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  1. Getting Started With Matter.js: Introduction

    Getting Started With Matter.js: Introduction

    Tutorial Intermediate

    This tutorial will introduce you to Matter.js. You will learn about the features, installation and common modules of the library in this article.

  2. Effectively Organize Your Game's Development With a Game Design Document

    Effectively Organize Your Game's Development With a Game Design Document

    Tutorial Beginner

    Have you ever dived right into developing a game, but found yourself having to constantly change aspects of the design or the gameplay due to a lack of...

  3. Getting Started With Matter.js: The Body Module

    Getting Started With Matter.js: The Body Module

    Tutorial Intermediate

    This tutorial will teach you about the methods, properties, and events available in the Body module. This module helps us to manipulate individual bodies in...

  4. 11 Best Android Game Templates

    11 Best Android Game Templates

    Tutorial Beginner

    CodeCanyon has dozens of Android game templates that can help you kick-start your game development workflow. In this article, I'm going to introduce you to...

  5. 8 Best Free and Open-Source JavaScript Game Engines and Libraries

    8 Best Free and Open-Source JavaScript Game Engines and Libraries

    Tutorial Beginner

    This article will highlight some of the best free and open-source JavaScript game engines and libraries that you can use to create your own 2D and 3D games.

  6. 15+ Best iOS Game Templates

    15+ Best iOS Game Templates

    Tutorial Beginner

    Have a great idea for an iOS game but are turned off by the hours of tedious work involved in bringing your concept to life? The good news is that getting...

  7. How to Include and Require Files and Templates in WordPress

    How to Include and Require Files and Templates in WordPress

    Tutorial Beginner

    In the WordPress world, one of the most common points of confusion is the proper way to include external files. PHP offers four ways to do this. In this...

  8. Best JavaScript Game Engines and Games to Download

    Best JavaScript Game Engines and Games to Download

    Tutorial Beginner

    Using JavaScript for your next game? Check out the highlights of these five engines that can help give your project a jump start.

  9. Creating Playing Cards Dynamically Using Code for Game Jams

    Creating Playing Cards Dynamically Using Code for Game Jams

    Tutorial Beginner

    A Unity tutorial for creating playing cards using only code and no art. We will create all the necessary card shapes, including the design for the back side...

  10. Interactive Storytelling: Non-Linear

    Interactive Storytelling: Non-Linear

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this final part of our series about interactive storytelling, we'll talk about the future of storytelling in videogames.

  11. How to Use Free 3D Models From Google Poly in Android Apps

    How to Use Free 3D Models From Google Poly in Android Apps

    Tutorial Intermediate

    There is a huge demand these days for Android apps that offer immersive virtual reality or augmented reality experiences. To create such apps, you'll need...

  12. Creating Toon Water for the Web: Part 3

    Creating Toon Water for the Web: Part 3

    Tutorial Advanced

    In part 2 of this series on using vertex shaders and the depth buffer to create stylized water, we're going to apply underwater distortion as a post-process...