Game Development Forum

Hi, C# in VS2008 using Tao.Freeglut and Tao.OpenGl I am required to create a 3d Tetris game. I have a menu named BuildMenu [CODE=C#] private static void BuildMenu(){ submenu1 = Glut.glutCreateMenu(selectMessage); Glut.glutAddMenuEntry("New Game(N)", 1); Glut.glutAddMenuEntry("Reset(R)", 2); Glut.glutAddMenuEntry("Quit(Q)", 3); Glut.glutAttachMenu(Glut.GLUT_RIGHT_BUTTON); } [/CODE] using these code I can make a menu pop …

I'm looking to create a 3D environment for an escape-the-room game that I'm making with Flash. I'm hoping I'll be able to do it with the 3D features of Adobe Illustrator but am unsure. I need to be able to move the view-point angle in the pictures to take the …

just wanna ask...if how can i create a game? in wat platform? is it only on C++? or i can use other platforms??:$

[CODE] package myDxBall; import java.applet.*; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import java.awt.Shape; import javax.swing.*; import javax.swing.event.*; /* <applet code="myDxball.class" width=670 height=300> </applet> */ public class myDxBall extends Applet implements Runnable,MouseListener,KeyListener{ static Rectbar Recob[] = new Rectbar[45]; Thread th; int x_pos = 5 ; int y_pos = 50; public static int radius …

I'm creating my first FPS game, in MS Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition with Dark GDK. I've created a level and so on, and now I'm updating my enemies. My ninja enemies have different .x files for different states, example: one for idle and one for attack. I can't manage …

I return to the embrace of allegro and the setup of it in VS2008 is so troublesome, can someone please help me? I followed a video in youtube, and for future, I type the action into a text file, here it is: [QUOTE]1) Copy the contents of E:\Raymond\game programming\allegro-msvc9-4.2.3\bin to …

I'm making a shop for my game, I opened a Fresh thing of code for this so this is the only code I'm running, I just want to get this to work before I put it into my actual game. anyway what the problem is, is that no matter what …

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Hi guys, I'm planning to make a car game & for that I'll use Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 for programming, directX 10 for the graphics, & Nvidia PhysX engine for the physics. The problem is that I can't find any tutorial of directX and Nvidia PhysX, I only find of …

I'm making a simple text RPG game that I will later (once i get the code running well in the text version) put it to graphics and so on. Basically what this code is doing is, there's a monster that the user just killed. based on that monsters level that's …

Hi there, I'm currently struggerling to come up with a game concept and need some thoughts or ideas. 1)My criterea are that it can't be a graphicle game so needs to be text based or very light on using images. 2)Must be 2D mainly to conincide with point 1 3)my …

I'm coding a game right now and everything works great that i want to have working right now, but there's a minor bug that i know of. this is that when the player enters their name, and the name has spaces, the code just closes. here's the part of code: …

Just a simple question. Where do i start? Ive tried learning c++ a few times and gave up, but found some nice tutorials and im back in the mood to learn. I really dont know what i want to accomplish when it comes to making programs. But, i figured id …

I am going to build a 3d racing game but i failed to make sky. Can anyone tell me that how can i create sky in game Please tell me some methods or tricks for creating sky. Also can anyone give me example program which is compile-able so that i …

Hello. A couple of years ago I developed a game using C with the GLUT library. I originally developed it on an older machine on which the game ran fine. Now when I have a newer and faster machine the game runs so fast that it's impossible to actually play …

Hello, I am having trouble with using polymorphism: [CODE] #include <list> #include <iostream> class a { virtual void foo() { std::cout << "a" }; } class b { void foo() { std::cout << "b" }; std::list<a> listOfA; b objectOfB; listOfA.push_front(objectOfB); for (std::list<a>::iterator it = listOfA.begin(); it != listOfA.end(); ++it) it->foo(); …

I am Sandeep Dave. I am animator and designer. I am flash game (cooking games, dress up game, escape game, shooting game, any flash game developer).

Okay so I'm a total beginner and I can't figure out this thing. These are the simple instructions: [B]Add a plane (Space>>Add>>Mesh>>Plane) - (This will only work while the Mouse Cursor is positioned over the 3D View window).[/B] I'm using Blender version 2.55 on my macbook pro. I hover over …

Hey everyone! I have been working on some c++ code which point tracks a user and extrapolates their co-ordinates within 3D space. i have the co-ordinates in c++ stored as variables and would like to use these variables within the Blender game engine to position an object within the scene. …

Hi, I'm in the process of writing an Android game, and I need just a little bit of help with some physics. I do not wish to implement an entire physics engine, as, 1) I have already tried the Java port of Box2D on an Android device, and there is …

Hello everyone, I am just interested in knowing if there is just a way to view the code of an application or game. If not, is it just for privacy?...(I figure this may sound stupid but I just want to make sure.) ~Thanks

Hi Guys, I'm currently underway developing an in-house 3D game engine for my studio here in Australia. I'm new to the gaming industry and obviously still an indie developer, though I've modded games for a couple of years now. However, I have quite a few years experience (4-5) in software …

Hi all, I am new to game programming for my own interest. I just tried to use allegro to draw something according to a tutorial online. But I have a little problem, below is my code: [CODE]#include<allegro.h> int main() { int x = 10; int y = 10; allegro_init(); set_gfx_mode(GFX_AUTODETECT_WINDOWED, …

please any one show me a pac man source code

I am trying to learn to program with glut. In a tutorial, I see the author created 2 projects, one is win32 console application, another is win32 application. If I happen to use int main() in win32 application/ WinMain() in win32 console application, the project will be dead. I would …

Hey guys, I am currently looking into making my own flash game. I'll have my bachelor's degree in computer science next year so I am pretty familiar with programming. I am pretty bogged down with school work, but I still want to be able to create a few simple games …

i am making a 2d side scroller and have got the enemy's and the player and the controls all working but i am trying to make a array of my ammo class for the enemy class to use, i have made 10 separate enemy's and i made 10 separate ammo …

Hi all, Can I ask you all, what kinds of tool/api you use to write 2d game such as chess or mario?? And does a 3d api capable of making 2d game?? Currently I am using allegro as a start, is allegro old?? Thank you all!

This is a piece of code I copied from a tutorial of allegro. When I changed the window width and height to 800, the program just crash, what happened? set_gfx_mode( GFX_AUTODETECT_WINDOWED, 800, 800, 0, 0); buffer = create_bitmap( 800, 800); [CODE]#include <allegro.h> #include <cstdlib> #include <time.h> int x = 100; …

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I'm just thinking of learning basic 3d modelling(just as a hobby) and wanted to know whether you guys recommend 3ds max or Blender. I do have 3ds max, but I mostly use Ubuntu rather than Vista.

What is the difference between absolute and relative position in 3D?

I am a budding game programmer trying to get into the industry programming for PS3, Xbox 360. The main problem I see is the need to demonstrate my skills to a potential employer, but without access to Dev kits for the PS3 or Xbox 360, doing this directly is impossible. …

Hi guys; Just like I said in the <title>, How can I install JBullet in Netbeans? Do I need to write the Monotone commands? 1:0 case:1 then how do I get the mtn commands, is just because it shows this output<< "mtn" is not recognized as an internal or external …

Hi I am doing a game design course and am in my last year. The title of this thread is the title I have chosen for my final year project. My aim is to produce a program that will mimic the effects of weather conditions on a model in an …

Hi, I've just started reading about OpenGL and I found out that this is a really low level api. I've created some simple 2d games in xna and sfml and now I want to try my hands at 3d and OpenGL. I've already learned that I can't simply load a …

ok, i am relly messed up...im currently developing a flash game..and there in frame 1, i have many instances (movieClip), event listeners, etc. But the problem is, when i tell it to go to the next frame, it shows an error saying this cannot be found or other things... how …

Whatever directX program i run gives this error. I am seriously getting pissed by this error. Cant find in which line too. Somebody please help me out.

So I have this problem, I have just started learning DirectX 9 with the Strategy Game Programming with DirectX 9.0 book, I have a header including this code: [CODE]class TileClass { private: int*m_iValue; int m_iNumLayers; float *m_fRotX; float *m_fSize; public: TileClass(); ~TileClass(); int iGetValue(int layer); void vSetValue(int value, int layer); …

Currently making a space invaders game using a game engine framework from my university called EGG. It tackles all the DirectX for me and even has collision detection. All I have to do is add the game code into the framework using c++. At the moment I'm finding it hard …

Hi, beginner to directX following a tutorial to set up a simple window. nothing fancy just the window. Two errors. [CODE] error C2065: 'wndHandle' : undeclared identifier error C2065: 'WndProc' : undeclared identifier [/CODE] These errors are present in [QUOTE]InitWindow.cpp[/QUOTE] Heres my code [B]WinMain[/B] [CODE] /****************************************************************** * This is the …

Hi, Iam writing a algorithm that generates buildings using shaders and vertex buffers. Lets not go deep into it. What i need is. How to implement Field of Vision (FOV) in such a scenario ? How can i restrict the user's view ? Hope my question is clear enough.. Waiting …

Hello, I need a simple open source audio library that can be used to play music and sound effects for C/C++. The audio files that I use are mp3, midi and ogg. My operating systems are Windows XP and Linux (Ubuntu). I need that the library be able to play …

Hi, I'm working on a multiplayer internet game. I decided to use UDP protocol, as it's faster than TCP. The problem is that UDP doesn't have an established server-client connection which makes it impossible for me to send data from server (with public ip) to a client (with non-public ip). …

guys,,, m doin my final year BE-cse...i need a career advise..my passion is game design (not coding) like char,areas,etc...but if sme1 really teach me the easiest way to code definetly i will copeup..what is the scope for game designers now a days..??? i want tis information to pursue my higher …

My friend downloaded Unity3d to get started in 3D game development for our site; but found out it costs. We are tight on budget and need a free solution for the time being. Thankyou so much for your help.

Having the following message when trying to run my DirectX10 application. A screen shot of the message is attached. Would appreciate help with this and just before someone asks yes I have DirectX10 installed. Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this thread. Thanks.

Hi I'm making a game in Python with the use of Soya3d. I can load all the models and textures in Soya3D but the animation that i made for the models doesn't get imported. It keeps asking for a cfg file and is was wondering how I could fix that …

[URL=http://img690.imageshack.us/i/12946613.jpg/][IMG]http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/7592/12946613.jpg[/IMG][/URL] why is there a hole in my cube when I rotate it like this? colors: front side is red back side is white left side is blue right side is green top side is yellow bottom is teal

I am in an artificial intelligence class. We got our semester long project. We have to build a game of dragon checkers. The game has been created by our professor. It is very similar to animal checkers only a little bit more complex. I have played both animal checkers and …