Nov 9, 2022Filtering a RecyclerView in Xamarin.AndroidIn Xamarin.Android, a RecyclerView is used as an efficient, scrollable container for items in a collection. These containers only allocate enough views for items that will fit on the screen rather than instantiating views for each item in the data set. Once a particular view leaves the screen, it is…Xamarin Android4 min readXamarin Android4 min read
Jul 17, 2022Revisiting the Unity 2D Space Shooter | Part 2: Prototyping the PlayerObjective: Create a prototype player object and set up the behavior for it to move around on screen. To begin prototyping the player, it’s important to take a step back and think through how we want the player to maneuver around the level. Some things to consider: Is the player’s…Unity3d5 min readUnity3d5 min read
Jul 4, 2022Revisiting the Unity 2D Space Shooter | Part 1: Project SetupUnity is a cross-platform development platform which allows users to create games, simulations, and other digital experiences in 3D and 2D space across multiple industries. …Unity3d4 min readUnity3d4 min read
Jun 9, 2022Simplifying Wave Creation with Custom Attributes in UnityObjective: Easily create and edit the spawn sequence of objects in a wave based on a dynamic list of objects specifically available to that wave. When approaching this scenario, the initial reaction may be to gravitate towards using enums, lists, or arrays. …Unity3d6 min readUnity3d6 min read
Jul 23, 2021A Matter of States: General Overview of a FSMMatter can exist in any one particular form called a state. In our everyday lives, water is probably the most familiar representation of this with each of its three states being ice (solid), water (liquid), and vapor (gas). Each of these states have their own defined characteristics, and in order…Unity Game Development7 min readUnity Game Development7 min read
Jul 19, 2021Interface PolymorphismObjective: When an object’s OnTriggerEnter() event is raised, reduce it’s health based on the specific object it came in contact with. One of the primary pillars of OOP, polymorphism, allows an object to implement a particular behavior while allowing the performance of that behavior to vary between objects. For example…Unity Game Development4 min readUnity Game Development4 min read
Apr 22, 2021Bringing Imagination to LifeLike many people fortunate enough to have them, LEGO was the keystone to all aspects of my childhood, from early elementary school through high school graduation. Hours spent building, organizing, and playing would often turn into even more hours spent rebuilding, reorganizing, and replaying, each time feeling like only mere…Unity3d3 min readUnity3d3 min read
Apr 16, 2021Simple AI Behaviors: FleeingLike us, sometimes game objects just need to get away, whether it be from each other, our player, or our player’s missiles, sticky grenades, and vehicle roadkills. Similarly to the seek steering behavior discussed previously, flee provides those game objects with the means to steer towards a specified location. …Unity Game Development3 min readUnity Game Development3 min read
Apr 10, 2021Simple AI Behaviors: SeekingIn Unity, one of the most basic movement functions we’re all fairly familiar with involves taking the float values from our WSAD inputs, applying those values to a direction vector, and then using that vector, combined with a speed variable, to affect the transform of an object that we want…Unity4 min readUnity4 min read
Mar 29, 2021Graphing Time Series Data through UnityUsing a graph is one of the best ways to visualize and present data for users because it allows them to more easily identify trends, abnormalities, areas of concern, and just generally better comprehend the data they’re working with. If that data involves any type of variation over time, like…Unity13 min readUnity13 min read
