https://ryanflores.dev/blog Ryan Flores is a C# software engineer who builds tools for other developers: internal dev tools at AVEVA, Unity editor tooling, and Go build tooling. en-us rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://ryanflores.dev/blog/building-my-first-game https://ryanflores.dev/blog/building-my-first-game I go over my week 4-5 development on my first game! Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Game DevelopmentUnityCSharp https://ryanflores.dev/blog/crystal-chaos-project https://ryanflores.dev/blog/crystal-chaos-project A tower defense game made in Unity Tue, 27 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) CSharpUnityGame DevelopmentProject https://ryanflores.dev/blog/crystal-chaos https://ryanflores.dev/blog/crystal-chaos I revisit an my Tower Defense Game. Mon, 02 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Game DevelopmentUnityCSharp https://ryanflores.dev/blog/dimension-dissension---week-1 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/dimension-dissension---week-1 Challenges with player animation, but made progress with combo tracking. Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Game DevelopmentUnityCSharp https://ryanflores.dev/blog/dimension-dissension---week-2 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/dimension-dissension---week-2 State machines, and a basic quest system using inheritance. Sun, 08 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Game DevelopmentUnityCSharp https://ryanflores.dev/blog/dimension-dissension---week-3 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/dimension-dissension---week-3 I focused on player movement, basic combat, and climbing mechanics. Sun, 15 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Game DevelopmentUnityCSharp https://ryanflores.dev/blog/dimension-dissension-project https://ryanflores.dev/blog/dimension-dissension-project A roguelike game that is inspired Risk of Rain! Wed, 11 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) CSharpUnityGame DevelopmentProject https://ryanflores.dev/blog/gbjam11-hopscape-project https://ryanflores.dev/blog/gbjam11-hopscape-project I go over my entire first-ever GameJam experience, and, spoiler alert, it was amazing! Wed, 20 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) CSharpUnityGame DevelopmentLeaderProject https://ryanflores.dev/blog/hopscape-my-gbjam11-adventure https://ryanflores.dev/blog/hopscape-my-gbjam11-adventure My first ever game jam!! Mon, 30 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) GameJamUnityCSharpLeaderGame Development https://ryanflores.dev/blog/kitchen-chaos-project https://ryanflores.dev/blog/kitchen-chaos-project A cooking simulator game! Sat, 11 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) CSharpUnityGame DevelopmentProject https://ryanflores.dev/blog/math-frenzy-tooling https://ryanflores.dev/blog/math-frenzy-tooling An all-in-one Odin-powered editor for creating and tuning Math Frenzy's charms Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) CSharpUnityGame DevelopmentTooling https://ryanflores.dev/blog/pong-remake-project https://ryanflores.dev/blog/pong-remake-project A remake of the famous Pong game. Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) CSharpUnityGame DevelopmentProject https://ryanflores.dev/blog/project-shmup-project https://ryanflores.dev/blog/project-shmup-project Another attempt at the Roguelike genre. Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) CSharpUnityGame DevelopmentProject https://ryanflores.dev/blog/super-hangman-project https://ryanflores.dev/blog/super-hangman-project My very first game released on Steam! Sun, 05 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) CSharpUnityGame DevelopmentProjectRelease https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tooling-in-unity https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tooling-in-unity I started working on tools for Unity Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) ToolingUnityCSharpGame Development https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-1 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-1 The Grand Design. Thu, 18 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Game DevelopmentUnityCSharp https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-10 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-10 I can apply upgrades to the HUB and turrets. Sat, 27 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Game DevelopmentUnityCSharp https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-11 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-11 I make a UI canvas to handle upgrades. Sun, 28 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Game DevelopmentUnityCSharp https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-12 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-12 Health bars for all! Mon, 29 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Game DevelopmentUnityCSharp https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-13 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-13 Time to create some abilities! Wed, 31 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Game DevelopmentUnityCSharp https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-14 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-14 Generator Upgrades! Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Game DevelopmentUnityCSharp https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-2 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-2 Basic scene setup & enemy logic. Fri, 19 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Game DevelopmentUnityCSharp https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-3 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-3 The HUB takes damage through the use of interfaces. Sat, 20 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Game DevelopmentUnityCSharp https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-4 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-4 Turret Rotation and Targeting! Sun, 21 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Game DevelopmentUnityCSharp https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-5 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-5 Enemies have health and turret can shoot. Mon, 22 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Game DevelopmentUnityCSharp https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-6 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-6 Spawning Enemies with an Object Pool! Tue, 23 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Game DevelopmentUnityCSharp https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-7 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-7 I got resources to generate! Wed, 24 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Game DevelopmentUnityCSharp https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-8 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-8 Generators have upgrades now. Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Game DevelopmentUnityCSharp https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-9 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/tower-defense-game---part-9 Spending Our Hard Earned Resources! Fri, 26 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) Game DevelopmentUnityCSharp https://ryanflores.dev/blog/weekly-gamedev-standup-1 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/weekly-gamedev-standup-1 My weekly standup for game development! Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) CSharpUnityGame Development https://ryanflores.dev/blog/weekly-gamedev-standup-2 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/weekly-gamedev-standup-2 My weekly standup for game development! Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) CSharpUnityGame Development https://ryanflores.dev/blog/weekly-gamedev-standup-3 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/weekly-gamedev-standup-3 My weekly standup for game development! Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) CSharpUnityGame Development https://ryanflores.dev/blog/weekly-gamedev-standup-4 https://ryanflores.dev/blog/weekly-gamedev-standup-4 My weekly standup for game development! Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT rryanflorres@gmail.com (Ryan Flores) CSharpUnityGame Development