The 2015 Spring Semester at Mat-Su Central College starts tomorrow and my first class is Spanish 102 at 5PM. But I actually started my semester earlier today. About a week ago I was able to get into a Computer Science class called Introduction to Game Development with Javascript. It was full by the time I found out about it in … Read More
My First Algebra Project
Yesterday I took my final exam in Beginning Algebra, the first algebra class I’ve taken since I was… well, it’s the first algebra class I’ve ever taken. I had to do a class project that consisted of finding something we learned in class and show how it can be used in everyday life. Basically, it needs to answer the question, … Read More
WP Admin Notes – Quick Bit of Code
I just added a feature to one of my sites that allows me to write a “note to the admin” (me) that doesn’t show up on the site. Here’s a look at one of the widgets in my admin area: I really don’t want a title for that widget, but I also don’t want to have to open every text … Read More
WP Plugin for WLM – Sell Bundles
I created my first WordPress plugin last night. It allows me to sell “bundles” of courses on my MasteringCoronaSDK.com site. WishList Member is an awesome way to handle my membership stuff, but doesn’t have any way to let you sell a bundle of courses at once. So I changed that. Using their API I dusted off my PHP skillz and … Read More
Added Unity 2D Tutorials to GDN – Guess When?
Take a look at the stats below and try to guess when I added Unity 2D game development tutorials to the GameDevNation.com site? I’ll give you a hint, because it’s subtle — look toward the last of the graph. 😉 I’ll be doing more Unity tutorials after the first of the year — have to get some other projects finished … Read More
New Unity 2D Game Tutorial Videos
The last couple years I’ve been developing games and tutorials with Corona SDK but I’m always on the lookout for new cool tools. Unity has been around for a long time but I was never really interested in it because it focused on making 3D games — and I don’t really care about those. But when version 4.3 was released … Read More
Poked at Javascript or PHP? Want to Try Game Development?
I have a “Crash Course” video tutorial in game development using Corona SDK (a 2D mobile framework) that’s hosted on Udemy: Game Development Crash Course The course is free and even better, can be done using the free trial version of Corona SDK. This is for beginners, but I assume you’ve played around with programming at some point, maybe with … Read More
Game Development for Homeschoolers
It doesn’t matter whether a kid is in public school or whether he or she is homeschooled — almost every kid loves computer games. And there’s a certain percentage of those who not only want to play video games, but they want to make them, too. With the game engines available today that’s completely possible to do at home — … Read More
Kindle Publishing Riches! Swoon!
In recent months there have been a rash of “systems” promoting all the money that can be made simply by publishing for the Kindle on Amazon. “We’ll get rich, Martha! It’s guaranteed! Look, all these other guys are doing it!!!!” Um, yeah. Those other guys are not starting from ground level. They have a built-in audience who will buy whatever … Read More
The High (?) Price of the iPad mini
I was one of the folks kind of bummed when the $329 price tag was unveiled for the new iPad mini from Apple. I was hoping for something competitive with the Nexus 7 at $199, etc. So why the high price? Well, it’s only a high price if you look at the iPad mini as a competitor to the Nexus … Read More