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Title

How to Track NPC Appearances Across Multiple D&D Sessions

Summary

One of the hardest parts of running a long campaign isn’t worldbuilding. It’s continuity.

Publish date

Feb 20, 2026

Author

Baer Bradford
Title

How-To: Real-Time World Mapping in your Session Logs

Summary

If you mention an NPC, Location, or Item that you’ve already created in the World Builder, the app recognizes it instantly.

Publish date

Feb 10, 2026

Author

Baer Bradford
Title

How to Create Random Tables and Batch Rolls

Summary

Learn how to create Random Tables and combine them into Batch Rolls to generate multiple results with a single click. This guide shows you how to build tables, add entries manually, in bulk, or with AI assistance, and reuse them to quickly generate NPCs, locations, encounters, and more.

Publish date

Jan 25, 2026

Author

Matthew Bauer

Unity

Check out our collection of Unity articles, covering everything from beginner tutorials to more advanced development techniques.

Apr 20, 2015 tutorial

Enemy Health and Explosions

Video tutorial about managing enemy health in a rail shooter built with Unity3d. We'll also discuss killing enemies in fiery explosions.

Matthew Bauer

Author

Sep 21, 2014 tower-defense

Deploying Unity Games to Android

Step-by-step instructions to learn how to deploy an existing Unity game to your Android device or get a game ready for releasing to the Play Store.

Baer Bradford

Author

Feb 28, 2015 tutorial

Turrets and Missiles Tutorial

Video tutorial about turrets and missiles in a rail shooter built with Unity3d.

Matthew Bauer

Author

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World Building

Explore our world building articles, offering guidance on crafting detailed settings, characters, and lore for your game.

Jul 11, 2025 tutorial

How to Supercharge Your TTRPG Prep with Random Tables

You've got a session tomorrow, and you're short on time. Prep can be a daunting part of running a game, but what if you could cut your prep time in half and still deliver compelling sessions? Enter: random tables.

Baer Bradford

Author

Jun 06, 2025 game-design

Turning Your World Map Into a Compelling Story: A Guide for Writers, GMs, and Game Creators

Tools help you make great maps. But the story is still up to you. A map is not just a backdrop. It is the spine of your narrative. This post shows how to turn locations into narrative hooks for your game, novel, or campaign.

Baer Bradford

Author

Mar 31, 2014 map-generation

Using Cellular Automata to Create a Random Map Generator

Learn how to programmatically generate earth-like terrain using cellular automata.

Matthew Bauer

Author

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Learn C#

This series of blog posts is designed to help you learn C# from scratch, with a focus on game development. Each post includes a video tutorial and code samples to guide you through key concepts and practical applications.

Jan 21, 2020 learn-c-sharp

Bubble Sort

Sample source code for implementing bubble sort in C# with an accompanying video explaining how to do it yourself.

Baer Bradford

Author

Feb 03, 2020 learn-c-sharp

C# Project 2

Test out your knowledge on basic C# programming with a challenging project making a hangman game. Covers lessons 7-12 from the beginner series.

Matthew Bauer

Author

Jan 13, 2020 learn-c-sharp

C# Project 1

Test out your knowledge on basic C# programming with a challenging project doing conversions. Covers lessons 1-6 from the beginner series.

Matthew Bauer

Author

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Tutorials

This section offers comprehensive tutorials on a wide range of game development topics. From design to advanced programming techniques, each guide is crafted to help you level up your skills in game creation.

Oct 12, 2014 tutorial

Tower Defense Tutorials Part 3

The third video tutorial of a series which takes you through the process of building a tower defense game.

Matthew Bauer

Author

May 13, 2025 office-sim

How I’m Sharing Prototypes of My Godot Game

Sharing prototypes early helps shape better games. In this post, I show how I use Final Parsec to instantly deploy and share my Godot builds for fast, browser-based feedback.

Baer Bradford

Author

Nov 23, 2014 tutorial

Enemy Detection and Firing

Learn how to detect enemies and shoot projectiles at them. A continuation of the tower defense tutorial series.

Baer Bradford

Author

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Map Generation

Check out some posts related to 2D tilemaps for tower defense games, randomly generated maps for top down 2D games, and guides on pathfinding algorithms.