JavaScript Programming – Learn by Making a Mobile Game
You want to get started learning how to code and JavaScript is the best first language to learn. JavaScript started as a web language, but it is now used for game development, mobile applications,...
View ArticleInterview with game developer Aryadi Perwira Subagio
We recently sat down with professional game developer, Aryadi Perwira Subagio and talked about his latest game Diamant Arena Shooter. Can you tell us something about yourself? I’m a professional game...
View ArticleMake your own 2D Game Backgrounds with Adobe Illustrator
If you are familiar with Adobe Illustrator, then in less than 2 hours you can learn to create 2D game backgrounds. You will learn the correct structure, proven workflow and the mindset while creating a...
View ArticleCreate Detailed and Poseable Characters in Adobe Illustrator
If you are an intermediate to advanced user of Adobe Illustrator and want to learn character creation for 2D games, this course is for you. Learn how to block-in, shade and texture animation ready...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Game Development Course with Construct 2
Are you wanting to build games but have limited programing experience? Then this is a course you must take! And for a limited time, it’s free! Learn how to build games using Construct 2. Construct 2...
View ArticleHTML5 Mobile Game Development with Phaser
Take your web development experience to the next level with Phaser. Phaser is a fun, free and fast game framework that allows you to create professional games for both mobile and desktop using HTML5....
View Article3D Programming with WebGL and Babylon.js for Beginners
You can display 3D images in all browsers without the use of plugins. This course shows you how to use WebGL and Babylon.js to create 3D scenes and animations. Use existing 3D models from Blender and...
View ArticleStudent Success: Ryan Mininger, from Flash to published Phaser games
As future archaeologists will quickly realize, financial decisions are among the most influential parts of our lives. However, large numbers of people are not familiar with the most basic concepts of...
View ArticleMaking Coding Accessible: 182 Scholarships for Women Who Code
Recently Zenva was honoured to partner with Women Who Code, a non-profit organization aimed at encouraging women to pursue careers in technology. Kick-started in 2011, this social enterprise has...
View ArticleLearn Pixel Art with Photoshop for Total Beginners
What is a mobile game without art? Boring. Photoshop can be overwhelming trying to figure it out on your own. This course will introduce you to the main Photoshop tools needed to create pixel art. You...
View ArticleHow to Create a Mr Jump Inspired iOS Game in Swift 2
Go from zero to an intermediate level understanding of Swift while learning how to replicate the App Store’s best game of 2015, “Mr Jump”. You will learn the Xcode environment, Sprite Kit, JSTileMap,...
View ArticleStudent Success: Mike Dwyer’s First Game and New Projects
We recently sat down with Mike Dwyer, game developer and student at The Complete Mobile Game Development Course – Platinum Edition, and talked about his super exciting game Two Blades which is now...
View ArticleFree Ebook – Game Development for Human Beings
We are happy to announce the launch of our free ebook Game Development for Human Beings – Build Cross-Platform Games with Phaser, authored by a highly skilled group of software engineers and game...
View ArticleSupercharge your Phaser development with the Phaser Editor IDE
Phaser Editor is friendly IDE for HTML5 games programming using the Phaser framework. A few of the outstanding features in the Phaser Editor IDE are: Project Wizards that help you get started using a...
View Articlejs13kGames Tutorial Video Series
In this video series made for our YouTube channel subscribers, we cover the creation of a simple “cross the road” / “frogger” type of game using the Kontra JavaScript micro-framework. This 4-part...
View ArticleHow to Create a Pokemon GO Game – Part 1
In this tutorial series, we will create a game similar to the popular Pokemon GO. First, we will create a Phaser state to catch Pokemon. Then, we will add a world state where the player can navigate in...
View ArticleMake a Mario-Style Platformer with the Phaser Editor
In this tutorial we create a simple platformer demo with Phaser Editor (an IDE made specially for boost Phaser games development). We focus here on the assets management and the built-in visual scene...
View ArticleHow to make a game in Unity3D – Part 3
Today, we will be finishing up on the game we have started making in part 1 and part 2. So, to recap on what we need to do to finish off the game is to add the music, leaderboard, start screen, game...
View ArticleIntro to Shaders with Unity3D
Today’s focus will be on shaders. You may be curious as to why we went from talking about the Editor, how to write code in Unity, and building a game to Shaders. The answer is simple, shaders are a...
View ArticleHow to Create a Pokemon GO Game – Part 2
In the last tutorial we created the basic Phaser states for our game. Now, we are going to add the Trainer in the WorldState, and change our game to regularly spawn Pokemon. The following topics will...
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