Exciting Changes here on Patreon

Up until this point there hasn't really been much of an advantage to being a Gamefromscratch Patreon, other of course than my eternal gratitude!  This however is going to be changing shortly.

First off, I am launching a new series on Game Development for Complete Beginners (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYYsedq2Ng4), this is a series that intends to teach game programming from the very beginning, assuming no prior programming experience.  We will be using the Lua programming language and the Love game engine.  While I am creating the video series, I am also compiling a book on the subject and that book will be available to all of you.

More than just a getting started tutorial, it will cover the basics of programming then how to create a game in Love, but it will go beyond that.  I also intend it as a hand quick reference on programming languages and tools available.  There will be sections on programming langauges, which in turn will contain details on the most popular tools, libraries and books available.  There will also be a section on art, profiling the most popular 2D and 3D content creation tools as well.  Basically I will be taking this post (http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2011/08/04/I-want-to-be-a-game-developer.aspx)  and this post (http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2013/06/11/Creating-art-for-your-game-when-you-are-a-programmer.aspx), making them up to date, expanding upon each subject greatly and making a book about them.  If things turn out as I envision, the book will be useful to everyone, not just beginners.

So expect VERY early drafts of that book to appear shortly. 

Additionally I have started creating a great deal more art assets, both for my own use and future tutorial series.  I am going to be making the raw assets available here.  So while I might use a sprite sheet in a tutorial on GameFromScratch, I will make the actual Blend files, source texture maps, etc, all available here.  While not the greatest artist in the universe, it should give you access to some material that is game ready and at the very least, useful for testing and learning how (or how not to!) do things.  I am trying to figure out the best way to make these available to just Patreons...  perhaps dropbox?  Initially I will probably distribute them through the primitive tools here on Patreon until I figure out a more elegant solution.  If there is something specific you'd like to see generated, let me know and maybe I can do something about it.  Again... I'm not the worlds greatest artist by any stretch of the imagination! ;)

So, stay tuned for more interesting content here on Patreon.  Plus, once again, thank you very much for your support, it's appreciated!

Cheers,

Mike