’t plan it out), but hopefully some of you will find it useful.

Unity3D is a game engine that you can try out for free, for both PC and Mac. Download it at unity3d.com.

It was used to create Paper Moon, Heroes + Villains and we’re also using it for Marian.

Part Two: “Movement Script, Using the Scene Editor” | Part Three: “Prefabs, Shooting, Basic Physics”

You can download the (crappy) project created in this tutorial right here: UnityTutorial01.zip.

Please let me know if found these helpful and/or what you think I can do to improve them. (I’d like to do more!) Thanks!

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