If you’re curious about the software--or game development in general--consider picking up this Unity 2D Game Developer Bundle, which offers 15 hours of coursework for just $40.

Throughout this course, you'll create a dungeon escape adventure game using 2D animations, all the while fine-tuning your C# programming skills with intermediate concepts like class inheritance ...

In part two of this tutorial we look at adding hazards, multiple platforms, ground detection and much more to create a basic but fun platformer.

You don't need coding experience to create your first game — just a free game engine, a vision, and passion. Read on to learn how to make a video game.

This final installment discusses how to add levels, collectibles and more to finish a simple 2D platformer for Android! All assets and scripts included.

You can also make 2D games with Unity (more on that in a second), but Cocos2D is a bit easier to get into if you're just starting out (and you already know C++, obviously).

Unity, the popular "build once, deploy anywhere" 3D game engine, is going 2D. At the company's UNITE conference in Vancouver this morning, CEO David Helgason announced three things: official ...

Nearly half of the world’s games are built with Unity, which is particularly popular among mobile game developers.