Game Development Forum

I'm doing a game using DirectX 9. My game has top-down view. I loaded two texture files(*.png image). One is the background and over that is the character. I've given up, down, left, right movements for my character. The program runs fine, showing the char and its movement over the …

Hey! I've been looking into game development recently and decided to start learning, I have good base on C++ so language isn't problem. I came across these 2 libraries, SFML and SDL, they break opinions so I would like to hear which you guys suggest! Thanks

Hello! I have a question regarding game programming. Currently i am doing a course in .net3.5. How to develop a game using c#? Can anyone provide(code) with a game done in .net. What are the educational qualifications to be a game programmer? Thanks in advance.

Hi Can anyone tell me please What is the best game Developer software. Thanks.

Hello there, i'm a new to this forum and i was always curious about game developing so here are some questions about game developing: - Is it a good job? - What qualities are required to develop a game? - How much time does it take to develop a game? …

My below code will compile and create a form with blue inside. I'm currently trying to draw a triangle to the screen but when I call "device.DrawPrimitives(PrimitiveType.TriangleList, 0, 1);" inside of my render function the program fails. Let me know if I'm doing anything wrong, I'm still in the process …

Hi. I have for a while wanted to know how to make games. Please could someone say what is a good [B]free[/B] programming language/software to use. i am not a begginer as i know quite a bit of vb.net, HTML, css and a small amount of other laguages like python, …

Hello Just one question- is it possible, to solve 15 game if grid is not square? I have written this game for 6x5 grid, however I've tried about 20 times I always fail to solve last row. So I started to think the solvability may depend on width/height ratio or …

Absolutely no surprise there then: Modern Warfare 2 is the all-format games Christmas Number One according to the ELSPA software charts just published here in the UK. A position, incidentally, it has held for the six weeks, ever since it was released. The Top Ten, in case you are interested, …

Hi Can anyone help me please What is the Best Games Developer software. Thanks.

Hi and I have tried some UV mapping in blender and although it can be handy in some situations I have found it to not do the job for my situation. Basically all I want to do is for a texture to pattern around every face of the object without …

I've been trying to code a catch me game (for anyone who doesn't know: a game with a ball that randomly jumps around the screen - the goal is to click the ball before it moves, and not to miss it). I've got the clicks part down. You can click …

I'm working on a project using Lindenmayer systems([url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-system[/url]) to simulate the animation of a tree growing. It uses recursion to determine how the branches and leaves of the tree appear. The program uses OpenGL and my programming language is C++. Here's what I've defined my L-System with: derivative length: 10 …

HI everyone! I'm Darkwing. Me and a crew of ppl, mostly teens :D, are willing to create an RPG named "Phoenix Dream". The thing is, i'm still learning, really, just starting to learn to program, so i'd need help from someone experienced enough to deal with 3D rendering and creation …

I'll explain what I'm doing before I get to the exact problem. I've been making a 2D game in python. Originally I was making it in pygame but I faced a problem. To prevent a very low frame rate I either had to reduce the screen dimensions and remove features …

Hello! I'm a management major doing some research on educational video games: Just wanted to ask if you have any good sources/references/insights/anything interesting about video games being used in education? especially in the collegiate level. Things I want to find out are: >The usual target segment for these games have …

I mean we create our own game engine which works well with vectors and can mainpulate the 3d card and sound cards.And works with USB control pads

Can I install hardcore computer games on a flash drive without installing on my computer? So can I install hardcore computer games on a flash drive without installing the games on my computer? I would like to play games such as Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2 The …

can you help me in making a 8 puzzle solver in c

Hi all, We have a project about robotics, robotic arm. The robotic arm will be controlled by computer, and will send information at which position it is instantenously. According to the data that is sent from the robotic arm the simulation will happen. And I am responsible for computer part, …

please help me to get the code of this output: 1 2 3 2 3 4 5 4 3 4 5 6 7 6 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 7 6 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 0 9 8 7 6 7 8 9 0 …

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HELLO FRIENDS... I M MAKING A GAME WHICH IS CALLED "RAMP GAME". THIS GAME CONSIST OF 1) A BALL, 2) A BASKET, 3) SOME LINES ( which can be place anywhere by the user with in the boundary walls). HERE IS TEH LINK.... SNIP u can see what it …

How can I draw text in a glut window with the keyboard; I have tried doing cin with [CODE] void TextBox::Keys(unsigned char key,int x,int y){ switch(key){ case 13://enter key cin >> String; DrawString = true; break; case 27: exit(0); break; } [/CODE] and then in the draw function [CODE] fontx …

So i have to do a school project for next year and i was thinking about doing something like a Pokemon game. i don't know were to start, what software should i use and if you can give me any tips that would be great.

It would seem that there is something of an ongoing battle in the world of online Chinese gaming, and World of Warcraft is right in the midst of it. As I [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story220683.html"]reported[/URL] back in July, the company behind World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment) was having problems in getting The Burning …

Hello, I am currently doing a research at my university about the ways in which we can use multicore CPU to enhance graphics performance instead of putting all the load on the GPU, I am trying to work with both OpenGL and OpenMP and I am planning on using gDebugger …

hi each time i try to play a game my computer shut down why is that happening

Hey there everyone, i am wanting to do some college and do game design and programming. What languages should i learn, which ones would be the best? what is the main used language used for game programming now days?

I have never made a game before, but have been interested for a while, but i have no idea where to start. could someone recommend some software on where to start, and how to actually program a game. Thanks ~Matt

I am making a rubix cube game in OpenGL and I have run into a problem with rotations. When doing multiple rotations (x, y, z) the axis gets rotated as well (ie when doing an x-axis rotation of 90 or 270 deg the y-axis becomes the z-axis and z-axis becomes …

hey guys i have a problem with a game of mine...farcry....the problem is that whenever i play the game the graphics gets messed up and the screen goes white though im still playing the game....ie, the game doesnt hang at all. i am currently using a dell computer: intel core2 …

I have just gotten a grasp of how it works.. I think. I'll just show Where I'm at right now. [CODE=vb] Public Class Face 'global variables Dim x, y As Integer Dim map(x, y) As Integer 'Not sure if this should be a Integer but if I run into errors …

Hi. I initially started up a thread at the Game Dev. section of the forums but it seems rather dead so I thought I'd try my luck here. I am making a top-down 2D shooter in D3D. So what I want to do is have my character rotate towards my …

I know a little DirectX 9(I can draw a little, etc.), but i want to learn DirectX 10. I decided to take the tutorial that is provided in the DirectX SDK, so i did. Almost immediately i noticed that it was heavy. My CPU usage shot up and it took …

So. I've decided to make a browser based MMORPG. But I need some advice on where I should start with the whole thing... I've got ideas, and knowledge on HTML, CSS and JavaScript. From what I've found PHP and MySQL is needed also, and I know very little on them, …

If possible could you please take a look at this image/tileset and see if its possible to draw a 2x2 tile map with each of the frames in that image correctly mapped onto the quads in the tile map. The idea is to go on and use this as a …

I'm having trouble understanding coordinate space using perspective in OpenGL. Basically I can't figure out how many units will represent the entire screen given a specific z-value or how spacing should be done, etc. In all the tutorials I've seen they plot these nice shapes placed evenly apart in different …

I have a few nice ideas for a game that i would like to make, involving some, what i see as, pretty advanced coding requirements. all i would like is a site with some nice begginer tutorials, i think i can take it from there, also your favorite program or …

Hello everyone. I am new here and would like to know what would be the best way to go about setting up a website account creation system that will also store there account into a mysql database but also add it to a game database witch is sql. Thanks

I have recently learnt the basics of c++ but I want to advance to making proper GUI's (and games) but I don't know what to use. I think the two most popular libraries are OpenGL and Direct3d but I'm not sure which one to use. could you guide me in …

Hi, Im very curious how to compute exact probablility of a certain slot machine games? Even samples will do. Thanks...

Can anybody guide me to implement mouse based zoom in, zoom out, and then scroll up,down,left,right (like in adobe reader while viewing pdf file). I m using openGL.

Hie all I am trying to make my game playabel over a network, Client/Server. I have managed to design the game, i have also managed to create a chat program whereby all clients connect to the server and messeges sent are all received and updated by the server to all …

Greetings, It has been a while since I have posted and as usual new things yield new questions from me. I am ever at the mercy of the forum gurus. Anywho, I'm making a 3d solar system. One thing that I want to make possible is to turn on and …

I'm new to this technology. I'd be glad if somebody help me in starting this and guiding me where to start? and how to start? to learn this new technology.

Hello, my problem is of that kind beginners use to have. After following some glut tutorials I've decided it's time to do something small generally on my own. An obstacle appeared at the very beginning. At the moment I got stuck, all my code was supposed to do was drawing …

I've gone a little further with my code since the last time I posted here. Everything worked fine till the moment I started drawing in an actual 3rd dimension - the results are visible at least, but they're far from what they should look like. Instead of a pyramid and …

hello dear users.. i am working on a simple 2d game like DANGEROUS DAVE (if anybody played he will know better)... i was working fine although i am new to openGl and glut... now there is a problem that i want my character ( in fact a bmp image) when …

I'm getting problems with this code. I'm trying to use OpenAL. A sound SDK developed by the makers of OpenGL. When I use this code: [code=c++] #include <conio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <al/al.h> #include <al/alc.h> #include <al/alu.h> #include <al/alut.h> ALuint Buffer; ALuint Source; float SourcePos[]={0.0f,0.0f,0.0f}; float SourceVel[]={0.0f,0.0f,0.0f}; float ListenerPos[]={0.0f,0.0f,0.0f}; …

Hi I am making a top-down 2D shooter in D3D. So what I want to do is have my character rotate towards my mouse icons. So that means there are 2 vectors involved, pos and mousepos. Now calculating the angle wasn't a problem but the problem comes when I try …