Web Dev Archives - Richard Fu

Optimizing Scalable UI Elements with Pixi.js NineSlicePlane

November 3, 2023November 3, 2023
by Richard Fu

Transitioning from Unity to Pixi.js, one noticeable absence was the sliced sprites, especially when working on resizable UI elements like progress bars. Thankfully, Pixi.js offers a comparable component known as NineSlicePlane, which resembles Unity’s sliced sprites in function. Although there are few resources and examples available for NineSlicePlane, this article aims to delve deeper into its behavior and outline how it aligns with my expectations.

TL;DR: The code used in this article is available on CodePen.

Web Dev

Develop House-Ads API With Laravel For Mobile App/Game

September 11, 2021September 19, 2021
by Richard Fu

You’re probably familiar with house ads (or cross-promotion ads) in mobile games. Famous game publishers like Vodoo use house ads extensively to cross-promo their products. While you can put the house ads locally and pre-built them in the apps, having a server to serve the API and assets can give you live control of the ads. You can also use this as app event notices, to gives dynamic information and interaction with your users. This article will walk you through how to create the API calls with Laravel step-by-step.

Web Dev

Develop Redeem Code API With Laravel For Mobile App/Game

June 1, 2021September 11, 2021
by Richard Fu

Have you ever wanted to add a redeem code feature to your game or app? A redeem code system is always useful for rewarding your users and boost user retention in events, or compensate the angry users for any particular bugs. While there are quite a few free or paid third-party solutions on the market, but making your own gives you more control and customized features as you would like. This article will walk you through how to create API calls and simple console pages with Laravel step-by-step.

Startup

Setup Free External Mailboxes in Wix and Avoid Spammed

April 24, 2020October 16, 2020
by Richard Fu

We use Wix to build up our Block 42 website. It is a great tool that makes web design easy and saved us a lot of time, even saved us the need to hire/outsource a professional web designer/developer.