https://paulstapel.com/categories/gamedev/Recent content in GameDev on Paul's ParticlesHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usSun, 20 Jul 2025 15:33:42 +0200https://paulstapel.com/setting-up-monogame/Sun, 20 Jul 2025 15:33:42 +0200https://paulstapel.com/setting-up-monogame/In the spirit of working on Game Development, I wanted to quickly share with you my current directory structure. Creating a good structure for your projects can be quite the task, as there are many ways to go about it. Besides that, there isn’t really any clear guidance to be found online (in my opinion). Therefore, I wanted to share my approach. It may not be perfect, but it works for me.https://paulstapel.com/handling-user-input2/Sun, 06 Jul 2025 20:16:21 +0200https://paulstapel.com/handling-user-input2/Here we are again, back with the second part of this 2-part series on input handling. Last time, we looked into how to use polling, commands and states to represent a lot of what can be done with inputs. Complex games, however, operate in a slightly different way. We will be looking at three ways to use events in our input handling, and how this can further elevate our engine.https://paulstapel.com/handling-user-input/Sun, 06 Jul 2025 12:10:42 +0200https://paulstapel.com/handling-user-input/So I have slowly been working on a game lately, and I wanted to share some of the problems I face and my solutions to those problems. I find that a definitive guide to input handling was something I could not really find online, and although input handling can be done in simple ways, I’d like to make a system to make it more robust and extensible. I wanted to share my findings and opinions here, as I have found that there is not enough information about this topic online.