Real Programming

MARCH 15, 2024

In over twenty years of teaching kids to code, RP4K has found that these two things are deeply connected. Fun is the underlying motivator that drives kids to become coding champions, improve their skills, and turn their imagination into things like video games that they can play with friends and family.

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Jesper Juul

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

On the occasion of my upcoming book Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64 Computer , I am writing The History of the Commodore 64 in Twelve Objects , posted weekly from November 1 st , 2024: Object #5: Zzap!64 All made their way into the magazine over the years.)

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Real Programming

MARCH 21, 2023

Coding students of all ages and experience levels are tackling a subject that keeps them stimulated and challenged. Let’s look at some of the benefits of twice-weekly online coding classes for kids. The more frequently students encounter coding languages, the more readily it seeps into their subconscious.

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Grumpy Gamer

JUNE 2, 2023

I was asked how this worked and to be honest that was a long time ago and I don't remember every little scape of code. It is also possible that I didn't write it. But what I do have is the SCUMM source code for Monkey Island 2 and I tracked down the code.

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Cocos

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The client must read levels in this format, and the level generation utility must write levels in this format. Well, besides the fact that all files with source code have to be copied back and forth between projects. In both cases everything is written in TypeScript. The level has some special format. Everything would be written in C#.

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Real Programming

JANUARY 29, 2024

Likewise, learning how to write code can help kids in several unexpected ways. Let’s check out some ways that content from our coding classes can be applied in real-life situations. In other words, parents want their children to have healthy habits of mind which learning to code promotes.

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Retro Game Coders

MARCH 8, 2024

You can code for the C64, for free, using Microsoft Visual Studio Code! The Commodore 64 Programming Extension – VS64 VS64 is a Visual Studio Code extension for C64 programmers by Rolandshacks on Github. At the time of writing it is on version 2.5.3 At the time of writing it is on version 2.5.3 file format (.spd)

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Real Programming

JUNE 11, 2024

More than anything, RP4K’s coding camp classes are fun. Let’s check out what makes the screen time kids enjoy at RP4K’s summer coding camp so productive and fun for kids. Our summer coding camp for kids emphasizes out-of-the-box problem-solving because there are many ways to tackle coding problems — there isn’t merely one right answer.

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Harold Serrano

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

After months of coding, tweaking, and testing, I’m thrilled to share that the rewrite is almost done. This modular approach keeps everything clean and efficient, allowing developers to focus on their game logic instead of wrestling with tangled code. Moving to Swift has made the engine simpler, faster, and a joy to work with.

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Real Programming

JULY 30, 2024

Thankfully, summer coding classes for kids make learning fun with generous, deep-dive sessions that revolve around creating a real video game. Please read on to learn how our summer online coding classes balance fun and education. Math At the Core It’s impossible to learn coding without also learning some fundamental math concepts.

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That One Game Dev

JULY 23, 2024

Intrinsics are like a recipe for the most optimized code that you can write to achieve certain behavior. The post What Are Intrinsic Operations in C++ appeared first on That One Game Dev.

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Real Programming

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Kids and parents tend to have different reasons for learning how to code. Children seldom look this far ahead, and their reasons for embracing coding differ. Learning to code has a bit of each of these things in it. Let’s check out how and why kids can advocate for coding at their school among their peers.

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Real Programming

DECEMBER 21, 2023

For parents, measuring their children’s progress in coding lessons may be trickier than it seems at first. In a practical sense, children who know how to write code enjoy improved problem solving skills , which helps them later in school and at work. What is the metric for success? The answer is perhaps philosophical.

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Grumpy Gamer

APRIL 2, 2023

During the Secret of Monkey Island and LeChucks Revenge, these were all hand-coded in SCUMM and a pain in the [REDACTED]. The goal is to free the writer from “programming” and focus just on the writing and logic of the scene. The writer will write (for example): guybrush: “Aye, Cobb.”

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 3, 2023

I just assumed game development involved writing code all day.” I never enjoyed programming very much and just assumed game development involved writing code all day. So I spend some time just thinking and writing down ideas.” Then he discovered the Unreal Engine and everything changed.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2025

I'm also speaking at GDC about the difficulty of teaching level design and writing The Level Design Book , now a top search result and community resource used in multiple schools and studios. I'm also here as part of a New Zealand government trade group , with generous support from NZ CODE.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

She explains, “Creativity ended the minute high school began, you had to do things a certain way and the only room for creativity was in writing English essays.” Even though high school limited creative outlets, her love for writing shone through. Dungeon Crawler At Code Coven, Kamo felt right at home.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 10, 2025

I had never actually shipped any gameplay features with code I had written. One that would force him to master every aspect of game creation, from coding to marketing. I didnt feel like I was learning that much with each new game, he says. Determined to push himself, he embarked on a new path as a solo developer.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

As of writing, the game has a Metacritic score of 87 out of 54 reviews. There is still a wave of reviews to come, as several press outlets — including our sister site Eurogamer, The Guardian, Edge, Metro, and more — were not sent review codes. Read more

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Retro Game Coders

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Dungeon game written in C/C++ for the Neo6502 Bit of Background Before We Code the Neo6502 In my Neo6502 review I promised I would come back and write about how to code for the machine. Neo6502 emulator for macOS The second issue was which language should I code in? Get all the latest code and files on Github.

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Grumpy Gamer

JUNE 1, 2023

I was asked how this worked and to be honest that was a long time ago and I don’t remember every little scrap of code. It is also possible that I didn’t write it. But what I do have is the SCUMM source code for Monkey Island 2 and I tracked down the code.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 2, 2025

This primarily means writing code to make the systems and rules that the designers come up with work. Yes, Gameplay Programmer is a specialization. Gameplay Programmers are the engineers who work directly with designers to make the designs actually work in game.

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Grumpy Gamer

DECEMBER 26, 2017

The Thimbleweed Park dev blog was based on the Grumpy Gamer blog code, but I’d made a lot of improvements that I loathed losing, but even the Thimbleweed Park blog code was starting to feel old and worn. Writing a new blogging platform from the ground up (again) was what I needed. Just write to one. I crave change.

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Nvidia

APRIL 30, 2024

With demonstrated strength in programming and coding tasks, DBRX is adept at handling specialized topics and writing specific algorithms in languages like Python. This week’s model release features DBRX, a state-of-the-art large language model (LLM) developed by Databricks. DBRX long-context abilities can be used in RAG… Source

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Real Programming

APRIL 28, 2024

We live in a digital world, and while nobody can say for sure what tomorrow’s devices will look like, they’ll surely be written in code. Let’s check out a few ways that we ensure our programming classes in our summer coding camp are fun for kids of all skill and experience levels. RP4K understands that, and frankly, we agree with kids!

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Real Programming

MAY 9, 2024

Many parents want their children to learn how to code to prepare them for work and life in our digital, high-tech world. RP4K is proud to teach fundamental coding concepts and important coding languages to kids, but thankfully, that’s not all they learn. They don’t necessarily think of C# or JavaScript.

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Real Programming

APRIL 15, 2024

Knowing how to write the underlying code also helps create a foundation for future innovation. Many RP4K students go on to study coding later in school or use their knowledge to work as professional video game programmers, or in any other number of jobs that open up to expert coders.

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Cocos

JUNE 23, 2024

Can’t write up everything I rewritten in code. Solved literally everything. Also other error stuff after this and errors after the other errors Took me too long. Extremely tired now.

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Cocos

JUNE 23, 2024

Can’t write up everything I rewritten in code. Solved literally everything. Also other error stuff after this and errors after the other errors Took me too long. Extremely tired now.

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Jesper Juul

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Writing Too Much Fun has been an incredible journey with twists and turns. The book’s support site has extra material, ads, videos, source code, and emulators. Second, why did this early computer, destined for a shelf life of just a few years, live so long, and end up being produced from 1982-1994?

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Cocos

APRIL 2, 2024

The code is down below; VideoControllerData.ts; import { Vec2, _decorator } from 'cc'; const { ccclass, property } = _decorator; @ccclass('VideoControllerData') export class VideoControllerData { @property({ type: Number }) targetTime: number = 0; @property({type: Vec2}) targetPosition: Vec2; } VideoController.ts

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Join us as we review the top five coding languages compatible with the Unity development engine. Top 5 Coding Languages for Unity Game Development Here are some fundamental coding languages for Unity game development: 1. Therefore, it is the most popular coding language for developing games on Unity. Next-level graphics.

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Grumpy Gamer

JULY 22, 2020

The few custom tools I use (Wimpy, for example) and all built from the same code the engine is, so once it's working under Linux, they should compile as well. Writing C/C++ code in a nice text editor and compiling it isn't really the issue. For working on the "game", this shouldn't be a problem once the engine runs on Linux.

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Cocos

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

I am posting this as a request for Cocos to have somebody on the team, a technical artist preferably, to write up the shaders documentation, with sample codes important. I still appreciate a lot of example code, and it would be good to include. Shaders are virtually missing from the documentation.

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Real Programming

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and coding is sparking a new era of possibilities in the tech world. AI advancements are improving how we code, shaping the future of software development, and empowering the next generation of developers.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This blog post investigates how Code Wizards used AWS to load test Heroic Labs’ Nakama on Heroic Cloud—the fully managed version of Nakama running on AWS—to two million concurrently connected users (CCU) across a variety of use cases. This allows them to identify any bottlenecks or issues before the service is used for an actual game release.

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Real Programming

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In the public imagination, computer coding is not exactly associated with being a social butterfly. Let’s check out some social benefits that learning to code online can provide kids. Coding Languages Are Languages Not everybody thinks of coding languages like other spoken and written languages, like French or Spanish.

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