Coding & VR for Code Newbies & Beyond
Disclaimer: This article intends to be a primer so that you may gain insight in order to understand beginner OOP articles better (for example on wikipedia). In order to grasp more abstract concepts, suspend as much logic as you would when watching Star Trek. Message not sponsored by anyone I know. Some neurons dissipated during the writing of this.
Working through my game, I lost power and the PC shut down unexpectedly. When the power came back on and I opening my game in the #unrealengine editor I got this error: “Error: Map Appears to be an Asset File.” So like most people who use Linux for a long time and then switch to windows, I thought the most plausible solution would be to
The past 2 days I’ve been dealing an Unreal Engine Error. More specifically “DoesPackageExist: DoesPackageExist:FAILED:”None: is not a standard unreal filename or a long path name” I was unable to package my project as an .exe because the error wouldn’t allow me to since it wasn’t compiling properly. After reading the error message a couple of times over and searching on forums I resorted to
I’ve finished making level one of JOYG (name of the game). The 1st phase of development involved: Making a map on paper Greyboxing the map in the game world Adding materials and textures to the world Adding props like tables, wheels, trash cans, doors Putting in particle effects such as fire and steam Putting sounds for example fire crackling, steam sounds Changing the lighting by
TIP: Game development & design at first is more about knowing a game engine than it is about coding. Video of game here: VR development at 1st is more about getting to know a game engine (example UE4) than it is about coding solely. Today I finished designing/grey-boxing the game world for “JOYG” , a FPS game that I’m making. BTW the name “JOYG” is
Here is a 3 level game being made using Unreal Engine 4. Game dev is about 50% design and usage of the game engine/editor unlike coding which can be an equal mix of code + design.
Learning how to learn is a fundamental skill. Note: This is a work in progress Introduction: Recently I’ve decided to spend more time learning virtual reality development with Unreal Engine 4. There wasn’t any panic involved, just a prolonged period of 5 days where I expended a lot of mental energy figuring out a course of action. This is akin to the “Pathways” option provided
At our training center we also teach english in addition to tech (programming languages, AutoCAD, 3D S Max, machine learning and vr). The english courses are done in preparation for a test called “IELTS” (International English Language Testing System), which helps them during college admissions and scholarships. For our spoken english module we’ve been using #vr in order to increase student interest and increase the
So far I’ve been getting on with VR experiences and dev with a standard pc that I use for standard web development. Decided to build myself a pc since I have a few VR projects that need to be completed by a deadline, I decided to go with a custom built VR dev rig. The hardware requirements aren’t much different than a gaming pc. Components
Time to change the footer on this blog which says 7000+ and make it 10,000+! I’m happy to say 4 years later I’m still doing what I intended to do which was to lower the entry barrier into coding by project based learning.
A short snippet to assist in linking of social media accounts in a userschema when using mongoDB & mongoose.js async function generateOrFindUser(accessToken, refreshToken, profile, done) { const email = profile.emails[0].value; const name = profile.displayName || profile.username; const facebookId = profile.id; if (email) { let updatedUser = await User.findOneAndUpdate({facebookId},{email,name,facebookId}, {‘upsert’: true, ‘new’: true}, done); } else { var emailError = new Error(“Your email privacy settings prevent
