✦ JVDesignStudio Workshop

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Interactive courses for building games, characters and accessories from scratch. Every course is free, beginner-friendly, and designed for doing not just reading.

🎮 Godot 4 ⚡ JavaScript 🐍 Python ⚔ MUGEN 🎭 Roblox 🏰 C++ 🎯 GML ⚙️ Unity 🔺 Unreal 🆓 All Free 👶 Ages 8+
The Workshop
Courses24
Live builders14
Free downloads17+
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Build Something Real

Every course is free, hands-on, and runs in your browser. Pick a section and start building.

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Mod a real game with Python & JavaScript — shops, plugins, balloon rescues
2 Courses
OpenRCT2 Modding with Python

OpenRCT2 Modding with Python. Add Custom Shops & Items to Your Park

Learn real Python modding concepts dictionaries, lists, loops, functions, file I/O by building custom stalls and menu items for OpenRCT2. Watch your park update live. 12 steps, ages 11+.

OpenRCT2 Swim Rescue

OpenRCT2 Swim Rescue. Save Your Guests with a JavaScript Plugin

Write a real OpenRCT2 plugin detect guests falling into water, spawn balloon rescue markers, and fly them to safety with a state machine. The v2.0 plugin ships in the real game! 13 steps, live simulation.

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Build real playable games live in your browser no downloads, no setup
5 Courses
JavaScript Platformer Builder

JavaScript Platformer Builder. Build a Mario-Style Game Live in Your Browser

Fill in the numbers gravity, jump force, enemies, health, attack range and watch your platformer update live. 10 steps, real JavaScript concepts, ages 11+.

Python Game Builder

Python Game Builder. Build a Dodge & Collect Game Live in Your Browser

Write real Python step by step and watch your game run right on the page. No downloads, no setup. 10 steps from blank screen to playable game. Ages 11+.

C++ Tower Defence Builder

C++ Tower Defence Builder. Design a Full Tower Defence Game Live in Your Browser

20 steps grid, towers, enemies, 4 tower types, upgrades, boss waves and wave scaling. Real C++ concepts, ages 11+.

GML Shooter Trainer

GML Shooter Trainer. Write Code, Move, Shoot, Survive

A 4-level coding game write GML-style code to move the player, use input, shoot bullets and survive enemy waves. Live code execution in the browser.

Sci-Fi Runner Builder

Sci-Fi Runner Builder. Build an Endless Runner with Live Controls

A browser-based sci-fi endless runner with live controls for speed and spawn rate. Mouse-controlled player, dynamic obstacles, collision detection.

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Build real Unity games with C# — the industry standard game engine
3 Courses
Unity Top-Down Shooter

Unity Top-Down Shooter. Build a Real Game with C# from Scratch

Learn C# and Unity from absolute zero MonoBehaviour, variables, the game loop, Input, Instantiate, collision detection, coroutines, and wave spawning. WASD to move, Arrow Keys to shoot. 10 steps, complete beginner, live preview.

Unity 2D Platformer

Unity 2D Platformer. Characters, Physics & Scene Management

Physics-based movement with Rigidbody2D, colliders, jumping, animations, enemy AI, collectables, scene loading, and UI health bars. 10 steps, complete beginner, live preview.

Unity 3D Platformer

Unity 3D Platformer. C#, Physics & Scenes

Build a full 3D platformer in Unity CharacterController, 3D physics, camera systems, lighting, audio and more. 25 steps, complete beginner, live preview.

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Unreal Engine 5 lueprints and C++ for the industry-leading 3D engine
3 Courses
Nuclear Blueprint Cover

Unreal Blueprint Shooter. Build a Top-Down Shooter No Code Needed

Build a Nuclear Throne-style top-down shooter in Unreal Engine 5 using Blueprints. Learn nodes, events, variables, collision, AI, and HUD 25 steps, live preview, no coding needed.

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Unreal C++ Top-Down Shooter. Nuclear Throne-Style in UE5

Build a Nuclear Throne-style top-down shooter in Unreal Engine 5 with C++. Learn Actors, Enhanced Input, collision, AI, HUD, and more 25 steps, live preview, complete beginner.

Nuclear Blueprint. Wire Blueprints to Build a Roguelite

Wire Unreal Blueprints to build a Nuclear Throne-style roguelite design your starting weapon, clear rooms, find new weapons, choose mutations, and fight bosses. 30 steps, live preview.

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Godot 4 and GDScript free, open-source, and brilliant for beginners
3 Courses
How To Godot

How To Godot. Build Your First 2D Platformer from Scratch

A step-by-step guide to building a 2D platformer in Godot Engine 4. Characters, coins, goals, and game logic written so a complete beginner can follow along.

Space Invaders Tutorial

Build Space Invaders from Scratch in Godot 4

11 chapters covering GDScript, scenes, signals, collisions, enemy waves, and a complete playable game. Type every line yourself — ages 8+.

Godot 4 Starter Templates

Godot 4 Starter Templates. Four Complete Projects Ready to Build From

Download a complete working Godot 4 game, open it, and start building. Platformer, Asteroids, Space Invaders, and Tower Defence — each one ready to take apart.

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MUGEN fighting games, 3D modelling, pirate ships — niche and brilliant
6 Courses
Add Your Own MUGEN Stage

Add Your Own Stage to MUGEN. A Beginner's Lesson from Scratch

Never touched MUGEN before? This 7-step beginner lesson walks you through building a working stage with parallax scrolling and an animated torch. Includes a free starter pack.

MUGEN Workshop

MUGEN Workshop. Build Your Own Fighting Game Character from Scratch

Three-part course MUGEN basics, Fighter Factory 3, and custom stage creation. Includes 10 downloadable files: guides, cheat sheets, project briefs, and a .DEF template.

Pirate Cannon Builder

Pirate Cannon Forge. Build a 3D Cannon Step by Step with Live Controls

15 interactive steps barrel, muzzle, cascabel, trunnions, carriage, wheels and more. Adjust every dimension with sliders, see it update in real-time 3D, and export as OBJ.

Pirate Ship Builder

Pirate Ship Shipyard. Build a Full 3D Galleon with 20 Interactive Steps

Hull, masts, sails, cannons, crow's nest, rudder, anchor, figurehead, flags, rigging and more. Resize every part with sliders, animated ocean water, save your designs, and export as OBJ.

SteamPunk Airship

Steampunk Airship Builder. Design a Victorian Flying Machine in 3D

Build a full steampunk airship step by step hull, envelopes, propellers, funnels, cabins, rigging and more. Resize every part with live controls and export your design.

Roblox Creator Journey

Roblox Creator Journey. Build Your Own Cosmetics from Scratch

A step-by-step interactive guide to building t-shirts, clothing, and 3D accessories in Roblox Studio using free tools no experience needed. Designed for ages 12+.

📖 Behind the Scenes
How Things Were Made
5 articles
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Building VoidRush. A Neon Space Runner in Pure JS

Three lanes, a fuel mechanic, a void entity with glowing tentacles, and a parallax starfield. How each system was designed and how they fit together to create tension.

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Designing a Match-3 Game. Cascades, Combos & Fever Mode

The surprising complexity behind a "simple" puzzle game. Grid state management, cascade detection, combo multipliers, and why the fever mode timer changes everything.

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Writing Lumo. From Invisible Struggles to a Purple Fox

How a personal experience with anxiety became a children's picture book about quiet courage. The writing process, character design decisions, and why the Grumble-Grit is green.

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Designing JVDesignStudio.com 30 Pages, Zero Frameworks

Why the whole site is hand-coded HTML and CSS. The colour system, component architecture, dark mode, and the decision to make every page a self-contained file.

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