Author: Xander Blain

  • Using ADB Logcat to Debug Unity Application Start Up Times

    Our game The Dog Run has been in open Beta testing for some time and we are wrapping up new builds after the feedback we received during the process. There is still time if you want to check out the Beta edition of the game on the Play Store: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.ZuluOneZero.TheDogRun We used the built in Unity…

  • Unity Editor Tool Tips, Headings and Clamping Ranges

    Hi Xander here… Firstly a reminder that we are Beta Testing The Dog Run. If anyone would like to join please opt in here: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.ZuluOneZero.TheDogRun (Apologies in advance for the pop up on this site advertising for help! It should only come up once) The Dog Run has just been reviewed by Daikon Media if you…

  • Endless Elevator Mechanics

    Howdy. Xander here… This is a quick demo of the basic play mechanics from our new game in development Endless Elevator.  We got the basic movement working a while ago (see our Smooth Moves post) and now that The Dog Run is in BetaTesting we can spend some more time working on this game. (If…

  • Fly Birdy! Fly! – 2D Curved Movement in Unity

    Xander here… I’m really pushing to get the flip book style 2D endless runner game we started at the beginning of the year finished.  The game is called Dog Run and as the title suggests is about taking your fun lovin’ pooch for a run – but watch out! There is a bunch of obstacles…

  • Unity3D Smooth Moves

    Xander here. For our new game Endless Elevator I’ve been working on finding the best method of moving the character through the scenes. At it’s most basic our character needs to move left and right across the screen and forwards and backwards on a couple of limited parallel z axis. The only way he can…

  • Do NOT Restart Unity After a Crash!

    It all started when my laptop went into sleep mode. I was doing some play testing of my Dog Run game and had to take a work call. I know I know “real” work getting in the way of my real life. Something happened and the laptop stopped responding. Wouldn’t come out of sleep mode…

  • How To Get Beta Testers

    How To Get Beta Testers

    Yay! We Are In Beta! When ZuluOneZero published NumBlocks on the Google Play Store we went through the requisite development phases. The game has been released now – have a play: NumBlocks published on the Google Play Store for Android. Click to Play: Also on the Amazon Play Store for Android and Kindle. Click to…