
# Really New Website

We have launch a new website! This time developed using [NextJS](https://nextjs.org/).

Why? Because the previous stack we were using ([gatsby](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/) and gatsby's plugins) was difficult to maintain and had to develop new stuff over it since its a framework more complex.

Enjoy! 🚀


We have launch a new website! This time developed using NextJS

Really New Website


# New Genoma Games Website

Hi! Genoma Games' web has been migrated to [Gatsby](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/) since its a framework made with JavaScript and it is one of the few languages we feel more comfortable working with.


Hi! Genoma Games' web has been migrated to Gatsby since its a framework made with JavaScript and it is one of the few...

New Genoma Games Website


# How to install Android build support with Unity Hub 3-beta

Recently I had to install Unity 2020.3.16f1 to update an old game developed with Unity 2017. This game was made for Android, and since I'm using Unity Hub 3.0.0-beta.2 (I'm only using it because it has a black theme), I had to install the required modules for "Android Build Support" to be able to compile the game and see if it worked with the new Unity version. It turns out that the installation of that modules is a bit buggy.

If you are trying to do the same (or close enough) and you are receiving the following message:

```
Failed to delete old Unity Android Support Installation files. Maybe Unity or some of its tools are still running?
```

Follow the next steps.

1. Quit all Unity instances
1. Quit Unity Hub (Ensure it is not still running on the system tray)
1. Remove the next folder `Unity/Hub/Editor/2020.3.16f1/Editor/Data/PlaybackEngines/AndroidPlayer` in your Unity Hub's installation files
1. Edit `Unity/Hub/Editor/2020.3.16f1/modules.json` (you'll need admin privileges)(you can [format the json file here](https://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/)) and update all related "android" items to has its property `"selected"` to `false`
1. Copy `Unity/Hub/Editor/2020.3.16f1/modules.json` to `Unity/Hub/Editor/2020.3.16f1/modules.json.bk` (This is your backup)
1. Edit the file `Unity/Hub/Editor/2020.3.16f1/modules.json` and replace all the "android" related file paths using the following rule:
   - Rename `AndroidPlayer` to `AndroidPlayerTmp` and the folder next to `AndroidPlayer` (SDK, NDK, OpenJDK) to be the item's `"id"` value
   - Example with item with `"id"` `"android-ndk"`:
     - `"{UNITY_PATH}/Editor/Data/PlaybackEngines/AndroidPlayer/NDK"` -> `"{UNITY_PATH}/Editor/Data/PlaybackEngines/AndroidPlayerTmp/android-ndk"`
     - `"renameFrom": "{UNITY_PATH}/Editor/Data/PlaybackEngines/AndroidPlayer/NDK/android-ndk-r19"` -> `"renameFrom": "{UNITY_PATH}/Editor/Data/PlaybackEngines/AndroidPlayerTmp/android-ndk/android-ndk-r19"`
1. Start Unity Hub and install all "Android Build Support" related items
1. Once it is finished, you should found a `{UNITY_PATH}/Editor/Data/PlaybackEngines/AndroidPlayerTmp` folder with all the folders with the "id" names. If not, you can download the content from the property "downloadUrl" of the item (I had to do this with "android-sdk-platform-tools")
1. Copy each item folder content back to its "AndroidPlayer" original destination (You have this info in your `modules.json.bk` file)
1. Edit `Unity/Hub/Editor/2020.3.16f1/modules.json` android items file paths to their original value (You have this info in your `modules.json.bk` file)
1. Unity should be able to compile your project for Android by now

Happy Game Dev! :space_invader:


Install Android Build Support on Unity 2020.3.16f1 using Unity Hub 3.0.0-beta.2

How to install Android build support with Unity Hub 3-beta

# How to Update a Project's Unity Version

Learn how to upgrade your project's Unity Version. We will update a Unity project using Unity 2020.1.0b13 (Beta) to Unity 2020.1.0f1.



## Requirements

To follow this Unity tutorial you will need to:

- [Install UnityHub](https://unity3d.com/es/get-unity/download)
- [Install Unity](./how-to-install-unity-2020.md)

## Installing a new Unity Version

We already had a Unity version installed, [Unity 2020.1.0b13 (Beta)](https://blogs.unity3d.com/es/2020/03/17/unity-2020-1-beta-is-now-available-for-feedback/), and a new one has been released, [Unity 2020.1.0f1](https://blogs.unity3d.com/es/2020/07/23/unity-2020-1-is-now-available/).

First, you will need to install Unity's new version, if you used **Unity Hub** to install the previous one, the process is the same, you can follow the steps in [**How to Install Unity 2020 Tutorial**](./how-to-install-unity-2020).

![01-Unity_Hub_Installs_with_new_version_installed](/posts/assets/2020-07-24-how-to-update-a-projects-unity-version/01-Unity_Hub_Installs_with_new_version_installed.png)

## Updating Project's Unity Version

Before upgrading your project's Unity version, checkout Unity Manual's section [**Upgrade Guides**](https://docs.unity3d.com/2020.1/Documentation/Manual/UpgradeGuides.html), this way you can be sure if your project is ready to be upgraded or if you need to make changes in it before attempting to upgrade it.

To update the Unity Version of a project, go to **Projects** section and click on the select input to choose the newly installed version.

![02-Unity_Hub_Project_Unity_version_selection](/posts/assets/2020-07-24-how-to-update-a-projects-unity-version/02-Unity_Hub_Project_Unity_version_selection.png)

After selecting the new Unity version you will need to open the project, Unity Hub will show an alert dialog informing that the project's version is going to be updated and where Unity will place the logs of the upgrade process.

![03-Unity_Hub_Project_Unity_version_upgrade_alert](/posts/assets/2020-07-24-how-to-update-a-projects-unity-version/03-Unity_Hub_Project_Unity_version_upgrade_alert.png)

Press the **CONFIRM** button, and the new Unity editor will proceed to update the project's references and dependencies.

![04-Unity_Project_open_in_progress](/posts/assets/2020-07-24-how-to-update-a-projects-unity-version/04-Unity_Project_open_in_progress.png)

When Unity finishes, you will see the Unity editor with your project again, running in a new version.

![05-Unity_Project_opened](/posts/assets/2020-07-24-how-to-update-a-projects-unity-version/05-Unity_Project_opened.png)

We are done!

Happy Game Dev! :space_invader:

Learn how to upgrade your project's Unity Version. We will update a Unity project using  Unity 2020.1.0b13 (Beta) to Unity 2020.1.0f1.

How to Update a Project's Unity Version


# How To Create a Unity 2D Project

In this article you will **learn how to install create a Unity 2D PRoject** using UnityHub 2.3.2 in order to **start developing 2D games**.

## Requirements

To follow this Unity tutorial you will need to:

- [Install UnityHub](https://unity3d.com/es/get-unity/download)
- [Install Unity](./how-to-install-unity-2020.md)

## New Unity Project

To **start a new Unity 2D project**, open **UnityHub**, go to **Projects** section and then click on the **NEW** button:

![00-UnityHub_2.3.2_New_Project_Button](/posts/assets/2020-07-16-how-to-create-a-unity-2d-project/00-UnityHub_2.3.2_New_Project_Button.png)

UnityHub will show up the new project form with multiple [Project Templates](https://docs.unity3d.com/2020.1/Documentation/Manual/ProjectTemplates.html) to choose.

> Project Templates provide preselected settings based on common best practices for different types of Projects. These settings are optimized for 2D and 3D Projects across the full range of platforms that Unity supports.

> **2D Template** Configures Project settings for 2D apps, including Texture (Image) Import, Sprite Packer, Scene View, Lighting, and Orthographic Camera packages

Choose the **2D** Project Template. You will need to provide a **Project Name** (This value will also be used as the directory name containing the project) and a **Location** to your file system to where the project will be created. In this example we are setting this values to **Genoma Invaders** and **`C:\Users\alber\develop\games`**, next you just need to press the **CREATE** button.

![01-UnityHub_2.3.2_New_Project_Panel_with_2D_selected](/posts/assets/2020-07-16-how-to-create-a-unity-2d-project/01-UnityHub_2.3.2_New_Project_Panel_with_2D_selected.png)

This will create a new directory, in this example **`C:\Users\alber\develop\games\Genoma Invaders`**, containing all the project files.

```bash
Genoma Invaders
├── Assets
│   └── Scenes
│       └── SampleScene.unity
├── Library
├── Logs
├── Packages
├── ProjectSettings
└── UserSettings
```

<small>

_**Note:** Some files and folders have been omitted from the file tree to favor readability._

</small>

UnityHub will open the project with **Unity**:

![02-Unity_2020.1.0b13_(Beta)_blank_2D_project](</posts/assets/2020-07-16-how-to-create-a-unity-2d-project/02-Unity_2020.1.0b13_(Beta)_blank_2D_project.png>)

That will be all, you are ready to start working in your **New Unity 2D Project**.

Checkout [Unity 2020.1 Manual "Starting Unity" Chapter](https://docs.unity3d.com/2020.1/Documentation/Manual/GettingStarted.html) for more info.

Happy Game Dev! :space_invader:


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# How To Install Unity 2020

In this article you will **learn how to install Unity 2020.1.0b13 (Beta)** using UnityHub 2.3.2 in order to **start developing games**.



_**UPDATE:** [Unity 2020.1 is no longer in beta](https://blogs.unity3d.com/es/2020/07/23/unity-2020-1-is-now-available/) but you can still use this guide for stable releases_

## Requirements

To install Unity you will need to install first [UnityHub](https://unity3d.com/es/get-unity/download).

## Unity Installation

Now to **install Unity** start UnityHub and go to **Installs** section and then click on the **ADD** button.

![00-UnityHub_2.3.2_Add_Install_Button](/posts/assets/2020-07-02-how-to-install-unity-2020/00-UnityHub_2.3.2_Add_Install_Button.png)

Then select the Unity version you would like to install, in this case **Unity 2020.1.0b13 (Beta)** and click **NEXT**.

![01-UnityHub_2.3.2_Install_Unity_Panel_with_Unity_2020.1.0b13_(Beta)_selected](</posts/assets/2020-07-02-how-to-install-unity-2020/01-UnityHub_2.3.2_Install_Unity_Panel_with_Unity_2020.1.0b13_(Beta)_selected.png>)

Check the box of **[Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/es/vs/)** to install it as it will be the [IDE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_development_environment) you will be using for coding.

![02-UnityHub_2.3.2_Install_Unity_2020.1.0b13_(Beta)_Panel_with_Microsoft_Visual_Studio_Community_2019_selected](</posts/assets/2020-07-02-how-to-install-unity-2020/02-UnityHub_2.3.2_Install_Unity_2020.1.0b13_(Beta)_Panel_with_Microsoft_Visual_Studio_Community_2019_selected.png>)

You will have to agree to Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 License terms.

![03-UnityHub_2.3.2_Install_Microsoft_Visual_Studio_Community_2019_Panel](/posts/assets/2020-07-02-how-to-install-unity-2020/03-UnityHub_2.3.2_Install_Microsoft_Visual_Studio_Community_2019_Panel.png)

After that you will see a box with a loading bar meaning that the installation of Unity and Visual Studio is in progress.

![04-UnityHub_2.3.2_Installs_Section_with_Unity_2020.1.0b13_(Beta)_being_installed](</posts/assets/2020-07-02-how-to-install-unity-2020/04-UnityHub_2.3.2_Installs_Section_with_Unity_2020.1.0b13_(Beta)_being_installed.png>)

Once the installation completes you will be ready to open or start a new project with Unity 2020.

Checkout [Unity 2020.1 Manual "Installing Unity" Chapter](https://docs.unity3d.com/2020.1/Documentation/Manual/GettingStartedInstallingUnity.html) for more info

Happy Game Dev! :space_invader:

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How To Install Unity 2020


# P2D Devlog v0.4.0 - Player Mechanics Improvements and Game World Outlining

Another step towards a better game! This one almost appears to be a step back, the created scenes have been removed but in exchange, there is a huge world to be shaped.

You can check the [previous devlog](../09/p2d-devlog-v0-3-0-enemies-and-new-location) if you missed it.

## TL;DR;

- Defined the outline of the game world waiting to be shaped
- Improve player movements, now jumping, running and attacking feel more organic
- The player can now attack while on air
- Now the game loads the areas progressively without load screens
- Implemented a pause menu
- Now the game works on iPhone and Android and it will run at 60fps
- The whole game logic has been improved (game management, inputs, menus, enemies...)

> Don't miss the GIFs! Scroll a little bit

## Detail

The biggest change in this version is **the world** and the **level progression mechanic** followed by improvements in several game mechanics and systems (a better core a better game)

### The World

The whole world outline has been designed, meaning that now the game can be played from beginning to end, there's no content yet so the player walks along plain and empty landscapes ready to be shaped with more interesting forms and to be filled with enemies, objects, decoration...

![Whole World Outline](https://i.imgur.com/sBa4xAd.gif)

You can complete the game as it is now in around 15 minutes. Now the challenge is to fill and expand that time width fun and challenging scenery.

### The new level loading system

The old screen fading to change between levels has been replaced for a progressive loading system. No more loading screens.

![New Level Loading System](https://i.imgur.com/lYso4er.gif)

Although it is likely that the screen fade system will be used to pass through doors.

### Movement Improvements

The movement logic has been changed to be a little more organic. The player and other walking things now have a small acceleration time, this allows the player to make more precise movements.

![Player Movement Improves](https://i.imgur.com/IDUkZBE.gif)

It could be improved more but at this moment it's fine.

### Air Attack!

In the previous version the game included a new type of enemy (bats), now the player can fight them by attacking while jumping.

![Player now can attack while on air](https://i.imgur.com/iKHQIBl.gif)

### Menus

A new pause menu has been added to access to the main menu while on gameplay (or to take a break)

![Pause Menu](https://i.imgur.com/5rpZXGp.gif)

## Nobody thinks in the future?

The plan now is:

- Forest zone levels content
- Dungeon zone levels content
- Work on the game world and leveling
- More enemies
- New mechanics

## Don't miss it!

You can find out earlier about these changes in [@GenomaGames](https://twitter.com/GenomaGames)


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# P2D Devlog v0.3.0 Enemies and New Location

This is the third devlog of the project P2D (Name to be defined). The change of this version compared to [the previous one](../05/p2d-devlog-v0-2-0-polishing-and-destructibles) are very interesting. There has been new features and mechanics with more polishing over actual things.

### TL;DR;

- The player can now look up and down making the camera tilts
- New country-ish location
- The game now has **enemies** each with different logics:
  - Bats (caves)
  - Boars (caves and country)
- Add and improve particles among the game
- More decoration on levels
- Improve custom Physics logic
- Improve camera system
- Improve levels sprites (switch from 16 tiles tilesets to 47 tiles tilesets)
- The player will not move when attacking
- When the player suffers damage will be thrown away

**Keep reading to see some GIFs!**

### Details

This version has been focused on adding 2 different types of enemies and a state logic that manages their behavior. Also, there has been several improves to the player mechanics and in the environment including a new location.

#### Enemies

The game now has some hostile NPCs, **bats and boars** , each one with a different logic, movements and attacks.

The enemies include a **state system** that could be used in the future for more types of NPCs ( **N** on **P** layable **C** haracters). This system manages the state of the NPCs in the game. A **state** is like when an enemy has detected the player, it passes from **neutral state** to **hostile state** and starts attacking the player.

The player now will encounter **boars** on some locations that will charge against if they see him.

![Boar Enemy](https://i.imgur.com/gNdcpHy.gif)

Now the caves are inhabited by bats, they will be sleeping hanging in the ceiling until the player gets closer, then they will chase the player until losing him.

![Bat Enemy](https://i.imgur.com/sSccgWz.gif)

![Enemies](https://media.giphy.com/media/4GY3obDxCho9HlJSRY/giphy.gif)

#### Player Moves Improvements

The player mechanics have been improved for a more pleasant the gameplay and to make some things feel more natural according to the game.

Now the player can look up and down (without moving) to see what is above or under him.

![Player Looking Up and Down](https://media.giphy.com/media/4QEQxY4U8eiI37TtJG/giphy.gif)

Controls while jumping has changed, when the player is in the air can move and change his direction, slower than if he where in the ground, and the jump height can be altered depending on how long the jump button is pressed. This could change in the future but at this moment it feels pretty good.

![Player Jumping](https://media.giphy.com/media/OPwxxuiO1icr69DJsR/giphy.gif)

If the player attacks while moving he will stop moving to land the attack.

![Player Moving and Attacking](https://media.giphy.com/media/1itJg84KaGIU3ANiGr/giphy.gif)

If the player takes damage he will be thrown away at the incoming attack direction.

![Player Taking Damage](https://media.giphy.com/media/9DcC8MtQxbg9LNEvrc/giphy.gif)

#### Improves in Camera System

Now the camera switch side when the player alters his looking direction.

![Player Changing Camera Direction](https://media.giphy.com/media/p43W9QFKQxsPyyIUeh/giphy.gif)

#### New Game Country Location

Now there is a new set of sprites to create country-ish locations!

![Country Location](https://media.giphy.com/media/ozjF8ZMxh17T5JMy2n/giphy.gif)

### What's Next?

- First history based levels
- Public **Alpha Game Release**
- More enemies
- Attack while jumping
- Polishing

### Stay Tuned

You can follow the project progress on [@GenomaGames](https://twitter.com/GenomaGames)


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# P2D Devlog v0.2.0 Polishing and Destructibles

This is the second devlog of the project P2D (Name to be defined). The changes made in this new version are not that huge of [the previous ones](../04/p2d-devlog-v0-1-0-getting-started). The main reason for this is the iteration over the things made and the polishing and analysis of that should come next.

### TL;DR

- Improves in **jump** movement
- Some **color** palette changes
- Improves in **camera** behavior
- Added one-way **platforms** and implemented in the actual levels
- The player can now **attack** by throwing a punch
- Improve **menu buttons** appearance

**Scroll down to see some GIFs!**

### Details

This milestone has been mostly for iterating over the things done in the last version, I've spend some of the time analyzing and defining what the game has and how everything connects, trying to have a big picture to figure out what is the next step.

#### Color Change

By playing the game in different devices the color palette seemed darkened, some of the colors have been changed to improve the game appearance.

![Color Palette Changes](https://i.imgur.com/QjuUeUq.gif)

#### New Camera System

The old camera system that was a small script in charge of following the player has been changed by [Cinemachine](https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/essentials/cinemachine-79898) tool, this will let me implement some cool stuff like camera boundaries or camera animations without losing too much time developing this things.

![Unity Cinemachine System](https://i.imgur.com/ax5ERdy.gif)

#### Destructible Boxes and Punch Attack

The hero can now attack and inflict damage with a punch! Currently there is only wooden boxes around but it is start. Next step is polish this system and controls to result comfortable to the player.

![New Attack Controls](https://i.imgur.com/h26DNEN.gif)

#### New Menu Buttons

The main menu buttons have been replaced by new pixelated ones.

![New Menu Buttons](https://i.imgur.com/TlWWxpr.png)

#### Jump Improves and One-Way Platforms

What would be a platformer without traversable platforms? Not a platformer. I've created a couple of wooden platform tiles and implemented to them the one-way platform component included in Unity.

![Platforms and Jump Improves](https://i.imgur.com/GIjVsKA.gif)

### What's Next?

The is a lot of analysis pending and iterations but this time I need to move forward a little further so the next changes will be bigger, just to list some of the next possible implementations:

- New location
- Decoration
- Some FX
- Collectibles / Items
- Improves on the attack system
- Score System

### Stay Tuned

You can follow the project progress on:

- [Twitter @GenomaGames](https://twitter.com/GenomaGames)
- [Imgur](https://genomagames.imgur.com/)
- [Tumblr](https://genomagames.tumblr.com)
- [Itch.io](https://genomagames.itch.io/project-p2d)
- [Game Jolt](https://genomagames.gamejolt.io/project-p2d)


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# P2D Devlog v0.1.0 Getting Started

This is the **first devlog** for the **new project** codenamed **P2D** I'm working on. It's still a prototype more than a game and I'm yet trying to find the correct mechanics for the gameplay experience I'm looking for.

### TL;DR

I removed all my gamedev progress and started from zero.

**New mechanics!**

- **Movement**: The player can move around with his legs.
- **Jumping**: The player jump around with his legs.
- **Camera Follow**: There will be some magic entity that will follow you very smoothly filming whatever you're doing.
- **Health**: The player have health, is a living thing
- **Damage**: The player can be damaged losing health
- **Dead**: The player can die respawning where he started the level

**New gameplay experiences!**

- **Move and jump** around the world with the smoothest **camera follow** ever.
- Currently the only thing that could **kill you** is **fall damage**.

Scroll down to see some screenshots and GIFs!

### Wiping the Dust

This project has some past. Here is some old stuff I did time ago before sticking to something simpler:

![Old Concept Art](/posts/assets/ghost-posts-images/2018/04/Concept.png)

I get to implement those tiles and the main character and some animations but the thing is that I last too much in finishing this assets and the feeling were of doing slow progress. So I decided to dump all the progress I did and start clean with a simpler idea and very basic mechanics.

### Clean Start

I did a character concept with a small pixel ratio and a few animations, which let me spend less but enough time doing art:

![Player First Animations](https://i.imgur.com/sDojV70.gif)

And then I create a small level concept animated by hand:

![First Game Concept Animation](https://i.imgur.com/0U2gb8F.gif)

With this assets I could make a very very simple game, but was enough for me to keep with the project without losing enthusiasm. What I also did was spamming my friends and teammates with my progress in the game, this helped me a lot since any bit of attention were a pretty good point to continue with the project.

Also at the same time Unity released the [2D Game Kit](https://unity3d.com/es/learn/tutorials/s/2d-game-kit) to help people without code knowledge start developing 2D games. Guess what? I have a small experience with Unity3D and C# programming but I took advantage of this and used some of their scripts to have some things working without losing too much time thinking, like the respawn logic or the scene controller.

### Core Mechanics

I defined in a flowchart the **core mechanics** of the game (movement, jump, camera follow, health, damage and dead) with small descriptions of what I want this mechanics to be like. I also spend some time defining some game history like how the world is, what is going on or some superadvanced mechanics, just for fun and to see a bit of the big picture and not get bored with simpler stuff.

### Results

With my core mechanics defined I started developing the game with some of the core mechanics. I've end up having a small prototype where you can move around with this character (name to be defined) jumping over a bunch of platforms made from the same tileset, testing how the game feels and gathering as much feedback as I can from the people that played it.

Once I had the health, damage and dead mechanics I implemented **fall damage**. If you fall from a great height you'll die:

![Implemented Fall Damage](https://i.imgur.com/u6K4jyV.gif)

Then I implemented level transitions to load new areas:

![Zone Swapping](https://i.imgur.com/cpdLGT6.gif)

And finally a small **Start Menu** to have something that feels more like a game:

![Start Menu](https://i.imgur.com/gXJXsZt.png)

### Now what?

Now I iterate over and over and over until having a game. Next thing to make will probably be:

- Attack
- Health Points
- Destructibles
- Collectables
- A new tileset

### Stay Tuned

You can follow the project progress on:

- [Twitter @GenomaGames](https://twitter.com/GenomaGames)
- [Imgur](https://genomagames.imgur.com/)
- [Tumblr](https://genomagames.tumblr.com)
- [Itch.io](https://genomagames.itch.io/project-p2d)
- [Game Jolt](https://genomagames.gamejolt.io/project-p2d)


This is the first devlog for the new project codenamed P2D I'm working on. It's still a prototype more than a game and...