So, as I near completion of my 3D dice game, I ran into several small issues that I thought I would share here, since they all apply to exporting your game. Of course, as you go along, if you are making a cross platform game, you occasionally need to export …

Well, I suppose "roll" would be a more popular dice game term, but spin is actually more accurate in this case! I'm actually rotating the dice in a spin maneuver, and having them fall on the table, rather than rolling them across it from an angle or the side.

The …

Well, one of those things every game needs is sounds. Not just sound effects, but also background music. It's a really easy way to enhance the game experience without actually changing any part of the game mechanics. The only problem was, I didn't know how to do it in Godot …

So, now that I've completed BornCG's great 3D game tutorial, I'm ready to set out on my own! Of course, I already mentioned what the game would be about, it is a remake of the classic "Ship, Captain, and Crew" dice game. I've already made a 2D version of this …

Well, I finished the online YouTube tutorial by BornCG, which you can check out here. His tutorial is great and I learned a lot. I did make several changes along the way, and I used this as an opportunity to practice my work in Blender, making my own graphics for …

Since I decided to go with Godot, I've really, really been enjoying the experience. Of course it is a tremendous help to learn how to use it while making a game and following a great tutorial by BornCG on YouTube. This guy is a really great teacher! So if you …

Well, it's time to pick which engine/sdk I am going to use to make my dice game.

Now the big question is what game engine to use. There may be many to choose from, but from a mobile app perspective, there seem to be only 3 that I would …

Now that I've completed the low poly course from Udemy, I'm ready to start using my fledgling, but newfound skills in some form of application. That said, the most fun and easiest way that I can imagine using 3D models is in some kind of game. The question is, what …

At work the other day, I got the opportunity to teach a class on inductance and resonance in relation to electronic circuits. So of course, I thought a tesla coil would be the most fun visual instrument to instruct with.

Of course, the inexpensive kit I bought off of Amazon …

Really just a technical note for myself. I thought I had written this down somewhere here, but I couldn't find it, so, here it is.

Converting png to a video in Linux:

ffmpeg -framerate 24 -pattern_type glob -i '*.png' -c:v libx264 -r 30 -pix_fmt yuv420p out.mp4

Setting the …