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| | Hello everyone, I'm working on my game project and my aim is now to produce the interface part. I've found that there is an easy way to produce some text on the screen with [I]glutBitmapCharacter[/I] and it's working quite well except the font choice is a little bit restrictive. So … Game Development opengl |
 | This might sound like a noob question, but that is because I am a noob. Anyways, I was just wondering what's good about inheritance and polymorphism in game development? I'm learning about them now and I can understand it mostly, but I can't wrap my head around an important use … Game Development  |
 | So far I have written a program that draws text to the screen and I am able to change the font type but I am unable to change the font size. Here are the 3 main parts of my code that I think you need to see. Font structure: [CODE]typedef … Game Development c++ opengl user-interface |
| | Hello, I really have no clue how to start creating a game engine, what skills I need in C++, I want the engine to be for 2d RPG games and relatively simple, mostly for experience. Could someone give me a step by step guide or something, I'm just really baffled … Game Development  |
| | Im new to game programming and i was wondering whats a good book i could get to start out. Game Development |
| | dont know much about programming will study soon but have so many questions...i was recently researching voxels and see some advantages, i noticed that they are like bitmaps but with a third dimension, so wouldnt this be true if all voxels didnt have color wouldnt the file be smaller as … Game Development algorithm |
 | I'm sure that forms of this question come up from time to time and it's a very subjective question that has the potential to generate some semblance of debate but here goes... Having looked into a future career in game development (back-end coding as opposed to front end UI and … Game Development career |
| | 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 … Game Development opengl visual-basic visual-studio |
| | hello guys... I'm new here... I got some problem with my action script code. I'm trying to connect the flash file to MySQL database. All syntax seems good and I think the algorithm is fine too. but, when I run the .fla file and i press the button, i got … |
| | 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!!! … Game Development  |
 | 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 … Game Development career gaming video video-card |
| | 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 … Game Development gaming microsoft-office social-media |
| | [How do i find the serials to the trial versions from within the download packages] [Thanks] Game Development |
| | 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 … Game Development |
 | 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 … Game Development |
| | plz teach me how to create a role playing game using c++ or any programming language? Game Development c++ |
 | 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 … Game Development c++ |
 | 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 … Game Development database-design flash gaming objective-c user-interface xml |
| | I know a lot of c++ but don't know how to apply it in games. What should I do??? Game Development c++ |
| | 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 … Game Development opengl |
| | 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 … Game Development virtual-reality |
 | 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 … |
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| | 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 Game Development |
| | 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 ? Game Development |
 | 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] … Game Development python |
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| | 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 … Game Development c++ engineering image |
| | 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 … Game Development |
| | 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 … Game Development |
| | 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 … Game Development |
| | 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. Game Development  |
| | 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?!?!?! Game Development video |
| | 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 … Game Development actionscript flash |
| | 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 … Game Development c++ |
| | 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 … Game Development visual-studio |
| | 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 … Game Development java |
| | 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 … Game Development python |
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| | 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 … Game Development |
| | 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 … Game Development |
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| | 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 … Game Development client-server |
| | 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! Game Development  |
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| | 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 … Game Development |
| | 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? Game Development visual-studio |
| | 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? Game Development |
| | 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 … Game Development opengl |
| | 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 … Game Development visual-studio |
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