Game Development Forum

Hey everyone, still pretty new to this site although I have used it many times to help me through problems i have had in the past. I am currently going to school for game programming and have been learning C++ the past few quarters. So far we have only worked …

[I]I'm not sure which forum this should be in so please move if inappropriate.[/I] I've tried several different approaches and have not been successful with any. What I need is a routine that will take x amount of items (teams) and schedule them against each other. This isn't a tournament …

Can VB be of any use in game development. I have a VB software and have been trying to know how to use it better I know someone knows better.Advice pliz..

I've learned c++ and understand most of it (There are a few parts i dont get but i just read over that again and i understand it). I have a book that has taught me the very basics of game programming. Its almost like reading the same book over again!!! …

Peter Molyneux, the man behind Lionhead Studios and the fantasy based series, Fable, spoke at a TED Global (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) conference in Oxford on Tuesday, reintroducing Milo, the “virtual human” software that utilizes Microsoft’s upcoming Kinect controller for the Xbox 360. This is the first time Milo has …

A recent study by Texas A&M International University found that contrary to popular belief, violent video games can actually aid in alleviating stress. The beneficial findings are a sharp contrast to the otherwise bleak shadow cast in recent years by narrow-minded big wigs trying to get ahead in the polls …

A new game development company, [URL="http://www.direwolfdigital.com/"]Dire Wolf Digital,[/URL] has officially announced itself to the world today and could be prepared to make a big splash in the gaming world come 2011. [ATTACH=right]15818[/ATTACH]The company shows some strong potential given their current make-up of seasoned veterans in the gaming and business world …

plz teach me how to create a role playing game using c++ or any programming language?

Hi, Yesterday when I was testing my game out, written from scratch, my DirectX debugger suddenly started spewing out this error code after a couple of runs of the program. Now, this error appears just a couple of seconds after the program goes fullscreen and starts rendering some graphics and …

I have been trying to make a drop-down console for my game. I have gotten the console to "drop-down" and all that, but when it comes to input, I have issues (things crash when the user types stuff). In the this particular source file, I have the main function which …

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Hello everyone, I'm new and I have next to no experience with c++ and I wish to learn. So, these questions may seem ridiculous, and they probably are but, please answer. What is a game engine and how to make one (in a nutshell)? How long, if I have no …

Hello, I have a simple idea for a gaming application tool. I would like to create a small tool for an online game that I play. [B] The tools objective will just be to alert the user through a sound that will play as soon as there is any type …

I know a lot of c++ but don't know how to apply it in games. What should I do???

Hi Was wondering if anyone did know of a way to convert games (to get involved with companies) to convert games in Windows to Linux ? put like a opengl wrapper around the DirectX stuff as such. without using wine(x). I would like to have UT3 on a linux platform …

I saw this s/w once at a museum - and i wanna know if i can build something like it for a project that i need for college It consists of: A screen, with a bunch of drums scattered around, and when you stand in front of the screen u …

How would you make a game pretty close to impossible to hack? Please post to help.

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has just sat down after speaking for an hour to deliver the coalition Government's 'Emergency Budget' to a crowded and noisy House of Commons - and it's not good news for the games industry. Of interest to those in the IT industry in …

Hi everyone My teacher want me to create a game but i dont know where will i start. I suggested to her that i will use vb.net as my language but she said that vb.net have the component or somethin about directx so i will have to start from crap …

I have read a c++ primer and want to make a game. I read up a little on video games, how there made, parts of it, and if you know any iformation, just throw it at me. Thanks, nwhitfield

I've always loved games and decided to pick up dev as a new hobby. I'm aiming to do something like Johnny Lee and track head position for a VR display. I've heard it called frustum correction or the "portal effect". [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw"]Here is a link to see what I'm talking about.[/URL] …

me and my friend wanted to play age of empires 2 the conquerors expansion on multiplayer...........we used hamachi......the game could detect the hamachi ip but we could not find each of our games.... can someone tell me hoe to play age of empires 2 on multiplayer properly using hamachi.plz help …

I am new to software development. I just started to read software engineering by Ian Sommerville and just fell in love with software development. I want to learn the C++ language. What is the best approach to quick and clear understanding and use of the language. I want to develop …

In screen coordinate system i.e top left corner = (0,0) and bottom right corner = (800,600), How can we find the equation of a line given ? Also how the intersection point of this line can be calculated with the screen boundary ?

What is windows.h. I've googled it and never found any tutorials or anything. Please help.

Does anyone know a place where I can get a copy of Maya 4.0? I've already checked the standard venues, such as Ebay and Google. I have a plugin for a game editor (DEdit) that only works with this version of Maya. I'm doing level design in DEdit and trying …

Hey.....I want to be a game developer...i started learning game programming 2 months ago...and i selected java for it and i was reading killer game programming book....After reading quite good part of book i have come to know that java is not suited for game programming....Now i'll be having holidays …

Hey everybody i need help for a project im doin.I need to find out how people use math in the making of video games.What kind of math do they use and how??? Can u guys PLEASE HELP ME?!?!?!

Hello Daniweb, I am writing a game engine in C++ with SDL, and am faced with a problem. I need to store the sprite animation coordinates for every different animation in a different array. The problem I am facing is, since I am putting the arrays in one single Player …

Hi, I have a slot game written in flash actionscript 1.0 , all the data is inside the .fla file. This game communicates with a PHP file and gets some data from it,and updates a database based on the wins or loses of the player.(in the php file,the credit of …

I want to create a basic Football manager game in Java, can someone suggest the best place to look for reference and guide help or has someone created one of these games or something similar that could share their experience.

[ATTACH=RIGHT]15121[/ATTACH]Last Friday marked the 30th anniversary of one of the most beloved and recognized video games of all time, [URL="http://pacman.com/en/about"]PAC-MAN[/URL] (released in Japan by Namco). In celebration Google changed it's logo to resemble the board from the game that marked an era. This tribute to PAC-MAN on Google's home page …

I'm working on a text based escape the room game. I've finished it but whenever i enter the command 'help' or most any other, the command executes and does what it's meant to but instead of returning to where it was before the command, the game has an error and …

Hi there, I am a High School CS student and I'm making a simple version of Deal or No Deal for my final project. I'm an trying to figure out how to find the money value in the player-chosen case and mark that cash value off of the fakeBoard. I …

Anyone out there good with 3D math? Unfortunately, I am definitely not. I need a formula to calculate pan, a value between -1 and 1. -1 is full sound on left speaker 0 is equal sound on both speakers 1 is full sound on right speaker Given values are: The …

Hi i am trying to make a jump and run game kinda like mario. i have been following a tutorial so im not completly sure how the playing map is generated i want to add more jumps, ledges and make it bigger basically. I have no idea how to do …

Sry about the last post :D my braind failed on me .. so here is the deal .. i need a litle help .. half of the program is done .. there are just mising parths .. if somone can fill them ? ( im just a begginer.. ) rest …

heyyy..i wana develop game in open gl using C++..bt cant gettng any idea... plz gv suggestion...abt car race game oor any other

Hi :) Well, I have an idea for a text based game that runs in the browser, but I have no idea how to code it. I am looking for someone who is good at coding and would like to help me out a bit! :) The game would be …

Bleh, that title seemed a bit too long to me...couldn't really think of a shorter way of wording it though. Right, I'll try and encapsulate the problem as best I can. I'm currently, as per the title, attempting to create a c++/DirectX multiple windowed swap chained system which can handle …

Hi All, I'm developing some simple C++ windows forms application games using visual studio.net 2008, and am looking for some ways to distribute the game to paying customers. I'm starting with Intel's appup distribution, but that's only just starting to take off. Any suggestions?

hi, i want to make a car race game but i don't get the idea for moving the user car and opponent's car..... Can you suggest me :icon_confused:?

ok here it is, I am basically teaching myself to program which is going so good so far.I am doing a client-server program which is just a basic chat and then i can move on from there and improve, probably use it in a game afterward.Now as I have never …

iam student in uni, need to know how to write a program for a game that has lucky number and unlucky number in two dimentional array which consists of 25 cells... please help me!

Hi all I'm learning to use OpenGL but im having trouble with my compiler I'm using CodeBlocks but i keep getting the gl/glaux.h: No such file or directory and a couple of error: syntax error before "xxx" I don't know if I need to install any OpenGL stuff as I …

hi to everyone :) [CODE] If c >= 17 Then PictureBox17.Location = PictureBox16.Location End If If c >= 16 Then PictureBox16.Location = PictureBox15.Location End If If c >= 15 Then PictureBox15.Location = PictureBox14.Location End If If c >= 14 Then PictureBox14.Location = PictureBox13.Location End If If c >= 13 Then …

my son gave me this pc , I am trying to play a game but it seems i am missing something called direct3d. can this be downlaoded free somehere on the net?

I want to make Flash games like on addicting games, BUT $700 for Adobe Flash!?! I can't afford that! So how can i use an Adobe Flash alternative and to make games?

Hello, I have a somewhat basic question about Dark GDK. I am taking Dark Basic courses, and converting the code to Dark GDK (not a difficult task), because I am unwilling to spend $60 on an inferior compiler. I am taking a complete FPS tutorial. It went fine for a …

This question may be somewhat trivial, but I'm stumped none the less. The goal is to create a 'selection box' on the screen such as for selecting units in an rts game. I'll just give the pseudo-code, its the idea that's important main loop is set up as such: [CODE] …