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can you help me to this code... need mcEnemy follow my mcMain... help pls,., this can be appriciated much.... here's the code enemyTime ++; if(enemyTime == enemyLimit){ _root.attachMovie('mcEnemy', 'en'+enemyTotal,_root.getNextHighestDepth()); _root['en'+enemyTotal]._y = int(Math.random()*Stage.width); _root['en'+enemyTotal]._y = -50; _root['en'+enemyTotal].onEnterFrame = function(){ \\ i dont know what is the problem here this._y = mcMain._y …

Hey guys :D I want some opinions on a few queries I have. Some background info: I'm adept at programming in VB, C++ and somewhat less experienced with Java and C#; considerably experienced in 2D graphical design; and I'm studying a minor course in game design and also game development. …

Hello everyone. I need a solution for a COMPLETELY FREE game development combo for 2D/3D games and i can't figure out what is best. Does C/C++ (with MS Visual C++ Express) and Direct3D combo do the trick? Are there any licensing issues? Or can u write (and possibly SELL) games …

hi iam really interested in c++ game programming but i have have no idea how to get started and i have never used c++. i am using C and Java for about 2 years now. could any one let me know where can i learn graphic programming, game programming, where …

I really want to create a game or an app for android and I was wondering if you guys can give me an advice? I'm still learning java; I'm good but I'm not a pro(still in college). Do you think that I should keep working on java tell I'm really …

hey guys, i`m still a marketer for the year to come, then i`m throwing away the tie. I want to invent stuff, help people ... have a job that i have fun doing. so i`m recycling myself into programming and for next semester i need to make a choice to …

I am working on a game making (or really just general program making, but my question applies to games) DLL for opengl. It is almost done but the collision detection is a little bit slow since it has to calculate bounding boxes for each object repeatedly. I was thinking of …

Hey guys, I need your suggestions of free game script. I really dont know about php programming and Im not programmer. Can you pls review my game site game01.info. I used avarcade but im still looking for free game script. If You know one just let me know.thank's Hope this …

A few friends and I made a bet to see who could single-handedly (we defined that as a team of up to 10 people, all of whom must be personal friends) make the best video game over the course of two years. I am planning on making a first-person horror …

Hi i am flash game developer and will protect my games from decompilers please help me. best regards.

I've already got a game project going, using C++ and SFML. I'm planning on releasing it digitally online using PayPal. Question is, how do I keep the game from being pirated? Someone could easily just make a copy of the game and its files, and they've got two versions of …

Good day, geeky guys. :cool: I have some reactions and questions about DirectX and OpenGL... Suppose (for example only,) I was hired by a big game company to spearhead game developer teams then, I want the game we will produce, to make it versatile in any computer regardless of computer …

Hi guys, I've been a longtime reader here for a while, but this is my first post. I just submitted a game I've been working on for the past month, called Labyrinth of Zarus, to the Pokki HTML 5 game contest. I'm in the running to win a laptop and …

Hello, im asking about making a game and since i dont know any coding at all or anything about making a game i need help. Reply to this or private message me if you have help P.s i dont know any websites that would help me with this problem, please …

So here is what i have done I did the basics of c++ and was quite comfortable with them Now i wanted to start with the allegro gaming library so i downloaded the library and linked it with my compiler i compile a program and it compiles fine but when …

Forgive me if this thread was repost. :( I am a novice in database system for game development. Can Mr./Mrs. (Master) in here give me an example of a saving system for game? or it just use a database?(Like SQL?):idea: Like a feature for "Save the Games" and sometimes the …

Hey guys, I've been working on a game for the past few months and I've decided to read up on game scripting to see how it could help me improve my current game. What I've gathered so far, is that using a scripting language saves the developer time (since compiling …

Hi,all! i want to know which programming language, I should use for game developement.

Hello I'm trying to get my game to update the screen and draw graphics on its own I kind of made it happen but it still flickers which you can see in this video I made just too showcase this problem [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j_ZDHr1x_8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j_ZDHr1x_8[/URL] Now I really don't know what is causing …

I am learning directx from [URL="http://www.directxtutorial.com"]directxtutorial.com[/URL] and when I have compiled one of the samples and run it then close it I get an error message saying "Unhandled exception at 0x010a1883 in test.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000000.". What does this mean? I have checked that I have typed …

I have got this bit of code for a simple game and i need annotate and can someone explain to me the processes which are occuring. import random # set up our maximum and minimum number of blocksMAXBLOCKS=100MINBLOCKS=0 # set up the initial number of blocks in the toweruserBlocks=50 # …

I was trying to move my camera along the red cube .. so i came across the gluLookAt function, but i am not able to get through this function as to what all it requires ... the content on the Documentation didn't quite help. it will be very helpful if …

i want to use a* in finding the minimum steps to make the puzzle unary in color. but i don't know how. I don't even know if it is feasible. A* searches from a starting point to a destination. In this case, the flood-it game, there's no specific destination because …

Hello everyone. I can't figure out the best way to make a simple picture loop through the screen in a predefined trajectory (e.g. elliptic). Do i need to use some math or is there a way to like draw a trajectory and bind the pic to it? Thanks in advance.

Hey guys, i've been spending some time writing a pokemon clone game in java and was wondering if anyone would like to help me out, it's quite a big project since i'm planning on making it much more than a simple clone, but if you'd like to perhaps help out …

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Hi , i have just started OpenGL. So i am sorry if my question is stupid, but i was trying to move a circle inside a square and was unable to do it . .can you please help me out please ?? [CODE] #include <GL/glut.h> #include <math.h> bool* keyStates = …

I managed to load the bmp file into my project, but it was giving dull and hazy kind of texture for some images .. any idea as to why this is happening ??

I created a simple game in java. Could someone please link me to a tutorial or give me a basic run through on how to let other users connect and how to save their experience, etc... Peace and love, oldezwe

I know that there is a sticky thread and i know that maybe i repeating things that already mentioned but i am totally confused. I am interested to study about game programming,i don't study i bought a book and i am near to finish it about c++. i goggled and …

hello, i'm willing to learn direct3d but i can't find tutorials for it, youtube has few video tuts but they are very unclear. Do you know any free e-books or sites where i can start learning? Another question is directx better than opengl? from my experience opengl needs a lot …

Hello, I am a project on my hand to develop a 2D game like "contra". I have chosen to use C++ as my programming language. Which will be better for my 2d game SMFL, SDL or ClanLib? I have decided to use ClanLib, but is it powerful or flexible as …

Help: I am new in game development and i need to know what are the best game engine to use to start my own game. thank you!!

Hello, I have chosen a project of developing a 2d action-adventure game with some rpg elements, in-game puzzles. I have considered developing with C++ and OpenGL. I do not have prior knowledge of these language but I had good grasp on C programming language. For C++ and OpenGL, I have …

When I make an OpenGL game on this computer, it runs at normal speed. If I run it on literally any other computer, it goes really fast, making the games unplayable. Does anyone know what might be causing this?

Hi, I am trying to figure out allegro, and so far, so good. But I ran into this one snag in this code: [CODE]const float FPS = 60;[/CODE]Does this set FPS? Someone on another forum said no, but it seems like that it is a predefined function that changes the …

Hello, I know the basics of C++, PHP, JavaScript and VB I've read for C++ from rly old books so some things may have changed. Now I've started reading Advamced-2D-Game-Development by Jonathan S. Harbour. He has given a source code of an 2d game engine using DirectX. This is what …

i,m making a 3d pool (billiard) simulation using c++ in opengl for my project. where can i get a proper source to refer as what i found on web were not very useful for me. Any links or sources from you are appreciable.

Hi I'm really struggling in finding an answer to my problem How do I read a folder and then I want to find a file inside that folder read with specific extensions like .obj or .bmp and to do things to those files with those extensions here is my attempt …

I'm beginning game development, and I started by reading Michael Morrison's [I]Beginning Game Programming[/I], which teaches how to develop a game in C++ using the Win32 API. I've had a lot of trouble with things I don't have any experience in (when I shut down my program, the process still …

hi... can anyone light me on an algorithm to solve sudoku...actually i did solve a few sudokus to know how this is done. Eventhough i managed to do the sudokus by paper and pencil, i can't figure out an algorithm to solve it. I googled for algorithms but everything ends …

**Note: I'm not sure if this is the appropriate area for this post-- please move if necessary. Hello. I am working on a small Macromedia Flash project, just learning more about Flash and getting acquainted with the Flash interface as well as Actionscript; my question is not in regards to …

I recently started reading Beginning DirectX 10 Game Programming written by Wendy Jones, and I'm about 60 pages in on the chapter about sprites, and I feel like I haven't learned anything, half the code they throw at me I can hardly decipher, and even if I do that, how …

I'm trying to make it where I can draw an square with the values in the global array. I made it work without vertex array before but now I need to save it in array so I can possibly delete a square with just a mouse click. However I can't …

Hello everyone, I'm a java programmer writing a half graphical half text rpg. For the moment I read my data from text files, e.g. Enemies.txt id name hp and so forth. However, I want to make it a little more clear to handle, as in a database format. I can …

Hii friends, I am interested in learning DirectX. Can u plz suggest me which book to follow. I want to develop some games in DirectX. Which book shall i follow?

I'm currently trying to learn OpenGL with the use of GLFW and the Addison Wesley book 'OpenGL Programming guide 7th edition'. Here is one of the first sample programs they present, it is meant to draw a white box. In this example I mixed it with a simple glfw window …

I know C++ and java. My school focuses on Java but it doesn't seem to be very appropriate for game design. I wouldn't even consider Java if it wasn't for Minecraft. I want to make some nice and small indie games. If they go far great, but I also want …

Hi, I'm new here... Please help me fix it, if I posted at the wrong section, this is about Python but also game development... So I'm not sure? :) anyway: I need some guide lines to the way of coding? or the use of things within the code... Here I …

Hi! I am just wondering what would be fastest(performance-wise) of Game Maker(with GML) or Python with Pygame?