Alan Zucconi

Hi everyone! 👋 After a year of work, I can finally share with you my latest article about xorshift generators! If you have ever used Unity or JavaScript, you have likely used them without knowing. Many engines and framework rely on xorshift generators to produce random numbers. In this long article

Hi everyone! 👋 Over the years, I've worked on a lot of space-related projects, including the Exoplanet Catalogue (a list of all the confirmed exoplanets) and 0RBITALIS. I'm very happy to announce that the longest and most detailed tutorials I've written is a deep dive into orbital mechanics! 🛰️ Th

Hi everyone! 👋 Today I want to share with you the latest tutorial I worked on! It's one of my longest and more complex articles so far, and it's a about a subject I really like: Principal Component Analysis. This is a simple, yet powerful technique used primarily in Data Analysis to reduce the dime

Hi! 👋 Last Friday we run the first AI and Games Conference in London, and it was an absolute blast! 🤩 With over 200 attendees, it was one of the largest European events dedicated to Game AI in the past few years! The event was a collaboration with Tommy Thompson (the voice behind the AI and Games

Hi! 👋 After a long wait, I can finally announce the project I've been hinting at for the past year! 🎉 "Game AI" is an online course designed for game developers and programmers who are keen to learn how Artificial Intelligence is applied in videogames. It focuses on Classical AI, covering popular

Hi everyone! 👋 On Friday 8th November, we are hosting the first AI and Games Conference in London! This is the first event dedicated to Game AI in Europe since 2017, built with the goal to allow for networking, knowledge exchange and supporting the Game AI community! 🎮 The event is in partnership

Hi everyone! 👋 Back in 2021 I wrote a series about creating Minecraft data packs to add functionalities such as guns and fireballs. Three years later, I am writing about Minecraft again to cover a much more advanced topic: plugin development. This is a complete guide that explains how to get starte

A short present to celebrate April Fool's Day. 🐰 (It's also on Twitter if you feel like sharing it!)

Hi everyone! 👋 2023 is almost over, and I think is a good time to let you know what to expect from 2024, and to recap the content I created this year! 🤖 Game AI Course If you've been following me for a few years, I hope you've noticed a gradual shift in my content. When I started this journey, bac

Hi everyone! 👋 This is the fourth, and final part of the new tutorial dedicated to extending Unity into the fourth dimension. In this instalment, we will see different techniques to create various 4D objects, such as tesseracts, hyperspheres and 600-cells (the 4D equivalent of an icosahedron). All

Hi everyone! 👋 I'm reaching out to let you know that my latest documentary about the Fourth Dimension will finally premiere TODAY at 6pm BST / 1pm EST! The video covers the history of the fourth dimension through Art, Movies and Games. It also explains some of the Maths behind hypergeometries, and

Hi everyone! 👋 This is the third part of the new tutorial dedicated to extending Unity into the fourth dimension. In this instalment, we will tackle the most important issue: rendering 4D objects! The first three articles are now public, and the rest of the series is available on Early Access to al

Hi everyone! 👋 This is the second part of the new tutorial dedicated to extending Unity into the fourth dimension. In this instalment, we will start writing the code necessary to represent and manipulate 4D objects. The first two articles are now public, and the rest of the series is available on E

Hi everyone! 👋 Besides being a Lecturer and creating online content, I often work as a Science Communicator. I would like to share with you this talk I gave a few weeks, which briefly explains how ChatGPT works and focuses on guidelines that can maximise your performance and reduce the risks associ

Hi everyone! 👋 This is the first part of a new tutorial dedicated to extending Unity into the fourth dimension. In this instalment we will start exploring hyperspace, from its representation in movies and games, to the best tricks to imagine and visualise what a 4D object would look like. The first

Hi everyone! 👋 It is with great pleasure that I can finally announce a new tutorial series! As you probably know by now, I like to write content that is a bit unexpected... and what is more unexpected than a complete tutorial to turn Unity 3D into Unity 4D? 😎 This series is dedicated to extending

Hi everyone! 👏 If you follow my work, you know that in the past I have talked extensively about video games and maps. This month I want to show you how you can create your very own interactive web-based map with Unity and LeafletJS. 🗺️ If you have a game and would like to create a zoomable slippy

Hi everyone! 👋 A few weeks ago I posted a long article talking about the rise of generative AI, and what it meant for the many people involved in creative jobs (like artists and game developers). To balance things out, I wanted to talk about some more "classical AI" techniques which are still very

Hi everyone! 👋 Long time no see! 😅 If you have been following me from some time, you know that winter is the busiest time for me, so is usually when I am a bit quieter on Patreon! But rest assured, I have been working on quite a lot of cool project! Just to name one, I am currently organising the

Hi everyone! 👋 The ones of you who have been following my blog for some time, might remember my longest series ever about iridescent shaders in Unity. The series focused on diffraction grating, which is one of the main optical phenomena responsible for iridescent reflections. The last two posts, ho

Hi everyone! 👋 The content spree continues! 🤪 This week I am publishing TWO (2!!!) more articles! Part 3: Modelling Kalman Filters Part 4: The Extended Kalman Filter They continue the journey into the secrets of Kalman Filters. In case you missed it, the first two posts are already out: Part 1: Ka

Hi everyone! 👋 This week I am publishing not one, but TWO (2!!!) articles! 🤪 Part 1: Kalman Filters: From Theory to Implementation Part 2: The Mathematics of Kalman Filter These two posts introduce the super interesting topic of Kalman Filters. In case you have never heard of them, Kalman Filters

Hi everyone! 👋 Last month the documentary about the world generation of Minecraft finally premiered on YouTube! 🥳 I would like to thank you all for such a warm reception, as it ended up being the best performing video on my channel so far! 😊 As I always do, I am also publishing a written version

Hi everyone! 👋 For the past year I have been working on a documentary focusing on the world generation of Minecraft. As a Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence AND a massive fan of the game, this was a very rewarding project! It is finally premiering TONIGHT at 7pm BST / 2pm EST! For the occasion, I

Hi everyone! 👋 The second part of the tutorial series about topographical maps in Unity is finally out! This article will cover the edge detection, which is the first step necessary to create real-time maps: Part 1: Topographical Maps: Terrain Shading Part 2: Topographical Maps: Edge Detection This

Hi everyone! 👋 Just a few days ago TUNIC was finally released. I have been following the development of the game since 2015, and one aspect I felt in love with is its secret language. 🦊 This gave me the inspiration to write an article about the use of fictional languages in games. This is not supp

Hi everyone! 👋 It is safe to say that 2021 was ...an interesting year, to say the least! 😅 I just want to take this opportunity to do a recap of the content that I was able to work on publish, along with some hints into what I am working on! Catenaries for Gamedev 🌉 The year started with a series

Hi everyone! 👋 The past few weeks have been quite intense! As many of you know, on top of making online content, I also work as a Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence and Game Development. Going back to campus after 18 months was indeed quite intense! 🔥🧔🏻🔥 While I did not have a chance to finish

Hi everyone! 👋 If you follow this blog, you should know by now that my not-so-healthy obsession for sorting algorithms. This is the preview of an article which talk about a somewhat forgotten sorting algorithm: the Sunrise sort. Unlike any other algorithm, it has the rather bizarre property of bein