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7 Generation Games — Unity is one of the most popular and accessible cross-platform game engines used today. So it’s no wonder there is such a large online community around it. Working in Unity when you come to a bump in the road, with a quick google search you will in all likelihood find […]

3 Great (and Free) Online Resources for Learning Unity

December 9, 2014 in 7GenGames by eric

7 Generation Games — We are pleased to present a demo of our Spirit Lake game that you may freely download. This demo consists of a portion of the first level of Spirit Lake. It omits some introductory material and stops midway through the first level. It also includes examples from the set of […]

How To Play Spirit Lake: The Demo

November 25, 2014 in 7GenGames tagged 7 Generation Games / Spirit Lake by eric

Recently I attended GDC Next—an annual event held in LA—as a Conference Associate. GDC Next is a spin-off of the Game Developer’s Conference held in San Francisco every year in March. The LA convention was catered more specifically towards app developers as compared to GDC Main, but still featured speakers […]

GDC Next 2014 Report

November 18, 2014 in 7GenGames tagged 7 Generation Games / GDC / LA / Steam Store by eric

While there are fantastic middleware tools out there such as Wwise and FMOD, Unity itself enables you to do quite a bit with your sound files. For example, you can adjust distance attenuation, pitch (linked to a time stretch), and automate low-pass filters. So for those that prefer not to […]

Sound Integration In Unity

November 11, 2014 in 7GenGames tagged 7 Generation Games / sound / Unity by eric

7 Generation Games — When planning your sound design, deciding which sounds should be included in the game is often the most important place to start. This is especially true of small or simple games, particularly those with low budgets. It can be easy to get carried away with sound ideas, but it’s very important […]

Sound FX Basics: Where to Start

November 5, 2014 in 7GenGames tagged 7 Generation Games / sound by eric

Girl aking the first path — Adding lighting systems to your game in the Unity editor is as simple as adding objects to the scene. You can create different types of light sources from the GameObject menu. The different types essentially emulate common real-world light sources such as the sun, light bulbs, and headlights. Of course […]

Lighting Up Your World

October 28, 2014 in 7GenGames tagged 7 Generation Games / Fish Lake / Unity by eric

Creating game audio involves many stages, from production, editing, mastering, to integration. Achieving a high-quality end result starts at the recording stage. While there are many fantastic tools available capable of greatly enhancing less-than-optimal, or even problematic recordings, you can save a lot of time and effort in achieving that […]

Tips For Improving Sound Quality

October 16, 2014 in 7GenGames tagged 7 Generation Games / Audio / Dialogue / sound by eric

Turbosuid.com is fantastic resource, from which you can browse and download 3D assets. Moreover, many of these are completely free. This has proven extremely helpful in creating the new 3D version of Fish Lake Level 3. We already have some of the objects we need for the two scavenger hunts. […]

Creating Assets With The Help Of TurboSquid

October 6, 2014 in 7GenGames / Game Progress tagged 7 Generation Games / Fish Lake / TurboSquid / Unity by eric

7 Generation Games — We are currently in the process of converting level 3 of Fish Lake from 2D click-based to a 3D scavenger hunt. This process is made relatively simple using the Unity editor. Because we already have 3D assets for the environment and our main character, it is largely a matter of […]

Working in the Unity Editor

September 25, 2014 in 7GenGames / Game Progress tagged 7 Generation Games / Fish Lake / Unity by eric