My first game attempt

by jmoloney on Feb 5, 2012

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For my first game attempt I decided to go back to one of my earliest gaming memories; Super Mario Bros on the NES. I am going for a 3D version of the side scroller which I figured would be an easy way to start with Unity. I am finding that nothing is easy when you don’t know what you are doing :)

So far I have just “blendered” most of the level and enemies. I’m playing with javascript and have managed to create instances of coins coming out of a brick when punched. It’s not easy but it’s fun :)

Thanks a lot Patrick and Gabriel. I am learning a lot from you guys.

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5 Responses to “My first game attempt”
  1. gryffydd
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    “I am finding that nothing is easy when you don’t know what you are doing”

    I think that, though it maybe learning the hard way, it stays with you when you learn from mistakes ;-)

    “Thanks a lot Patrick and Gabriel. I am learning a lot from you guys.”

    Same with me. Slowly going through all their tuts.

    gryff :)

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     Feb 5, 2012 at 6:46 pm
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  2. southernrebel
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    ……Irony…..me and a friend where talking about old games that have been over killed and Mario was one of them when they started creating all this random Mario games…..i said it was only a matter of time till someone created a 3d version of the old Mario. good luck. ive learned the same thing on java….if you have any questions shoot me a message on the forum
    http://forum.unity3d.com/members/88299-southernrebel

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     Feb 5, 2012 at 6:46 pm
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    • jmoloney
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      I feel the same way about old games and movies that the big studios insist on remastering or converting perfectly good material to 3D because they are afraid something new might fail.

      Since I am admittedly not a creative person and am a total newb and hobbiest, I am attempting to do a 3D version of a game I loved. For me it is a technical exercise to learn some of the many areas of a game engine such as

      - instancing (for coin generation and destruction)
      - colliders/triggers
      - character control
      - HUD
      - lighting (my nemesis)
      - asset modelling and texturing (my mario character is so bad that if I showed it to people, I risk getting kicked off the internet :) )

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       Feb 6, 2012 at 3:09 am
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      • southernrebel
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        ah ive also had to learn most of those the hard way

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         Feb 6, 2012 at 5:24 am
  3. linus
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    Nice learning project, hope to try the level out one day

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     Feb 17, 2012 at 5:04 pm
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