1,009 Recommended Topics

Remove Filter
Member Avatar for
Member Avatar for kipl20

hi, i am new to opengl and graphics programming, basically i have loaded in a MD2 file and stored the model as an array. what i would like to know is how would i go about animating key frames. some information on how i set up the model. // declared …

Game Development opengl
Member Avatar for kipl20
0
208
Member Avatar for Zcool31

I don't want to make a new thread, but I have a relevant question. I am not using directX or opengl, but I do have 2D sprites in 2D space. However the sprites might have arbitrary shapes (circle, square, random blob, wheel with hollow center, etc). I do have masks …

Game Development
Member Avatar for MattEvans
0
133
Member Avatar for Zcool31

I am trying to make a simple game engine that can display objects to the screen. I intend to implement a collection of Entity* where each Entity is the representation of an object, such as the image to use when drawing it on the screen, its various properties, what happens …

Game Development
Member Avatar for Zcool31
0
111
Member Avatar for mrnutty

I am trying to rotate the object by a input of key. I dont know why the object is not rotating. I used glRotatef(x,0,0,1); //where x is declared as float : here is my code : [code] #include<GL/glut.h> GLfloat x = 10; void initGL() { glEnable(GL_DEPTH); glDepthFunc(GL_LEQUAL); glClearDepth(1.0f); } void …

Game Development opengl
Member Avatar for MattEvans
0
118
Member Avatar for Richy321

Ok so this is probably a stupid quesiton with an easy answer. Im learning directx and trying to create a simple 3d game. I need to move my character in the direction its facing rather than just using by the world axis. I think its some easy maths i feel …

Game Development
Member Avatar for Richy321
0
192
Member Avatar for eenceo

I've been having some trouble using OpenGl in Delphi. Can anyone tell me what I might have done wrong. [URL="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/3305023396_a976b4499b.jpg"] Click here for a screen shot.[/URL]

Game Development opengl
Member Avatar for eenceo
0
133
Member Avatar for god_nathan

anybody can help me to find the 2D collision detection in a easiest way / different ways of 2D collision detection. I am using DirectX 9.0 SDK & VC2005 IDE Thanks in advance.

Game Development
Member Avatar for wicked357
0
688
Member Avatar for joelsmith

Hi........, Say that I have an idea for a simple game or a game mechanic that I want to try out, what are the best tools for quickly creating something playable that I can experiment with to try out the idea? The platform does not necessarily have to be easy …

Game Development
Member Avatar for lil_panda
0
201
Member Avatar for hpool2k8

hello i am wanting to make a text based mafia game but have no clue or where to start i have already got a story line and can do amiture html like creating a simple webpage if you can help me please please i realy want to make 1 contact …

Game Development
Member Avatar for Jen0608
0
164
Member Avatar for ericpaul

Hey pal, It would be great if you give your suggestions and ideas on Java script Tile base game engine. You know.. with click to walk (or keyboard), inventory, grab items, talk to people, exp, levels, etc. Any Good Ways, any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Eric Paul

Game Development java
Member Avatar for Jen0608
0
148
Member Avatar for PAULETE

Hello, Bud redhead game ( [url]http://www.fungamesplaza.com/pd-star_defender_ii.html[/url] ) is a great game; anyone knows other games in the same style? I am specially interested in high quality remakes after old hits such as Galaga, Space Invaders, etc.... These games are great, and I would like to have as many of them …

Game Development
Member Avatar for Jen0608
0
137
Member Avatar for vishi

hi, I write flash games, usually i do it for web sites but now i have to make flash game for CD. My employer want me to make an installer which will write files on disk, how to do this? i mean what soft do you usually use for this, …

Game Development
Member Avatar for vishi
0
95
Member Avatar for mumneedshelp

I know you probebley think why all of this on a forum but once you read it all you will understand, first of all i would like to explain that this is genuine cry for help i have a 15 year old son who sufferes from RSD this happened to …

Game Development
Member Avatar for Ancient Dragon
-1
529
Member Avatar for rajeesh_rsn

Hai I am new to game development............... I am a MEL script programmer..... also know .NET, php....... I need to make a simple 3D game for that I model a background set using maya . Any one help me about the next step ..... Which game engine or language used …

Game Development
Member Avatar for tomtetlaw
0
147
Member Avatar for jaguar founder

Hello, I was just curious if anyone wanted to help out in game devolpment in A game called Arctic Frost I dont really wanna post it on here because it takes up alot of room I just wanna say somestuff. What I am Is I am 17 And I wanna …

Game Development
Member Avatar for jtfrench
0
134
Member Avatar for hieuuk

Hi, I just write a tutorial about making a very basic Space Invaders using C# and XNA. It earned me 800 pageviews in just over 1 day, so I think It would be helpful for you :). If it's not, sorry for the incovenient, if it is, it would be …

Game Development
Member Avatar for hieuuk
0
117
Member Avatar for mrnutty

hi, I am trying to draw a circle without using cos,sin; Mainly by the formula x^2+y^2 = r^2; this is my code , but for some reason its not working. any help? note: I thought this code would draw the upper halve fo the portion. float xCor,yCor; xCor=yCor =0.0; float …

Game Development
Member Avatar for MattEvans
0
154
Member Avatar for happygeek

Apparently it would appear that the Tomb raider franchise is not as healthy as it used to be. The days of movie spin-offs with Angelina Jolie would look like being long gone (was it really 2001 that the movie came out?) Indeed, publisher Eidos even had to renegotiate debt covenants …

Game Development gaming
0
256
Member Avatar for sciwizeh

Hi, I've been testing GLFW joystick, trying to write a simple program to rotate a cube with the joystick. The fact that I'm using GLFW may complicate matters for debugging, but it's the only OpenGL library with joystick support that i have found. I don't believe that it should be …

Game Development opengl
Member Avatar for MattEvans
0
1K
Member Avatar for VBNick

Hi, I'm trying to make 3D clipping for my 3D projection program, and I am having trouble with the FOV calculations. The problem is that I set FOV to 45, but a point placed at 45 degrees from the camera does not appear at the edge of the viewport. I …

Game Development visual-basic
Member Avatar for VBNick
0
153
Member Avatar for mrnutty

hey, I am just learning textures in OpenGl, from a certain tutorial site : [URL="http://www.spacesimulator.net/tut3_texturemapping.html"]http://www.spacesimulator.net/tut3_texturemapping.html[/URL] the site had a good tutorial for texture, but after loading the .bmp picture, it goes to create its own function for vertex3f and such ( I think). In any matter, I have not learned …

Game Development opengl
Member Avatar for mrnutty
0
292
Member Avatar for mrnutty

i am writing a code that will rotate the polygon but it seem as if it is not working any help? [code] #include<iostream> #include<Gl/glut.h> #include<cstdlib> using namespace std; GLfloat fPent = 0.0; // for rotating pentagon; GLfloat fSqr = 0.0; // for rotating square; void handleKeyPress(unsigned char key, int x, …

Game Development opengl
Member Avatar for sciwizeh
0
130
Member Avatar for mrnutty

I am practicing lighting and smooth shading. THe problem is that this code only shines the light for front and the right side , but when the objected is rotated, it shines at constant position (the front and right) and not to the side that are on the positioned light. …

Game Development opengl
Member Avatar for MattEvans
0
108
Member Avatar for it2051229

I'm creating a game and I need to rotate this object. Ok i'll make my explanation simple, I have Object1 and Object2.. Let's say Object1 is at coordinates 0,0 (x,y) and Object 2 is at coordinates 10,10... Object 1 is currently facing south, Now I need object 1 to be …

Game Development
Member Avatar for Alibeg
0
143
Member Avatar for mrnutty

hi, I started learning openGl yesterday. I made a simple program that supposed to create a triangle and a square, but its not working properly, any help please? [code] #include<iostream> #include<Gl/glut.h> #include<cstdlib> using namespace std; void handleKeyPress(unsigned char key, int x, int y) { if(key == 26) exit(1); } int …

Game Development opengl
Member Avatar for mrnutty
0
118
Member Avatar for ahnoldschwarz

I want to get into game design, but I'm not sure which programming language I should learn first. I'm going to use resources on the internet, but mostly I'll be teaching myself. I want to be able to design smaller games first and build a portfolio, and I eventually want …

Game Development
Member Avatar for michinobu_zoned
0
448
Member Avatar for En-Motion

I need to write a program where a user enters a string and this string is converted to 3D text with additional animation such as rotation etc. The text should be drawn using polygons or cubes. Does anyone know of any good tutorials etc. where I could get some help …

Game Development opengl
Member Avatar for Ezzaral
0
425
Member Avatar for michinobu_zoned

[QUOTE=hieuuk;755193]Don't really understand though. How you wrote your game anyways? I'm writing a tutorial about this game using C# but with XNA instead of OpenGL. If you want I could send you the tutorial, I think they should be the same idea.[/QUOTE] I'm having a hard-time getting OpenGL installed on …

Game Development opengl
Member Avatar for MattEvans
0
196
Member Avatar for gproggramer175

i want to program a videogame. I bought c++ for dummies and have read it but from there im lost on what to do. Any help is appreciated.

Game Development
Member Avatar for MattEvans
0
94
Member Avatar for ~gamer4life~

Hey people! I'v just registered here today and i was wanting to know how to make a text based game "FREE" Is it possible? Can u all help me to start off and know the basics... Please help!

Game Development
Member Avatar for mrnutty
0
80
Member Avatar for ~gamer4life~

hey again! im wondering if there is a way to make a 2d game in java "FREE" Is there a program to do that? and srry for double posting :-) im just trying to figure out what im making...

Game Development java
Member Avatar for Ezzaral
0
66
Member Avatar for AceofSpades19

I prefer to write the backend first because thats how I think and it seems more logical to me, what do you prefer?

Game Development
Member Avatar for mustafaneguib
0
99
Member Avatar for Gaspacho

Hi there, we are currently deverloping a simple game for school project. As title shows, I'm talking about space invaders game (we use OpenGL & C#). We have actuaally made the game run in the mode that everything is displayed as red or yellow circles (textures are not yet implemented). …

Game Development c# opengl
Member Avatar for hieuuk
0
349
Member Avatar for BattlingMaxo

What is the difference between hkeletal animation and procedural animation? I get different answers each time BattlingMaxo

Game Development
Member Avatar for BattlingMaxo
0
257
Member Avatar for Shinedevil

I have no idea how to make somthing like this, and i'm kind of new with file I/O. How would you start somthing like this? O.k. here is what I have to save, I have roughly 56+ variables that need to be counted in this. But what I am having …

Game Development
Member Avatar for MosaicFuneral
0
128
Member Avatar for naina_gill

Hi, Naina Gill Welcomes you in this thread. Here all experts and newbies are invited. It would be kind of experts that they extract out little time our of their busy schedule and guide those people who want to do something in games programming world. So disciples get ready for …

Game Development
Member Avatar for vandenzergen
0
254
Member Avatar for sept567

Hello, I am working on a Tic-Tac-Toe program in C++ which I want to have AI that will either win or draw every time, but will never lose. I think that this is within my grasp, though I am not at all an expert programmer. I would really appreciate if …

Game Development c++
Member Avatar for sept567
0
174
Member Avatar for NekoGráfico

Would be really fun if we could maybe have some game programming challenges posted here on a weekly basis. This could help adventuring programmers solve their problems by reading past challenges or even expanding their knowledge by solving these challenges. But we first need to set up a structure. In …

Game Development
Member Avatar for MosaicFuneral
0
163
Member Avatar for raelian1

I'm attempting to create a 3D object based only on bitmap images. Is there a tool or technique or anything that can help me accomplish this?

Game Development
Member Avatar for PirateTUX
0
200
Member Avatar for BattlingMaxo

I need to learn more about this before i can even think about starting coding, problem is i can't find a thing on it except a few papers. I am speaking about no keyframes, you just manipulate the bones through algorithms. i need to see some source code on this. …

Game Development
Member Avatar for electroreactive
0
198
Member Avatar for Fox Hound

I know i am, hi im jeremy and im a 3d modeler looking for a coder that's not lazy and is determined to get this game on a roll. We can achieve greatness if we work as a team. And im sure we can come up with an agreement on …

Game Development
Member Avatar for jbennet
0
167
Member Avatar for VBNick

I posted this question in the regular C++ forum and havn't gotten any answers. hoping I will have better luck here, here was the question: [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread160790.html"]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread160790.html[/URL] I need to load a bitmap from file, and get an array of bits that I cain use. I have used CreateDIBSection() to create …

Game Development
Member Avatar for VBNick
0
165
Member Avatar for Stalvos

Hello. A friend of mine have decided to attempt to start a grass roots development of a mmorpg. We are both tired of the same tired and cookie cutter cloned mmorpgs out there that are all the same. It's a daunting task but even if we could get an alpha …

Game Development
Member Avatar for PirateTUX
0
138
Member Avatar for jemyself

Well, i want to make an RPG (in the future it will become MMORPG). Anyway... I'll use C# and i haven't decided yet what graphical API I will use (DirectX, OpenGL, XNA, ..), but this isn't relative for my problem (an opinion would be good). Well, my doubt is: how …

Game Development
Member Avatar for PirateTUX
0
109
Member Avatar for idontexist

I am trying to update my roguelike game, 'Get Out!!'. I have one simple question. How do I print an int at an xy coordinate using pdcurses and c++. i only know how to print char and const char[]. Thank you

Game Development
Member Avatar for Salem
0
83
Member Avatar for tiger86

Okay so I am designing a game (that's why I am in this forum.) I want to know from people with experience what language is the best to code in? I see a lot of sites code in flash; though some of them are on phtml pages. Any info will …

Game Development
Member Avatar for jbennet
0
146
Member Avatar for Shinedevil

[code] string MAP[11][11]; MAP[0][0]= "|I|"; MAP[0][1]= "|I|"; MAP[0][2]= "|I|"; MAP[0][3]= "|I|"; MAP[0][4]= "|I|"; MAP[0][5]= "|I|"; MAP[0][6]= "|I|"; MAP[0][7]= "|I|"; MAP[0][8]= "|I|"; MAP[0][9]= "|I|"; MAP[0][10]= "|I|"; //1 MAP[1][0]= "|I|"; MAP[1][1]= "|R|";//thing MAP[1][2]= "|T|";//thing MAP[1][3]= "|F|"; MAP[1][4]= "|F|"; MAP[1][5]= "|F|"; MAP[1][6]= "|F|"; MAP[1][7]= "|R|"; MAP[1][8]= "|R|"; MAP[1][9]= "|G|"; MAP[1][10]= "|I|"; [/code] This …

Game Development
Member Avatar for MattEvans
0
123
Member Avatar for Shinedevil

This was orignally posted in C++ Foums: Hey, I'm new to this forum. I'm having trouble making a mapping/navigation type program. Kind of like one where you type in "N" and you go north. But more complex, scince i'm creating an rpg. (In command prompt console) I need to have …

Game Development
Member Avatar for Shinedevil
0
111
Member Avatar for asus2008

hye everyone, i'm finding someone that could create a mobile game application using java and netbeans as the ide..the mobile game im trying to create is a chinese board game called "go"..I JUST need a simple application..dont need extreme graphics..i need it as soon as possible..i am willing to pay..RM …

Game Development
Member Avatar for jbennet
0
104
Member Avatar for ariesangel

hi. i m making a letter lasso game. i have been completed everything in it but i have a problem after shiffting the word when i push the new letter in a empty place. pls any one can help me for this. as soon as possible.

Game Development
Member Avatar for Ezzaral
0
75

The End.