Arzola

Sales Are Still Here

It wasn’t that long ago since 2017’s Steam Winter Sales ended. With it, I’m positive so did a lot of the bucks from your wallet, but hear me out, because for less than ONE more buckaroo, you can have more hours of fun.

We are talking over 30 hours of minimalist puzzle games for the price of some gumballs:

KNIGHTS 99¢ 49¢ ║ Steam | itch.io

Puzzle game based on a single chess piece, the titular knight.

  • Nearly a hundred hand crafted levels.
  • Minimalist art style for user-friendly experience.
  • An infinite amount of procedurally-generated levels, released every day.
  • Selectable color-blind friendly palette.
  • Relaxing soundtrack and sound effects to delve into the experience.
  • Simple gameplay for anyone to pick up and play.

PEG 99¢ 84¢ ║ Steam | itch.io

 A minimalist board game based on the premise: “Blue eats blue. Red eats red. Until one of each remains.”

  • Over a hundred hand-made levels, divided into several specially crafted boards.
  • Daily auto-generated levels for a never ending experience.
  • A color palette friendly for people with deuteranopia and similar visual complications.
  • Several selections of zen music to fully immerse into relaxation.
  • In-game options that allow gameplay speed tweaking, suitable for different play styles.
  • Fully wordless UI for accessibility that ignores language and age barriers.
  • A simple, yet addictingly complex gameplay for everyone to enjoy.

Get them both EVEN CHEAPER!

Get an ADDITIONAL 15% OFF when you purchase both in bundle! ║ Steam | itch.io

There is a point where a game cannot be placed for a lower price, as the transaction might not be worth it for the platform holder. KNIGHTS is already at that point, I CANNOT sell it cheaper. So meet me halfway? 🙂

That will be all I wanted to say, make sure to get those deals before they are gone 🙂

And Like Always…

Thank you very much for reading my blog 🙂

Arzola

You Can See It, But Never Touch It

When you start using Unity, the first type of “customizable controls” you learn to make, probably involve having a bunch of public variables to tweak during run-time to test.

We all start like that, but if you work a little longer on a project you might realize, that you make some things public just to reference them in another script, NOT to edit them on the inspector.

For example, if at runtime you get a reference to some component to cache it, you might not need the inspector to allow to change it, but you would want to see it anyway to see that it is working as intended.

This little tool was developed with those occasions in mind.

Download The Tool

Once the attribute has been installed in your project, you can now place the attribute on top of any serialized field to have it permanently “locked” but view-able in your inspector: 

[ReadOnly] 
public string myString;

[ReadOnly]
[SerializeField]
private string _myOtherString;

Download it for FREE!

Just keep in mind that this tool only works on fields, and that will not lock things in a DEBUG inspector. But if you don’t mind that (as they are minor pet-peeves more than anything), enjoy~

Visit The GitHub Repository For More FREE Tools

You just read about one of several FREE tools that you can get on the Unity Development Tools Repository. Again, they are FREE so just go see them, there are neat things in there~

See all of the tools!

Hope you find a good use for this tool as I have. It is always present on my projects.
This concludes today’s post, short but sweet.

But Like Always…

Thank you very much for reading my blog :3

Arzola

Make GIFs From Your Screen On The Press Of A Button

If your everyday life somehow revolves into peeking at social media, you may have noticed that GIFs are prevalent in many popular posts. And why wouldn’t they? We are immediately attracted to moving images when browsing through mostly static content.

So naturally, if you want to make eye-catching posts, you should consider attaching GIFs to them.

Which is why as someone that tries to constantly create new stuff for social media, GIFCam was a blessing for my workflow.

GIFCam is a free to download and use tool that, as the name implies, allows you to record your screen and create GIFs from it. In one of the fastest, more intuitive ways to create GIFs, it is hard not to recommend it.

(Incidentally, GIFCam is the tool that was used to create ALL of the GIFs in the blog, so yes, EXTRA thumbs-up. :3) 

Your Go-To Screen Capture To GIF Solution

Before showing you where to get the tool, you should know it comes with a couple limitations.

The tool already comes packed with green-screen tools, size optimization algorithms, framerate recording options, etc. Just note that you WON’T be able to add text on the fly, easily edit the recorded frames, or other meticulous operations. You will need another tool for those edits.

Use It NOW!

However, if you are okay with just that, then do please download it!

Where by the way, if you liked the tool PLEASE DONATE TO THE GIFCam DEVELOPER. You can part ways with the money for a cup of coffee right?

More Software Suggestions HERE

This is but one of MANY tools that you can quickly find in the the Software Suggestions section of the website.

New ones are constantly updated, so check out often!

See More Recommended Software!

What do you think? This tool is pretty neat, isn’t it?
What is better, now you can have it on your arsenal as well. So make good use of it!

But Regardless Of What You Do…

Thank you very much for reading my blog :3