Higher-Order Fun
higherorderfun.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2012
Higher-Order Fun is a game programmer's blog on 2D platformer implementation, math for game development, and programming essays.
What HN saysHN commenters repeatedly link its guide to implementing 2D platformers as a nice, useful reference.
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- 1A guide to implementing 2D platformers11 people · 668 points · first shared 2012 · 37 comments on HN
- 2Programming Is Art3 people · 6 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 3Math for Game Programmers 04 – Operations on vectors2 people · 71 points · first shared 2012 · 7 comments on HN
- 4If programming languages were religions…2 people · 6 points · first shared 2012 · 3 comments on HN
- 5In Defence of Steam Greenlight1 people · 1 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
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azhenley · 2019-02-23
I'm not the OP, but here you go: http://higherorderfun.com/blog/2012/05/20/the-guide-to-implementing-2d…
It looks quite nice.
gosub · 2012-09-28
I think this could help you: http://higherorderfun.com/blog/2012/05/20/the-guide-to-implementing-2d…
38leinad · 2012-09-02
he also seems to have a nice article on 2d platformers: http://higherorderfun.com/blog/2012/05/20/the-guide-to-implementing-2d…
marked for reading.