Lance Talbert

Lance Talbert is a budding game developer that has been learning to program since the age of thirteen. He has taken several courses in computer programming ranging from C++ to HTML and spends most of his spare time either creating projects in Visual Studio or building his own games. He is currently working on his first commercial game, War Ender, as well taking extra time to discover and learn new programming languages. Beyond programming and game development, Lance also has interests in writing, acting, and composing music. You can keep up with Lance by following him on twitter as well as through his gaming blog. Of course he'd be remiss to not link you to the website for his game War Ender, which can be found here: https://www.warendergame.com/.

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Lance Talbert 01 August 2018

Creating a Simple AI with Unity and C#

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The characters in many games today seem lifelike. Under the covers, an application controls the behavior. In this article, Lance Talbert walks you through setting up a game with some simple artificial intelligence built in using Unity and C#… Read more

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Lance Talbert 05 July 2018

What’s new in Unity 2018.1

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Unity is the tool to use when creating games with C#, however, it has had many limitations. With the release of Unity 2018.1, many enhancements have been added to improve performance and the look of the game. Lance Talbert talks about these enhancements and how Unity programmers can take advantage of them. … Read more

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Lance Talbert 07 June 2018

Using Unity UI and C# to Create a Tic-Tac-Toe Game

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The user interface, such as buttons and messages, in a game is very important. In this article, Lance Talbert shows how to create a working Tic-Tac-Toe game using Unity and C# consisting of user interface elements. … Read more

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Lance Talbert 18 April 2018

Extending the Unity Editor with C#

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The next step in learning how to create games in C# using Unity is to add extensions to get custom functionality. Lance Talbert shows you how to create an extension that changes the properties of many objects at once.… Read more

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Lance Talbert 29 March 2018

Pathfinding with Unity and C#

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Unity makes it simple to create an object that follows a path. In this article, game programmer Lance Talbert shows how to use C# to control the object's path.… Read more

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Lance Talbert 17 February 2018

Procedural Generation with Unity and C#

Have you ever wondered how game developers create the worlds in which the game lives? In this article, Lance demonstrates the basics of creating a map using a procedure in C#.… Read more

Lance Talbert 24 January 2018

Using C# Functions in Your Animations

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Animation is a very important feature of games. In this article, Lance Talbert shows you how to add animations to your Unity project that take advantage of C# functions.… Read more

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Lance Talbert 09 January 2018

Introduction to Game Development with Unity and C#

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The easiest technologies to use are often the most difficult to create. Take video games. Objects in games must obey the laws of physics among countless other details. Developers can spend their time with details like these, or take advantage of game engines so they can concentrate on what the game does instead. Lance Talbert explains how to get started developing games in C# with the game engine Unity.… Read more

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