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Xbox Live’s third annual Summer of Arcade, presenting the biggest and best smash hits of the season, kicks off today with the release of Limbo. A short description on the Xbox Live Marketplace leads way into a marvelously morose journey: “Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO.” That’s …
Hello, Please can anybody tell me how can I move a 3d model I am making a 3d human body tracking and i have reached the stage that i extract the position of the main parts of the human body using a camera (wrist, elbow , shoulder, waist,knee & ankle) …
i've been thinking, what is the easiest way to make a game...flash(albeit mostly 2d). what platform has the most games... any thing w/ flash suupport. what format has the most devs...flash. look at kongregate, miniclip, armor games, they recieve a new game everyday. there are alot of markets out there...open …
Today, gaming industry execs and fans will gather at Epic Games' Headquarters in Cary, N.C. and this time, they're not checking out the giant slide in the lobby. They're supporting Governor Perdue and witness the signing of House Bill 1973 - tax incentives for the digital entertainment industry. [ATTACH=RIGHT]16060[/ATTACH]North Carolina …
For my intro to programming class i have to design a game where a ball is shot at an angle and hits squares that are worth points. I have two questions 1.How do you get the ball to move. I was given this code but I don't know if I …
No doubt, by now you have heard of Microsoft’s latest addition to their Xbox 360, the Kinect controller-less …uhh controller. Instead of a standard handheld controller, the Kinect is a stationary sensor bar that sits in front of your TV. While the Kinect has been compared to the Nintendo Wii’s …
[ATTACH=RIGHT]15945[/ATTACH]Team Ninja, widely known for their Ninja Gaiden titles, are in charge of the latest entry in the Metroid series, known as Metroid: Other M. The series director Yoshio Sakamoto and two Team Ninja cohorts reveal their intentions and aspirations for the revamp of Nintendo fans' favorite space vixen and …
It only took Sony four years, but they’ve finally created their version of the Wii killer: a glowing magic wand lollipop known to the world as the PlayStation Move. Requiring Sony's PlayStation Eye camera to deliver the experience dubbed by some as the most advanced motion controlled gaming to date …
Hello i am new in this forum so if i posted this thread in a false topic please dont flame me.Anyway i have this pc: acer Aspire 5920g which cost me 2000 euros.I bought it one year before.I read many threads in the Internet about this laptop and every one …
The Consumerist is currently running a [URL="http://consumerist.com/5160187/identifying-yourself-as-a-lesbian-gets-you-banned-on-xbox-live"]story[/URL] about how a gamer was first harassed by other players and then booted off Xbox Live by Microsoft. Her crime? Admitting she was a lesbian in her gamer profile. According to the report she was harassed online by other gamers and when she …
Sales for the latest Tiger Woods PGA Tour titles from Electronic Arts have plummeted 68% from last years edition of the game and people have begun pointing fingers at the entitled golfer's promiscuity. It sure is easy to pass the buck when the accused is steeping in scandal, but that …
Hi, just recently playing mmos on my pc, namely 'fusionfall', graphically it is a good game but it is very slow. So i was wondering if there are any other browser based mmos you could recommend? i dont want to download anything as my computer is slow enough already! Not …
Hi, I've just finished writing a Pong game with Python and pygame and thought it would be cool to make it multiplayer over the net with a friend. So, I changed my old asynchat-based instant messaging server into a server for this multiplayer Pong game. The only bad thing about …
Big bucks, no whammies, and STARCRAFT II! At least that’s Activision Blizzard CEO’s Bobby Kotick’s take. According to a recent [I]Wall Street Journal[/I] interview with Kotick, Activision Blizzard has exceeded an already belt-busting budget of $100 million on their soon-to-be industry-leading cash cow. Released in March of 1998, the science …
At a recent Q&A session in front of investors at E3, Nintendo of America CEO Reggie Fils-Aime adamantly defended the Wii console’s pace to break the record-setting game sale trends of the Playstation 2, claiming that his console is at the “high watermark” of its existence, with software sales numbers …
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 …
Peter Molyneux, the man behind Lionhead Studios and the fantasy based series, Fable, spoke at a TED Global (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) conference in Oxford on Tuesday, reintroducing Milo, the “virtual human” software that utilizes Microsoft’s upcoming Kinect controller for the Xbox 360. This is the first time Milo has …
Hi, long time no C. I have started using the Irrlicht gaming engine but have bumped into a problem which has been bugging me for the past 6 hours flat. I have a variable containing a std::string but it needs to be converted to a (const wchar_t *) string. Does …
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 …
I recently purchased the Sims 2 Double Deluxe and all the expansion packs but I am having trouble with families. When I try to move a family into a lot, it often won't load the lot but crashes. Also, if I do get a family in, it won't let me …
My budget is 1,500 Singapore Dollars. I want to get a computer for gaming but i do not trust Dell as i have heard and read about them thus i chose to choose a computer /laptop from Toshiba but i do not know what intel core/ motherboard and graphics i …
plz teach me how to create a role playing game using c++ or any programming language?
My name is Melandra and I am probably a bit unusual in that rather than being any kind of a computer technician myself, I work for a company that supplies you technicians with translation of your video game text, software and help files etc. when you want to reach overseas …
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 …
im a final year degree student in IT field... So i have to finish up my final year project... im interested do research on HCI and do research on games application... will u suggest me the issues or titles ???
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 …
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 …
hey guys ...i m making a project of "CHESS GAME"..... in which to identify any pieces of chess board ,i had used described mechanism....(see code of array) ... but it actually not working...it takes garbage value...it is working only for the "Rook"... i can't understand this behavior...so plz help me …
Hi all, I just wanted to see if anyone here could clear up a few questions about DRM, notably SecuROM, in games and its effects on one's system stability. I've read many conflicting reports and information on this subject, and several things have come to light. Many people say that …
I seriously dont get it ..what is best ?...a ps3 graphics card ...(which i heard was like 8800gt) or the xbox 360 custom ati card which is equivelent to the (4870) i think ...........or custom built pc i have both xbox360 a and pc with crossfire sli (ati 4870 ) …
I am trying to play Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind on my laptop, but i keep getting an error message. The message reads as follows. C:\Windows\system32\DINPUT8.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact …
Back this morning from an excellent evening hosted by Toshiba listening to Bruno Beusch, managing director of [URL="http://www.gamehotel.net"]gamehotel[/URL]. He gave a talk about how games were becoming increasingly pervasive and was quite persuasive; the thing that really caught my attention, however, was the idea that game makers would be able …
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 …
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
I need to code a program for my friend and it has been giving me some difficulties. This needs to have two classes, one called Tester and another called Game. And the data in the Game class needs to be pulled to the tester class after the calculations are finished. …
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 ?
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] …
First of all, I would like to intoduce myself here, as this is my first post. I am a 16 year old male from Pittsburgh, PA, US. My biggest intrests in life are gaming, and hardware, so I love places like this :cheesy:. Anyway, there is one problem that has …
what is the best way to start out making a game??? Are there any good books on making one???
I'm looking for a good introductory book for 2D OpenGL Game Programming. The only books on OpenGL I've seen were on 3D. Does anyone know of a good 2D OpenGL Book? Thanks in advance, EpicAsian
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 …
I have had this computer for a few years. Problem started about 2 years ago. While playing games such as Dawn of War:Dark Crusade the computer randomly stalls for a few seconds every few seconds. The sound stops and stutters while stalling. I am inexperienced with computers and have read …
'k so this is my introduction. I'm about to make my verbal exam for "Abitur"/A Level in computer science and want to study either film or 3D Animation/Gamedesign I totally looooove PS2 Games like God of War and NfS and lots of others as well as computer games! And I …
I want to know how to make a Bot, regardless game bot or not, I want to know how to move the cursor and how to pinpoint it's destination, how to differentiate between right click and left click. I want to know all about Bot making. Any 1 could help …
As you would know there is this particular game called stress buster-desktop destroyer.This was originally coded in a programming tool called PETER SYSTEM is there any other alternative to code similar hasslefree applications?
I recently downloaded the Retribution Game Engine. However, I cannot find any tutorials for it. Where can I find some? Also, Can I use it commercially?
Hi All, I'm building a C# game that will handle drag and drop of images and labels in a visual studio form, but when I drag around a component, the form takes big performance hit. For example, I have some images moving around on the form (pictureboxes) and these stop …
Has anyone heard of Yoo-Mee Games? I’ve worked with Mochimedia before and integrated their flash API for virtual currency. I recently was approached by Yoo-Mee and they are offering an interesting new API that not only involves virtual currency but also real cash. Does anyone know more about them?
code [code] import java.awt.*; import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.geom.*; public class QuestionA extends JApplet { public void init() { PanelLukis panel = new PanelLukis(this); getContentPane().add(panel); } } class PanelLukis extends JPanel { private int x_axis, y_axis; private int squareWidth, squareHeight; private int x, y, coordinateX, coordinateY, squareNo; JApplet app; public PanelLukis(JApplet …
Okay, i can play runescape on my emac, the only problem is that During the game you need to right click, I know that if i want to right click on a mac all i have to do is CTRL + click , But it doesn't seem to work, Anyone …
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