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Wings and Thighs: Piecing Together Enemy Behavior in The Meating

Posted by Write Meow · июль 10, 2019

Coding enemies is a lot like cooking. Answering the question of "How should this enemy behave?" is similar to answering "What should this sandwich taste like?" For both questions, the secret is in the ingredients.

Organizing NES Graphics Banks

Posted by James Deighan · февраль 24, 2018

A guide to organizing banks of sprite and backgrounds tiles to optimize memory for the NES.

Thinking with Banks

Posted by James Deighan · январь 29, 2018

An explanation of using banks for NES graphics.

Enemy Design 201 - Lethal Wedding

Posted by Zack Manko · январь 12, 2018

The second in a series about designing enemy concepts and behavior, using examples from Lethal Wedding.

Enemy Design 101 - Apeel's Court

Posted by Zack Manko · декабрь 09, 2017

Part 1 in a series of essays about enemy design.

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