https://arkodegames.com/articles/ Writing on level design, game development and building things. en-GB Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:41:23 +0000 https://arkodegames.com/articles/arkode/the-great-arkode-improvement-survey/ tag:arkodegames.com,2021-05-23:20210523000002 Sun, 23 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 For those who are new here, welcome! I and my mod team run a programming community hub on Discord and welcome you to join. https://arkodegames.com/articles/arkode/ tag:arkodegames.com,2021-05-23:20210523000001 Sun, 23 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 The studio I co-founded on Sheffield Hallam's Enterprise scheme in 2019: what we built, how we ran it, and what a year of doing it in public taught me. https://arkodegames.com/portfolio/isoengine/isoengine-update-06-05-2020/ tag:arkodegames.com,2020-05-06:20200506000001 Wed, 06 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 So quarantine and personal issues have meant slow progress for both of us here at Arkode, but that doesn't mean we haven't made important advancements for the project! https://arkodegames.com/articles/arkode/productivity-while-working-from-home/ tag:arkodegames.com,2020-04-27:20200427000001 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 As many of us are facing the prospect of working from home, I thought I'd write briefly about my experience with it. https://arkodegames.com/portfolio/isoengine/isoengine-update-08-04-2020/ tag:arkodegames.com,2020-04-08:20200408000001 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Explanation of absence. https://arkodegames.com/articles/arkode/arkode-past-present-future/ tag:arkodegames.com,2020-03-17:20200317000001 Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Where we started. https://arkodegames.com/portfolio/isoengine/isoengine-update-05-03-2020/ tag:arkodegames.com,2020-03-05:20200305000001 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 So I just wanted to quickly explain last weeks absence, both for the blog and for the YouTube channel. https://arkodegames.com/articles/arkode/moving-to-jira-and-kaban-for-our-project-management/ tag:arkodegames.com,2020-03-03:20200303000001 Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 At the highest level, Kanban is a methodology by which to organise and develop projects, but before I go into too much detail on the subject, I just want to say that I am very new to kanban as a concept. https://arkodegames.com/portfolio/isoengine/isoengine-update-21-02-2020/ tag:arkodegames.com,2020-02-21:20200221000001 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 So due to having to catch up on last weeks content schedule (in part to my day off and trip to IKEA that I wrote about in the last post), this week will be short and sweet. https://arkodegames.com/portfolio/isoengine/isoengine-update-17-02-2020/ tag:arkodegames.com,2020-02-18:20200218000003 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 So again, we've had a bit of a weird week last week, which is why this is going up a bit late, but rest assured I am working hard to catch up on the work I've missed. https://arkodegames.com/articles/the-use-of-a-structure-of-arrays-for-storing-dynamic-information-in-games-programming/ tag:arkodegames.com,2020-02-18:20200218000002 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 This topic is going to be quite different from the norm today in that I'm going to start talking about more technical aspects of my work. https://arkodegames.com/portfolio/isoengine/isoengine-update-07-02-2020/ tag:arkodegames.com,2020-02-07:20200207000001 Fri, 07 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Hi everyone! So this week has been really fun for us, as we've been getting all of our old content re-released on our new central channel (look up Arkode on YouTube), and we're nearly done. https://arkodegames.com/articles/arkode/operating-at-your-best-as-an-entrepreneur/ tag:arkodegames.com,2020-02-04:20200204000001 Tue, 04 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Being an entrepreneur is tough. Even the word entrepreneur itself evokes an image in my head of someone who's always busy, is fueled by coffee and barely has a social life. https://arkodegames.com/portfolio/isoengine/isoengine-update-31-01-2020/ tag:arkodegames.com,2020-01-31:20200131000001 Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 This week is just going to be a quick one. https://arkodegames.com/articles/arkode/making-a-productivity-planner/ tag:arkodegames.com,2020-01-29:20200129000001 Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 I said some time ago that I was going to make this blog post, explaining in more depth something that I started doing a few months ago. https://arkodegames.com/portfolio/isoengine/isoengine-update-24-01-2020/ tag:arkodegames.com,2020-01-27:20200127000001 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Hi again everyone! Feels like it's been ages since we kept you guys updated (sure there's room for a date related 2020 joke somewhere here, but I've taken a vow not to do them haha https://arkodegames.com/articles/arkode/value-based-social-media-marketing-for-start-ups/ tag:arkodegames.com,2020-01-22:20200122000001 Wed, 22 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 It's no secret that social media marketing can at times be a difficult venture. https://arkodegames.com/portfolio/isoengine/isoengine-update-08-12-19-optimizing-our-voxel-engine/ tag:arkodegames.com,2019-12-08:20191208000001 Sun, 08 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Firstly, I want to apologize for getting this up so late (almost a week!). https://arkodegames.com/articles/arkode/skill-development-for-new-businesses/ tag:arkodegames.com,2019-12-03:20191203000001 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 I'm sure anyone reading this is under no illusion that creating a business is easy.