Game Development Forum

I'm coding a game right now and everything works great that i want to have working right now, but there's a minor bug that i know of. this is that when the player enters their name, and the name has spaces, the code just closes. here's the part of code: …

Hey guys, I am currently looking into making my own flash game. I'll have my bachelor's degree in computer science next year so I am pretty familiar with programming. I am pretty bogged down with school work, but I still want to be able to create a few simple games …

Hi all, Can I ask you all, what kinds of tool/api you use to write 2d game such as chess or mario?? And does a 3d api capable of making 2d game?? Currently I am using allegro as a start, is allegro old?? Thank you all!

i am making a 2d side scroller and have got the enemy's and the player and the controls all working but i am trying to make a array of my ammo class for the enemy class to use, i have made 10 separate enemy's and i made 10 separate ammo …

Hi, I'm new to DaniWeb. I have question regarding bots, specifically internet bots. How are they made and how do they perform automated tasks? Are they programs that repeatedly perform clicks at certain locations? Or are they programs that use internet functions such as cURL?

I'm just thinking of learning basic 3d modelling(just as a hobby) and wanted to know whether you guys recommend 3ds max or Blender. I do have 3ds max, but I mostly use Ubuntu rather than Vista.

Hi guys; Just like I said in the <title>, How can I install JBullet in Netbeans? Do I need to write the Monotone commands? 1:0 case:1 then how do I get the mtn commands, is just because it shows this output<< "mtn" is not recognized as an internal or external …

Currently making a space invaders game using a game engine framework from my university called EGG. It tackles all the DirectX for me and even has collision detection. All I have to do is add the game code into the framework using c++. At the moment I'm finding it hard …

Having the following message when trying to run my DirectX10 application. A screen shot of the message is attached. Would appreciate help with this and just before someone asks yes I have DirectX10 installed. Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this thread. Thanks.

[URL=http://img690.imageshack.us/i/12946613.jpg/][IMG]http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/7592/12946613.jpg[/IMG][/URL] why is there a hole in my cube when I rotate it like this? colors: front side is red back side is white left side is blue right side is green top side is yellow bottom is teal

Hi, I made a post about a similar subject quite a while ago, but I'm a little more serious about it now. I've created two games in C++ and one in Python, but I'd like to start making games for the web to let them be more visible and more …

Hello Daniweb, In 3D space I have generated a path which jumps between points in a grid of 100x100x100. When simulating movement through this path, I tried making a bezier curve of the points in the path, but the results were not good enough. I googled a lot, and the …

I have a gaming application developed in C#. I want to have animation, lot of customization in my installation package. Please recommend me a good software.

I have a gaming application developed using C#. Please suggest me a good installer for my application...

I have a gaming application developed using C#. How can I make my MSI installation package look good ?

Well, right now i'm using linux, but i've heard that windows is really best for programing videogames ( on c++ ) well, wich O.S. do you think is the best? P.D. Sorry for the bad english jeje :$

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

What code is this in and also is this the full code required to run? [PanelMainMenu] NewGameLabel=New Game LoadLabel=Load Game RegLabel=Registration SelLangLabel=Language AboutLabel=About HelpLabel=Help ExitLabel=Exit [GameStatPanel] NMInfoLabel="Next Match" [PanelGameButtons] PremDivLabel=Premier CupLabel=F.A.Cup Div1Label=Division 1 Div2Label=Division 2 UCLabel=UEFA Cup CLLabel=UEFA CL StadiumLabel=Stadium CLabel=Calendar NextLabel=Next TeamLabel=Team TransferLabel=Transfers ExLabel=MainMenu SetLabel=Settings StatsLabel="Stats" IntertotoLabel="Intertoto" SCLabel=SuperCup [AboutPanel] …

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] …

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 …

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.

can nay on etell me tht why if i am moving a ball thn my hurdl also moving .. here is the code [code]#include <glut.h> // Also included gl.h, glu.h #include <Math.h> #define PI 3.14159265f // Global variables char title[] = "Bouncing Ball (2D)"; int windowWidth = 640; // Windowed …

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 …

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 …

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?

Hi Im a making a FPS but I have an issue with the mouse. Im making so rotations using glutPassiveMotionFunc. But when its goes out of the screen and enter again, this ruins everything. I know this may be badly explained but if you already made your own FPS with …

Hello, I have a somewhat basic question about Dark GDK. I am taking Dark Basic courses, and converting the code to Dark GDK (not a difficult task), because I am unwilling to spend $60 on an inferior compiler. I am taking a complete FPS tutorial. It went fine for a …

Hello, I wrote a 2D game with some simple Collision Detection. I used the function IntersectRect() but I think it's slow. This is the code right now: int Collision(CHARACTER* object1, CHARACTER* object2) { D3DXVECTOR3 pos1 = object1->GetPosition(); D3DXVECTOR3 pos2 = object2->GetPosition(); RECT a, b, *des; a.left = pos1.x; a.right = …

Hello there! I am pretty new to game developing but got a book and a library called CDX. The first chapter is about creating Pong as it is a very simple game. But I would like to make it a bit more complicated than just negating the X and Y …

Hello, everyone! I'm using the Win32 API PeekMessage function to retrieve key stroke events. I have a problem: suppose that someone holds the A button. PeekMessage will return messages for the A press event. Now, while A is pressed, someone holds B. PeekMessage will return only the B press event …

Provided freeware physics engines like Havok and a few others made by professionals in the field should some one take the headache of making one's own amateur physics engine. Aside from this if some one can manage to give me a reference of a book or a website which can …

I am working on my first scrolling game. I am pretty new to game programming in general, but have so far successfully made a couple very simple games. (Pong, etc.) I am using Dev-C++ and the Allegro library for this game. It's basically going to be a cat that runs …

I'm working on an animated sprite program. It animates an asteroid sprite and bounces the asteroid around the screen. When I compile, I am having trouble with 4 particular lines. I am getting the same three errors for each of the 4 lines. These are the errors (obviously for line …

Hi all, I dabble in a bit of XNA from time to time. I'm creating a 2d top down tank game. My AI bot that controls the enemy tank, works like this simple pathfinding to target until in range, turn turret to target and fire. The problem I have is, …

This is possibly not the ideal place to post this; but I'm hoping someone with a good idea of 3D math can help me a bit. I'm planning something for a project, and am trying to find out how to implement some of the more neccessary parts. One of these …

im just trying to draw a 2D square but its not working and i dont know y? main.cpp [CODE]#include "sdl.h" #include "GL_Functions.h" int SDL_main(int argc, char* argv[]) { //Used in the main loop bool Done = false; //Used to store SDL events SDL_Event event; //Lets open the window and initialise …

Hello, I would like to ask a theoretical question (regarding multi core hardware) of a Good Programmer. This may sound completely wild but please bear with me. I don't even want to POST it due to my fundamental ignorance but I WILL ask a generic statement. In terms of game …

Hello Just one question- is it possible, to solve 15 game if grid is not square? I have written this game for 6x5 grid, however I've tried about 20 times I always fail to solve last row. So I started to think the solvability may depend on width/height ratio or …

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HELLO FRIENDS... I M MAKING A GAME WHICH IS CALLED "RAMP GAME". THIS GAME CONSIST OF 1) A BALL, 2) A BASKET, 3) SOME LINES ( which can be place anywhere by the user with in the boundary walls). HERE IS TEH LINK.... SNIP u can see what it …

I have recently learnt the basics of c++ but I want to advance to making proper GUI's (and games) but I don't know what to use. I think the two most popular libraries are OpenGL and Direct3d but I'm not sure which one to use. could you guide me in …

I'm new to this technology. I'd be glad if somebody help me in starting this and guiding me where to start? and how to start? to learn this new technology.

Hello, my problem is of that kind beginners use to have. After following some glut tutorials I've decided it's time to do something small generally on my own. An obstacle appeared at the very beginning. At the moment I got stuck, all my code was supposed to do was drawing …

Hello. I've been messing around with applying textures and i managed to apply one with no hiccups. By subsequent attempts , however, keeps turning my spheres blue! I don't know what to do. I'm attaching what i've done so far because it's kind of long. If anyone can help me …

Hey All I am trying to create a [B]DLL[/B] to handle some directx for me. But it seems to be acting up. If you take a look at the picture below you will see that the [B]LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 d3ddev;[/B] pointer is not being created? While at the same time, the [B]D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS …

Hi, I suck at math. I've been working a 2d (yes 2d) library lately at it's been making my head spin. The terminology, the equations, all of it. What I want to do is get good at math, or at least stop sucking. Does anybody know a good book a …

Hi there, This is my first post and I am quite new to developing games. I have only made tic tac toe and currently making a pong clone, using c++ and SDL. I seem to be having a problem with the animation of my ball (or puk as I call …

Hi, everyone! I'm having problems with the implantation of a free camera in a 3D world. For now, I'm using the A/D/W/S keys to make the camera go right, left, forward and backward. The problem is that I don't see the effects of the forward and backward movements. Even with …