Game Development Forum

hello dear people, these days, im about to choose the career i'll be seeking after my bachelors degree, i have huge interests in game development, and have infact started out towards it, but one thing that i am affraid of is that i have absolutely no mathematical skills (i mean …

so I'm quite the noob when it comes to texture based things... how would I apply a material that contains more than 1 texture to an object?? my current code: if SDType=="_Mesh": __GL.glLineWidth(1.0) MaterialName,AddOn,MatColors,Textures,R1,R2 = Libs[4][SDData1] if type(SDData1)==int else [ "UMC_Def_Mat", '', [[1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0],[1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0],[0.5,0.5,0.5,1.0],[0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0],25.0], [], [], [] ] MAR,MAG,MAB,MAA = MatColors[0] …

I know there is lots online but I want your guys opinion of what you have got on with. I need a game engine/program to create platformers, its just for a hobby at the moment :) I will eventually go in to 3d what do you guys use? I always …

hello daniweb members, i am new here, and im a student and willing to take game development as a career, i have spent 3 years out my 4years bachelors degree in computer science so i am a student yet. i just wanna ask the experts if i will be able …

Hi, i am looking to go into game programming and would love for it to go into a career, i have already started learning Java through YouTube and i am enjoying learning the language. However, im starting to see the light and thinking maybe i should start learning C++ before …

Basically - I'm looking for the best game structure. Here's the idea that I have # IDEA *Class* - **GUI** - Can be customised to contain buttons and to do specific things. This can simply have an event handler function that returns the index of which button was pressed. *Class* …

Me and a few of my buddies decided to form a game company together. We have unity set up and we mostly know what we are doing, but once we finish all the rooms and sprites and that, what comes next?

Good day folks, I hope you can help me with this one, I want to create a game. Can you tell me where to start, what softwares I need to study and what particular knowledge I should have. I'm not new to programming so do you think it will be …

So I have been working on a tetris game for some time now and I have everything figured out besides the fact that I can not get it to actually go to a game over screen. Any help on where to start looking or what code I should be trying …

HI, I am trying to set the consecutive pixels to a specific color so as to obtain a line. Though, I know there is a built in function for drawing the line, but I am interested to do it without using any GL primitive. This is the display function as …

alright... so here's a quick demonstraition of what I'm trying to do: def calcInfluence(Coords): #apply to verts from global location Ix,Iy,Iz = 0.0,0.0,0.0 for (Px,Py,Pz),(Lx,Ly,Lz),(Rx,Ry,Rz),(Sx,Sy,Sz),W in Coords: #P = Point of transformation (base of the bone) #L,R,S = Loc,Rot,Sca #W = Weight Ix += Lx*W Vy += Ly*W Iz += …

Hello, I have recently started to develop my own game in Java and am just starting to get the hang of it. I've watched various tutorials on making an engine etc and have picked up quite a lot. I am struggling with one problem though, I have a world and …

[Click Here]( ok... so I'm trying work on a system that uses models composed of... basically the raw data you get from a curve... (after multiplying the points together to get the equation) I've been trying to visualize a concept for this method since I was in middle school (back …

I'm looking for a really good 3D and/or Game engine to work with? I currently use C++, though I am willing to switch if the it's worthwhile :) Thanks in advance.

Hello everyone, I want to start implementing some of my mathematics knowledge into programming through AI. Back 3 months ago I had no idea what is AI, but then I took Machine Learning course on Coursera and finally realized how much maths is included in AI. However I wasn't able …

Collision Detection using Bounding Rectangle method [Collision Detection using Bounding Box method with KineticJS and HTML5](http://www.gamingthinktank.com/2013/07/11/collision-detection-using-bounding-rectangle-method-kineticjs-and-html5-canvas-tutorial/)

Hello! I am looking into game development, and recently discovered that most cube based games (with procedural generation) are coded in java, and i was wondering why that is!

Hello everyone..I'm trying to develop a simple card game in android..i need to show the cards being dealt with some animation as well as coins being moved to the winner's stack..could anyone please tell me if I should do this with android drawables animation or i should choose a game …

Create Snake game using KineticJS and HTML5 Canvas [Tutorial Part 1: Snake game using HTML5 and KineticJS](http://www.gamingthinktank.com/2013/04/28/tutorial-part-1-the-concept-snake-game-using-html5-canvas-and-kineticjs/) [Tutorial Part 2: Snake Game using HTML5 and KineticJS](http://www.gamingthinktank.com/2013/06/03/tutorial-part-2-snake-game-using-html5-canvas-and-kineticjs/)

Hello all, I wonder why I cannot play video games in facebook. Whenever I click the video games, it loads for a long time then done with a blury screen background. Why is it?

Hello, I am a 3rd year Computer Science major and taking a introduction to game design course. The project from this week is defined as follows: 1. Java game 2. Use the jMonkey SDK 3. "use an existing game engine and map to modify and create your own level" 4. …

Hi there! Im studying web aplication development and I was looking arround the Internet for information about game development in browsers as im interested in that area, however, I didn't found much that could help me advance in this so I decided to ask in this forum in order to …

I am getting into game programming more and more. I have been learning DirectX11 but it is hard and very low level. I am looking for a game librarie that has these spesifications: Must be in C++ (the library doesn's have to be written in C++. As long as I …

My problem is that I wish to use a single mouse click (or key press) to "turn on" a set of conditions then I will "turn off" the conditions when a different requirement is met. Alas! Every time I release the mouse button the bool reverts to its initialized state. …

Hello everyone! I would like some suggestions on picking a game development technology/language. My requirements are : 1) On line / Web based game only 2) 2d animation only (for the time being). Using mostly sprites and modelling only simple 2d shapes. 3) No need for an advanced physics engine. …

Hi, Im using DX9c and learning from Frank Luna's book to try and handle OnLostDevice and OnResetDevice, when switching to fullscreen and back (and alt+tabbing). If I dont draw anything I am able to go from windowed to fullscreen, and back, with no trouble. But adding a draw and flush …

hey guys, I am currently having problems with my OpenGL ES 2.0 application. I think I may have done my matrices wrong im not sure, but I cannot see my quad rendered to the screen. I believe it is something to do with the matrices I have set up which …

:$ Hi every one! I'm new here, just finished my registration! I know a little of c++ and I'm starting a project for a game of the new generation of games... like Gears of Wars or Bioshock but I'm feeling a little lost! And I wanted to ask [B]what is …

Hello, i need some help. I 've created a game on html5 using javascript, mysql and php. I want to send it to my iphone(ios). How should i proceed? the game is open with browser.

Hello everyone.I am a programmer between beginner and intermediate.I have experience in c/c++. So,i wanted to jump into the game programming world.First,i wanted to develop games withour graphics to increase my game logic.The latest games i have made is guessing game.Would you guys suggest some easy gaes to write..say..card games.I …

I am trying to create a simple scoring function using sprite collision. I have my sprite ids defined under a seperate header and my class is in order. LEFT_SCORE is animated using a sprite sheet (obviously). int Ball::leftGoal( ) { int leftScore = 1; if (dbSpriteCollision (BALL, 12)) {++leftScore;} dbSetSpriteFrame …

Hi there What are the various GPL's that can be used with C? I am currently learning SDL and I know of another, Allegro. Just trying to fine tune as well as learn more about C, so I am programming games using C.On a bright sunny day, it would definitely …

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I wanted to share this great game development kit called stencyl [stencyl](http://www.stencyl.com) its great for creating 2d games you can publish your game to flash iphone and soon html5 and android is in the way. I am currently developing a game myself using stencyl and going to upload it to …

Hello, I have made a CODWAW map but when i compile it, it throws lots of errors at me! I have followed tutoirials exactly and it seems that the program doesnt have access to the files.. But it does and the files arnt read only. Here is what happens in …

My son is very interested in developing a video game. He is only 10, but I want to encourage his interest and was wondering where is the best place for a 10 year old to start? learning language? understanding computer programing? as you can tell, I am not knowledable in …

Can anyone recommend a couple of 'good' and complex games made in Scratch. I just need to get an idea of how creative have people been with Scratch.

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Hi I am new to programing and I want to learn some basic tings. I also want to learn to create basic games. Could anyone reccomend a good book or websiteto get me started? Thanks, Robbie

Hi guys, I haven't been on daniweb for a while, I've started learning scripting in UDK. But still I wish to make smaller games using native languages. So here goes my question: what is the best IDE for programming small games with nice UI? So far, for programming win apps …

Okey, so since I was a little kid I allways would like to make my own game ! and I allways liked to fix gameservers, Teams in games like Clans and Guilds and so on. Now to the point, me and my friend are going to educate us to make …

Hi, brothers! I´m trying to open ".canim" files but I can´t! Anyone knows how can I open this type of files? I´m saying this because we can find, as example, this extensions in some games: Shank, Shank 2, etc I googled it and found nothing! Please help.. Bye

Hey guys, I need a function that reads a text file and stores the character someway, (I am assuming a 2D Array would be best?) then a function that reads through the characters and if the char is something specific (like "X") then it would draw a square (QUAD) 10wx10h …

Hi, guys, I want to learn how to make big games for Android, like, Temple Run, Rail Rush or something like that. What I must do?

Im incrementing a value in a while loop, but its only incrementing when my mouse is moving. Any ideas? while (isAlwaysTrue) { value += 1; } Thats basically what Im doing.

Hi, first apologies if I've posted in the wrong forum. I would like to know what are the steps if I want for example to compress a pc game which is originally 13GB to fit in a single 4GB dvd. I've seen many games which are 4GB as compressed files …

Hello, I've been having a lot of trouble with collision detection recently. I'm attempting to make a 2D platformer. All I need is rectangle-on-rectangle collision detection, and then to respond on collision by moving the two rectangles involved in opposite directions. Thanks in advance.

My problem is that I have an option page which contains the button to control the background music on and off. it works fine. But when I exit the option page then go back to option page again and play the music again, there will be two sound playing and …