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I am, it appears, a lot more average than I hoped. Well, at least when it comes to the world of computer gaming. A new [URL="http://www.ajpm-online.net/content/pressreleases"]study[/URL] reveals, amongst other things, that the profile of the average gamer looks a lot less like the hyperactive, cola drinking teen obsessed with kicking …

I am aware that there has been talks about the new features in HTML5 can create great games that are on par with flash. I have even seen a working MMO demo and a complete port of doom videos created purely by HTML5. However, I am actually curious if there …

Hello World ! I have problem regarding displaying a text which should not be affected by model view transformation...I have to display a cross-hair at the center screen for targetting enemies...when I put cross hair in the middle of center, it gets affected by some model view trasformation...as in pC …

Hi this is my first post here so HI all,I got a BIG problem,when i try to play a game like AC2 or COD 7....kind of games with big system requirements my pc freezes and when i restart the pc....it stucks at starting windows.....today i tried to install AC2 and …

Hey, my name is alexandra and i'm actually in a computer programming class right now and my final is coming up. unfortunately, i have barely slid by all year long and haven't really learned much. Our final is coming up and i am in desperate need to pass it :'(. …

Hey I'm making a small application for my gaming buddies, and I have a picturebox that I'm drawing on. The problem is, it appears as though the Location property of the MouseEventArgs is wrong, and it becomes even more so toward the bottom + right portion of the picture, like …

i want to make a game where different player can join.this is as like a dice game.first time numbers of player can join,after joining the game will start.the game will continue up to 5 or 6 round.after that highest scorer will be declared as a winner, one thing i like …

Hi, this is a clue game in prolog. [B][U]I'm posting it to thank everyone that takes the time to post and help people, like me.[/U][/B] The program is spanish, cause in from México, but it's a clue game. Features: Write and read *.txt files, and use their content to compare …

Good afternoon all! As an exercise to help keep my coding up to date, and to try new things, I figured I'd make a 2D topdown RPG. A basic dungeoncrawler. Now, I've come across a great deal of tutorials for console RPG's that do the same thing, but none of …

i am going to learn xna or glm for designig games(i studied on entertainmetn and fun aspects of designing a game to become a game designer) now i must learn a programing languedge ...which languedge do you suggest me to learn?how should i start ?i am not experienced in programing

Hi so basically im pretty sure i have all my code right and its compiling but for some reason when i run it the frame will load and then quit on me without saying anything i dont know why here is my code [CODE] import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.event.*; import java.awt.*; …

people, i'm new to game designing.i'm experienced in gaming(i have new concepts ,many of idaes of had befor are now a game by others!) .and i am studing on entertainment and fun aspects of game(analyzing good and bad games.studied books such as ''art of game design'' or''game design workshop''... [I]but …

Hi there, I'd firstly like to thank some of the daniweb members for helping me with my Hangman project. It's finally complete and I have uploaded it on my YouTube. Special thanks to [B]ddanbe, Xcelled194, Mitja Bonca and Momerath[/B]. Right, on to my next project. I'm making a Naughts and …

Hello, I'm currently looking for a book the covers "how to develop a game". I have basic knowledge of Java. I know: arrays,classes,GUI,basic animation with Timer class,basic graphic. I want to move on and start learning threads, collitions, keyboards and mouselistener and all other game related topic... I was wondering …

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I'm having a lot of trouble with a project for school. The project calls for me to create a random guessing game with three different levels. Each level should consist of a random number between 1 and 30. I have set my code to show between 1 and 5 for …

Hi Daniweb community! I started learning javascript in school, and the best way to learn is to get into it. So I found a Sudoku game online "http://iphone.janjanousek.cz/isudoku/" and download the files on to my hard drive with much success (all the scripts). The game and site is very well …

I have never programmed a client / server before but I would like to create a game where objects can be passed back and forth between two players who reside on separate machines. An example object would be a game piece and the reason it would be passed is because …

Can some name some games that are mapped by automata for which certain conditions are true and there are an exit conditions? Please reply asap! Thanks

Hey, guys I currently have the AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition, but I am in need of an upgrade because my habit of gaming requires it. I would unlock the other cores in the CPU with my AsRock mobo, which has the UCC feature in the BIOS, but …

Name: Cory Nickname: Chubs Height: 5'10'' Weight: 195 Hair: Brown Eyes: Green Location: FL Age: 27 Hobbies: Gaming, Music, work, photography Relationship Status: Not so single Fav Music: Electronic. Pendulum, Skrillex, wolfgang gartner, felguk... to name a small few. Education: High school diploma, and 12 years of IT experience since. …

I know alot of you are gonna get mad that i started a thread on directX books when clearly at the top there already is a thread on direct X books, but this is different. I need books on Vector Algebra and Matrix Math/Algebra. I'm learning DirectX9/10 and i have …

Hello, Hi i have been just looking at C++ games programming and i have bought a book and learned the basics of C++ aswell as some indepth games programming. I have been thinking of developing a small game with physics and stuff but for physics i'd like to use the …

So you think you qualify for the epithet 'Number One Fan' when it comes to Angry Birds, do you? OK, you've completed the entire main game as well as the seasonal variations and done so with a full compliment of three star ratings. You've even unlocked all the hidden golden …

Hello, I'm creating a game editor and I'm at the current stage that I would like the ability to attach scripts to objects (by selecting the string of the method name to be called). That would be saved into the object's scripts to load / run array. That shouldn't be …

Hey guys, Im using this laptop for 2 years and had minor problems which i could fix but this has me helpless.. I was playing dead space 2 when suddenly my screen went black, i alt tabbed out of instinct and it just mocked me. I could barely see the …

Hello everyone I am new to this site. I have a university assignment in which I need to program a 2 player pacman game, using C and the Unix operating system. If more than 2 users have typed the command to run the program/s the users must wait in FIFO …

[B]Hello, I'm very new to this whole buying components and created your own gaming PC. I've managed to come up with a list of components and am looking for advice on what to buy. [/B] [COLOR="Red"]Here's what I've got: - Coolermaster Elite 334 Case - Corsair 4GB(2x2GB) RAM - BeQuiet! …

Hello - I'm new to this forum, hello everyone. :) I wanted to see what people thought to the idea of a centralised PC trophy site, which developers can add their trophies to and users can collect in a central place. It's sort of like testing the water, because I've …

So I have an Xbox 360 and it is NOT hacked in any way. I am a gamer but I do mostly PC gaming therefore I do not my Xbox for gaming much, at least not online. My xbox is used primarily as a Media Center extender and I love …

[ATTACH=left]19550[/ATTACH]Tap Me, Inc. launched the industry’s first [URL="http://tap.me/wp/how-it-works"]in-game advertising platform[/URL] this week. This platform gives designers the ability to place ads that are in context with the game being played, rather than disrupting it. Gamers will no longer have to get rid of banner ads or pop ups in order …

If you have not used one of these 'universal' programmable remote control devices for a while then prepare yourself for a shock of stellar proportions: this thing is really easy to use. No, I mean it, really easy. One For All rightly claims that it is just a three button …

Can anyone tell me how to make game in c#.if any one please send me source code Thanks

When I was surfing on an internet I have found four c++ multimedia libraries, which can create games and GUI aplications (SDL, ClanLib, SFML, Allegro). I would like to learn one of them, but i don't have any experience with it. Can you recommend me one of them? I have …

I have this game that I play which had a new sub-game: a Guitar Hero clone. Problem is, the controls are just too darn uncomfy. Another problem is that you can't change your controls. So, what I did was I searched for a keyboard mapper that needed no restarting. I …

i m a student of BCS final year . i want to developed a games in java . any one have idea about game . plz share with me thank you!

Hey guys, I have Windows XP SP3 and 502mb RAM (Rubbish right?) and 1.60ghz dual core processor. What's a fun game that would hardly lag at all with this sort of specs range? Thanks. P.S I know that Cube 2 sauerbraten is a good one for my laptop, so something …

I saw a report that read, "Video game sales plunge in April." Software sales dropped by 22 percent and hardware sales dropped by 37 percent. What's the story, folks? Do you have all the gaming miscellanea that you can afford? Are you satisfied with your current array of video games? …

[ATTACH=RIGHT]16877[/ATTACH]It’s been a long time coming. [I]StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty[/I] is here, and in similar fashion, my review of it has finally arrived. It’s tough to completely take in just everything [I]Wings of Liberty[/I] offers in a day or a week, and treated as such, we have a review …

The cost of an Xbox 360 is dropping like a brick, which is just as well considering [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21179/532/"]so many things can go wrong[/URL] with the Microsoft games console. In fact the whole Red Rings of Death thing has led to some frustrated users [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21290/532/"]taking Microsoft to court[/URL]. Jesse Maiman, a …

Hi there I am not sure whether to put this here or in the games development section I do apologies if it is in the wrong the section. I have an object with a bounding box around it. I want another object to then be able to send a ray …

I bought this cheap computer game the other day, called I of the dragon. I was STOKED. It's an adorable RPG where you can play as a dragon and build a town to protect. nerdy, i know... I didn't read the spex, unfortunately, and popped it into my PC to …

Hey there guys! Since it's that time of the year, most people are just sitting at their desks, business is dead and you bored out your skull (Unless ofcourse you have a [B]real[/B] job). So I thought, hey, I've got a phone with all this extra crap on including games, …

Thought the DaniWeb IT Discussion Community might be interested in this, I would like to share the following 35-minute video interview produced by GamerSpawn, a brand of DeltaShock. [B]Guild Wars 2 - Developers "Behind The Scenes" Interview[/B] How is it to be a game developer? How does it feel to …

hello, i am a newbie who doesn't have any programming experience. i heard that python is great to start with, but i prefer to begin with c++ because it's known as the best for game programming. 1) is it okay to learn c++ for a newbie? 2) is c++ really …

[ATTACH=RIGHT]19572[/ATTACH]Hewlett Packard recently launched a [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story331553.html"]new line of x-Series LED backlit LCD monitors[/URL]. Sitting at the top of the size chart in that line is the HP 2711x, a gorgeous 27-inch monitor that enhances the look of any desktop system. HP packs several new features and technologies into this new …

I have no idea at all, nothing, on how to make a full, running and working snake game. I tried starting off using character symbols in ASCII to draw its head and body, but from there on I have no clue on how to make it move with out having …

Hey, I have recently noticed that some of my games run ratter poorly, specially the new ones. For example the dragon age origins 2 demo runs on low graphics :S Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz (Overclocked to 3,2 GHz) Ram: 3GB DDR2 RAM Motherboard: MSI P35 Neo(MS-7360) …

I was coding snake game. The game is working normally but I have a little problem.I can't set again commands block.For example The commands are accumulating when I have pressed the buttons,frequency. And note:My language is Turkish. If you want understand variable mean, may be want use googletranslate or boubletranslate.. …

I've been making games for a Nintendo DS homebrew with PAlib and DevkitPro and C code for a while now but I was wondering if DS game development would be available with Java. If not the DS, what would Java be able to make games with? I know that Android …