https://blog.bitbebop.com Indie Gamedev by Johan Steen 2025-10-08T09:24:59.002Z https://github.com/jpmonette/feed Johan Steen https://x.com/artstorm Game development with Unity, C#, and related technologies to build amazing games as a solodev or small team. https://blog.bitbebop.com/favicon.svg https://blog.bitbebop.com/favicon.ico Copyright 2025, Johan Steen <![CDATA[Unity Test Runner with TeamCity]]> https://blog.bitbebop.com/unity-test-runner-teamcity/ 2024-04-12T02:25:00.000Z

Run Unity tests from a TeamCity build configuration in a DevOps pipeline.

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]]> Johan Steen https://x.com/artstorm <![CDATA[Gitea Status Checks with TeamCity]]> https://blog.bitbebop.com/gitea-teamcity-status-checks/ 2024-03-20T08:17:00.000Z

Setup TeamCity to publish Gitea Status Checks in a DevOps pipeline.

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]]> Johan Steen https://x.com/artstorm <![CDATA[Blitloop Devlog #1: Introduction]]> https://blog.bitbebop.com/blitloop-devlog-1-intro/ 2023-12-03T07:19:00.000Z

The first devlog episode documenting the making of Blitloop, a next-gen retro game built with Unity.

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]]> Johan Steen https://x.com/artstorm <![CDATA[SpriteKit Safe Area]]> https://blog.bitbebop.com/spritekit-safe-area/ 2023-03-24T09:43:00.000Z

Handle the screen's safe areas with collapsing margins in a SpriteKit SKScene.

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]]> Johan Steen https://x.com/artstorm <![CDATA[Game Event System with Swift]]> https://blog.bitbebop.com/game-event-system-swift/ 2022-05-30T12:05:00.000Z

Build an event system with Swift for a highly modular game architecture using isolated game systems without hard dependencies.

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]]> Johan Steen https://x.com/artstorm <![CDATA[Game Center Achievements with Swift]]> https://blog.bitbebop.com/game-center-gkachievement-swift/ 2022-05-08T04:04:00.000Z

Use Swift to manage Game Center Achievements and report progress with decoupled condition logic.

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]]> Johan Steen https://x.com/artstorm <![CDATA[Sprite Component in GameplayKit]]> https://blog.bitbebop.com/swift-gameplaykit-sprite-component/ 2022-05-01T04:04:00.000Z

Use a dedicated sprite component with GameplayKit using Swift to decouple rendering from transformations.

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]]> Johan Steen https://x.com/artstorm <![CDATA[Game Input System in Swift]]> https://blog.bitbebop.com/swift-game-input-system/ 2022-04-24T08:42:00.000Z

Build a rock solid and reusable game input system in Swift. It works with all of Apple's game frameworks and is device agnostic.

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]]> Johan Steen https://x.com/artstorm <![CDATA[Transform Component in GameplayKit]]> https://blog.bitbebop.com/gameplaykit-transform-component/ 2022-04-17T05:08:00.000Z

Create a transform component for GameplayKit in Swift to get a clean and robust API for everything related to position, rotation, and scale.

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]]> Johan Steen https://x.com/artstorm <![CDATA[Batch Remove System for GameplayKit Entities]]> https://blog.bitbebop.com/gameplaykit-remove-component/ 2022-04-10T07:42:00.000Z

Flag and batch remove objects from the game world by using a GameplayKit component and component system with Swift.

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