Sebastian Lague

Welcome to the first episode in a series on creating a simple character in Blender. (http://blender.org)

Download reference images:
http://i.imgur.com/7LPDejZ.jpg (front)
http://i.imgur.com/Bjfeafn.jpg (side)

Download blender file:
http://www.blendswap.com/blends/view/77613

If you're struggling with this tutorial, try this series instead: https://youtu.be/ocLZNRasU64?list=PLFt_AvWsXl0djuNM22htmz3BUtHHtOh7v

FAQ:
Q: My background images won't show up after dragging them in.
A: Ensure that your view is properly aligned (press 1 on numpad to set view from front). You also need to be in orthographic (as opposed to perspective) view. You can toggle between ortho and perspective with 5 on the numpad. If, for whatever reason, simply dragging the images in does not work for you, you can also add them manually by pressing 'n' to open the properties panel, navigating to the 'Background Images' section near the bottom, and pressing "Add Image".

Q: Pressing the numbers only changes frame/layer.
A: You need to press the numbers on the numpad (as opposed to the top row of numbers). If your keyboard does not have a numpad, go into preferences and in the input tab check 'emulate numpad'.

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Or a once-off donation through PayPal:
http://bit.ly/SupportGamedevTutorials

Blender Character Creation: Modelling

My attempt at creating a little chess playing program!
Think you can beat it? Give it a go over here: https://sebastian.itch.io/chess-ai

If you'd like to support the creation of more videos (and get early access to new content), I'd greatly appreciate the support here: https://www.patreon.com/SebastianLague

Project Source:
https://github.com/SebLague/Chess-AI

Learning Resources:
https://www.chessprogramming.org/Main_Page
https://web.archive.org/web/20071026090003/http://www.brucemo.com/compchess/programming/index.htm
https://github.com/MartinMSPedersen/Crafty-Chess

If you're interested in a video about some weird and interesting chess strategies, I highly recommend taking a look at this video by suckerpinch (and all other videos on that channel too!)
https://youtu.be/DpXy041BIlA


Chapters:
00:00 The Board and Pieces
03:20 Generating Moves
06:54 A Random Adversary
07:52 Optimization and Testing
12:11 Search and Evaluation
17:43 Easy Endgames
20:00 The Transposition Table
23:03 Openings
25:09 Game One
26:06 Game Two
27:01 Game Three
28:05 Game Four

Music:
Devoted Mind by Wild Colors
Intuition by Lincoln Davis
Wonderland by Shimmer
Selfless by Eleven Tales
Floating Point by Roie Shpigler
Nobility by Wicked Cinema
A Quiet Place by Jordan White
Air by Assaf Ayalon
Heart Wide Open by Sounds Like Sander
Thoughts by Anbr
Deep Blue Sea by Sivan Talmor
Flight of the Inner Bird by Sivan Talmor
Kings and Queens by Wicked Cinema

Coding Adventure: Chess AI

I know nothing about electronics, but thought it'd be fun to try create a (super simple and extremely terrible) video game console.

I was inspired to start experimenting with this after stumbling across the fascinating videos of  @Ben Eater. If you found this video at all interesting, I'd highly recommend taking a look at his channel for some much more advanced stuff!

If you'd like to help me create more videos, you can support the channel on Patreon over here: https://www.patreon.com/SebastianLague

The source code for this project (console/game scripts + Unity music editor) is probably not of much interest to anyone, but you can take a look here if you want: https://github.com/SebLague/Monster-Console

LED control library:
http://www.wayoda.org/arduino/ledcontrol/

Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Twisting" and "Perspectives" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:17 Arduino Uno
0:37 Joystick Input
2:53 High Definition Display
3:29 Audio
4:36 Coding Some Games
6:05 Constructing the Console 
7:53 It's Alive!

I Created a (terrible) Video Game Console

A little exploration of some of the fundamentals of how computers work. Logic gates, binary, two's complement; all that good stuff!

The simulation tool is now available for download!
You can find it here: https://sebastian.itch.io/digital-logic-sim
Along with source code over here: https://github.com/SebLague/Digital-Logic-Sim

If you'd like to support the creation of more videos (and get early access to new content), I'd greatly appreciate your support here: https://www.patreon.com/SebastianLague

See the full playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFt_AvWsXl0dPhqVsKt1Ni_46ARyiCGSq

Resources and Inspiration:
https://www.youtube.com/c/BenEater
https://www.coursera.org/learn/build-a-computer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two%27s_complement

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:50 Logic Gates
03:09 The Simulation
05:06 Binary Numeral System
06:16 Binary Addition Theory
07:24 Building an Adder
12:11 Negative Numbers Theory
15:08 Building the ALU
17:43 Outro

Music:
"A Quiet Place" by Jordan White
"A New Perspective" by Ryan Smart
"Beyond the Horizon" by Sounds Like Sander
"Crystal Bursts" by Cody Martin
"Air" by Assaf Ayalon
"Elastic Vibe" by Ziv Moran
"Gotcha!" by Avocado Junkie

Images:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_tube#/media/File:8863-Project-Whirlwind-CRMI.JPG

Exploring How Computers Work

A little experimental game I've been working on recently, where you fly around a tiny version of the world and deliver packages to various cities. Would love to hear any ideas you might have about how this could be taken further!

The next episode about this project's development is now available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXD97l7ZT0w

The source files for this project are available here: https://github.com/SebLague/Geographical-Adventures.
If you'd like to support my work, and get early access to new videos and projects, please consider becoming a Patron of the channel over here: https://www.patreon.com/SebastianLague

Earth data from:
https://www.naturalearthdata.com/
https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gridded_bathymetry_data/
https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/collection/1484/blue-marble?page=2

Music:
Faith - Michael FK
It Will Come Back - The Stolen Orchestra
Icicle Caverns - Cast of Characters
On Earth - We Dream of Eden
Nightingale - Emorie
Heart Caligraphy - Cody Martin
Cosmic Waves - Michael FK
Living - Borrtex
Wonderland - Shimmer
Falling Through the Hourglass - Sid Acharya
The Art of Loneliness - ANBR
Another Time Another Place - Sounds Like Sander
Summit - Gray North
Parachutes - Michael FK

Chapters:
0:00 Intro (feat. Ori)
0:36 In Which a Cube Becomes a Sphere
2:06 Topography and Bathymetry 
2:38 Latitude and Longitude Conversions
3:24 A Vertically Exaggerated World
6:10 Flying About the Planet
7:35 Frustum Culling Optimization
8:20 Generating a Normal Map
10:09 A Splash of Colour
10:39 Countries and Cities
12:06 Drawing Borders
13:07 Country Highlights
15:37 Drawing the Oceans
18:01 Some Gigantic Boats
20:05 Cloud Experiments
24:08 Custom Shadow Casting
25:39 Atmosphere Test
26:44 Parachuting Packages
28:00 Let's Play!
31:27 Outro (feat. Ori and Beemo)