For years, Stellar Tactics has been on the radar of everyone in the ShiVa community as an exceptional project in terms of depth, visual fidelity, gameplay and scope. Game design veteran and Maverick Games founder Don Wilkins took the time to sit down with us and answer our question about his latest creation, his workflow, and the publishing process.Read more …
Building on all the previous tutorials, we are going to put everything we have learned to the test by integrating Google AdMob into our test project. Since it is currently one of the most popular ways to monetize your game, we will be looking at video rewards specifically.Read more …
For part 4 of the Android Plugin tutorial series, we are not going to use plugins at all. Instead, we will be looking at ShiVa’s event hook mechanism and modify the Android Studio project directly. Read more …
In part 3 of the Android Plugin tutorial series, we are going to have a closer look at S3DXAndroidTools.jar, a ShiVa library which makes it easier to communicate with the Android API. With the help of this JAR, we are going to show you how to create a Toast, native message boxes, and set up a message pump to improve stability.Read more …
Welcome back to part 2 of the Android Plugin tutorial series. This time, our C++ plugin will communicate directly with some Java code that is stored inside a Java Archive (JAR) using the Java Native Interface (JNI).Read more …
Welcome to a new tutorial series for ShiVa where we will be looking at various ways to create and use plugins in your Android applications. Part 1 will cover the general setup, the creation of a test project in ShiVa and Android Studio respectively, and look at potential pitfalls in the coding pipeline.Read more …
In this tutorial, you will learn how to adhere to Apple’s recent changes for iOS (SDK 13) by replacing the traditional ShiVa splashscreen with a Launch Storyboard.Read more …
For a few months now, we have been moving all our free plugins, samples and demo builds from the store onto GitHub. You can find us at github.com/ShivaTechOfficial, or simply visit our self-updating page at shiva-engine.com/github.
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Building on all the previous tutorials, we are going to put everything we have learned to the test by integrating Google AdMob into our test project. Since it is currently one of the most popular ways to monetize your game, we will be looking at video rewards specifically.Read more …
For the last few weeks, we have made significant changes to our online services, servers, licensing system, beta program and store. Learn what’s new in the world of ShiVa for Spring 2019!Read more …
