Michel Besnard

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All journeys begin with that first step…

I just turned 51 last week. I feel old. No…maybe “old” is not the right word? Rather, I feel wise. In my current work environment, I’m surrounded by young men and women who were not yet born when I first enlisted in the profession of arms. That seems like a…

Unity 3 D

3 min read

Feb 19

Adding Emissions to Custom Textures in Unity using Krita.

Objective: show the Reader how to create an Emission Map from a Base Map using Krita, then apply it to your Scene for a dramatic effect. As I work my way through the GameDevHQ’s Guide to Beautiful Games in Unity course, I’ve been learning a lot about Texture Maps and…

Unity 3 D

5 min read

Adding Emissions to Custom Textures in Unity using Krita.

Feb 18

Quick and Easy: Alter Your Pre-Built Unity Texture Maps using Krita.

Objective: show the Reader how to alter the texture map of a Unity game object’s material using Krita. I’ve been working my way through the GameDevHQ’s Guide to Beautiful Games in Unity course, and have finally arrived at the point where I’m looking at my work and think to myself…

Unity 3 D

5 min read

Quick and Easy: Alter Your Pre-Built Unity Texture Maps using Krita.

Feb 5

Different Lights in Unity.

Objective: introduce the Reader to the four different light sources available in Unity. Have you ever wondered how to set up basic light sources in your Unity Scene? Or how to pick the correct one for the effect you’re trying to create? …

Unity 3 D

6 min read

Feb 4

What are Unity Skyboxes?

Objective: introduce the Reader to Unity’s four different Skybox shaders. Let’s begin by asking the question: what is a Skybox? A Skybox is basically a big cube with different textures on each of its internal faces. These textures can be whatever you want: an image of the sky, outer space…

Unity 3 D

5 min read

Jan 30

What are “Render Pipelines” in Unity?

Objective: introduce the reader to Unity’s rendering pipelines. What are they? What do they do? Which one should you use? And other little tidbits of information. Let’s set the stage…You’ve just finished spending a few hours (or days) setting up your game scene using the latest version of Unity…

Unity 3 D

6 min read

Jan 28

Creating a Sci-fi Lab Room.

Objective: show the reader how I created my Sci-fi inspired laboratory. As I expand my skills as a game developer, an important aspect is the ability to create breathtaking environments for my projects. I understand it takes people of immense creativity and talent to build these worlds, and it’s quite…

Unity 3 D

5 min read

Jan 23

Hidden Shortcuts to Make Level Design Easier in Unity.

Objective: introduce Unity users to Hotkeys and Shortcuts to improve productivity. Okay, I admit the title is a bit misleading. These are not “hidden” methods of boosting your productivity. …

Unity 3 D

5 min read

Hidden Shortcuts to Make Level Design Easier in Unity.

Jan 18

What is Filebase and How do you use it?

Objective: introduce the Reader to the GameDevHQ Filebase Unity plugin. As a new developer learning the ropes, I often find myself getting super excited about an idea in my head, proceeding to track down cool assets from the web before writing a single line of code. …

Unity 3 D

3 min read

Oct 4, 2021

Do Something Captain! We’re Taking Damage!

Objective: Implement a Health collectible system in your 2D Space Shooter style Unity Game Project. As I worked through the Space Shooter style Unity 2D Game Project from GameDevHQ, the section in the course that dealt with Player damage had always seemed to me sort of weak. In the course…

Made With Unity

7 min read

Do Something Captain! We’re Taking Damage!