Unity Inventory Question
So I want to have a pickup that exists in the world, and when you pick it up, it goes into your inventory. My question is, what's the best way to represent this in Unity? Ideally I'd like this...
View ArticleWhat I'm looking forward to NOT installing on my next PC
Adobe reader - Chrome displays PDF perfectly; no plug-in needed Quicktime / itunes - Quicktime is pretty much ONLY needed for viewing videos on Apple.com, and nowhere else. Microsoft Office - Google...
View ArticleMaking crafting discoverable
One interesting idea I had while on the river was an RPG with crafting (ala minecraft) but your character has an "ingenuity" stat. This stat reflects how McGuyvery you are. But game mechanic-wise,...
View ArticleBatch GameObject renaming tool for Unity
Silly that Unity doesn't support this. Uses the name of the first GO selected (the one in the inspector) to rename the rest of them. This is actually a great template for all sorts of batch editor...
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My custom My Little Pony
While in Hawaii working on custom games for Disney's Aulani hotel, I had a hairbrained idea to trick out a My Little Pony with a custom paint job. The thought wouldn't go away, and eventually I had to...
View ArticleSave game thoughts for Unity
There's a lot of ways Unity could be improved for savegames. here's some of my thoughts on that. I think the big one is to save a scene (and reload it) during playback. It's clear the editor has this...
View ArticleProactive visuals for inspiration
I gave a GDC talk titled "Proactive Visuals for Inspiration" at GDC 2012, and I wanted to post a bit about great sources for images like the ones I showed. First off, I invite everyone who is...
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My Molyjam game: PH S CT X
Although I am hard at work on Maquette, I took a break to jam with fellow San Franicso indie devs for MolyJam2012. My efforts resulted in: PH S CT X: The Invisible FPS It's based around the following...
View ArticleMethod for crawling the Hierarchy in Unity
This is a quick post to point out to iterate through the entire Hierarchy in Unity. This is something I've wanted to be able to do for a long time, but didn't know how to do in Unity. I had asked a...
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Free association Maquette sketch
Some people have a hard time sketching in their sketchbooks, for fear of drawing something crappy in it. Fortunately, I'm an expert at crappy drawings. The tag crappy drawings documents them. This is...
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