Game Development Forum

Hello, I am trying to make an OpenGL Hearts game ( like the one from windows 7 or such) but I expected some problems. First I will show you the code that iv done untill now : Card.h: #ifndef Card_H #define Card_H //#include <GL/glut.h> //#include <SOIL.h> #include <stdlib.h> class Card …

Good morning, I'm coding a game which ovject is to capture the feed of a webcam, then apply some filters to detect movement, so far i've managed to get the webcam to work but when i apply the filters it says "Bitmap locked" i've managed to solve that error, right …

Hello everyone, I have a quick question! I've been program a little heavily lately on my first game in c++ and it got me thinking, how are you supposed to share your game as a closed source project? Thanks in advance!

Ive just recently switched to visual studio c++ express. I am Creating some shapes with dx9 and i came upon this problem with my indices: error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function taking 24 arguments here is the code where i am getting the error: [ICODE]short indices[100]; indices[100] …

Background, I want to install allegro on the iMac 10.6.8 after my macbook crapped out. It didn't compilers installed whatsoever, so I had to find Xcode at a seedy 3rd party site because apple no longer supports Xcode for 10.6. It came as a binary, simple install didn't give me …

I'm at the moment sure that I want to be a Computer Sciencetist. Now, what I would like to do in the field is unkown to me. I have tried making games ( Which I never finish), and physics simulation using graphics which I enjoy. I have also done Desktop …

Hi, I have an unusual ship 'game' in which I am supposed to code for some of the ship's movements against a sine wave. Given only the ship speed, wave period and amplitude (no wave length!), in a scenario where the ship and wave are travelling in the same direction, …

I have been using XNA recently and discoverd a major difficulty: when designing levels you have to spen ages pre planning exactly where sprites/objects will go. To solve This problem I had an idea for a game engine/level editor that just imports sprites, creates variables for the sprites and has …

Hey, I am having some difficulty drawing my lines correctly using flash.Box2D. The fault isnt with box2D, rather with my math. I attached a swf with the basic engine as well as some angles drawn on it. Why doesnt the lines want to draw correctly for anything greater than +-40 …

Hello, NOTE: I dont know in witch forum to post this, I'm sorry if i post it in the wrong one. I had to make a project a few months back for my school, that required me to create 3 3D objects (cube, sphere and so on) and apply some …

Hello everyone! I'm making a game where players build walls and move their pieces to try to be the first player to reach their target square. Essentially, it's a checkerboard, and players can build walls on the segments between adjacent squares to impede their opponents' movement. The one catch is …

I want to create a game on my own. But I dont know which products I should use I have downloaded Engine001. But are they great enough. I dont have any knowledge about game creation & just need to make an easy game on my story just thought that what …

Hello ,,, i'v started learning Game programming with java before 1 week and now am developing a drag and drop game , and am having a trouble with MouseListener and MouseMotionListener / drag and drop methods / i just wrote a simple code i'v seen on web but i had …

hey guys, recently I have been watching how a game is made..But im really interested in making models...model for characters and animating them...I just dont know how..can anyone tell me what I should practice first? Im capable of drawing characters be it anime or not....Also, is there someone here that …

[I]FYI - I'm coding in actionscript 3.0 but didn't see an area to post for that language.[/I] I made a simple character and a block. I'm trying to get it so that if the character will touch the box, it wont let him move to imply a wall/collision. I've got …

hi, I'm currently building a game and stuck at the paintComponent method. I'm trying to add 3 graphic buttons to the JPanel but the paintComponent does not execute (all I get is gray window) here's my code : public class TwinMoonTowers extends JPanel implements ActionListener{ private class TMTMenu extends MouseAdapter{ …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 # …

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.

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 …

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 …

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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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 ??

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 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

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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?