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Hello all! everyone must have heard of the stress buster-Desktop Destroyer game.it was coded in a programming tool called PETER SYSTEM.Could anyone please suggest another alternative to code a similar game in any other editor if available? or any other programming language would do too.
Hi everyone My teacher want me to create a game but i dont know where will i start. I suggested to her that i will use vb.net as my language but she said that vb.net have the component or somethin about directx so i will have to start from crap …
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'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] …
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 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 …
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 ?
What is windows.h. I've googled it and never found any tutorials or anything. Please help.
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 …
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 …
I creating a 2d computer game, and I want to put enemies that in that appear at random coordinates. The problem is i'm not sure entirely how to do it. I have the "enemy" in a array of 30,and then i want to put these 30 enemies on a map, …
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?!?!?!
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 …
I am making a jump and run game- i want my sprites to collect items that are worth points. I want these items to be randomly generated on my tile map. Does anyone know how i can do this? I am using Visual C++ with SDL
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 …
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.
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 …
[ATTACH=RIGHT]15121[/ATTACH]Last Friday marked the 30th anniversary of one of the most beloved and recognized video games of all time, [URL="http://pacman.com/en/about"]PAC-MAN[/URL] (released in Japan by Namco). In celebration Google changed it's logo to resemble the board from the game that marked an era. This tribute to PAC-MAN on Google's home page …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Hi, I have a game that at the moment is a little like mario- a jump and run. I want to add a timer to my main funtion so that after 60 seconds or so the game ends and goes to a highscore table where you can enter your name …
hi.....um reading killer game book.and when loading external models it imports ncsa portfolio package.....i dont know where i could find this package and whether this package is included in java3d api??thanks in advance for any help.......
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 …
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 i am trying to make a jump and run game in Visual C++ using SDL I have been following a tutorial([url]http://jnrdev.72dpiarmy.com/[/url]) which was very good but finished before everything was covered. In a game lik mario, the players will navigate over jumps and onto ledges ect. I am using …
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?
Hey guys So at the moment i'm making an online strategy game a bit like tribalwars.net. I'm having a problem with building construction, unit recruitment, travel times etc. For example.. When a user clicks "build" for a building, the building will be added to a queue and will be completed …
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 …
hi, i want to make a car race game but i don't get the idea for moving the user car and opponent's car..... Can you suggest me :icon_confused:?
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!
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 …
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 …
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?
I want to make Flash games like on addicting games, BUT $700 for Adobe Flash!?! I can't afford that! So how can i use an Adobe Flash alternative and to make games?
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 …
Hey, just joined, hi! :) Ok, well, I'll start of with, I'm fairly familiar with c++ i think... Well kind of. Theres a lot i don't know, but im familiar with classes and stuff. Hopefully that'll give you an idea. Anyway, my problem! I was working on a simple game …
I want to implement a countdown timer in a game, but need some help figuring out how to do it properly. I know that this is probably a very regular question that has been asked a thousand times, but I've been trying out some methods I found through searching, but …
This question may be somewhat trivial, but I'm stumped none the less. The goal is to create a 'selection box' on the screen such as for selecting units in an rts game. I'll just give the pseudo-code, its the idea that's important main loop is set up as such: [CODE] …
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 …
the person to help me will have admin access. if someone knows how to do this please reply.
Hello all, very first post here so don't be surprised if i ask too many stupid questions and whatnot :P Firstly I should point out that I am an Artist and really dont know much about anything computerish apart from photoshop and illustrator. Animation and 3D modeling does however look …
Hi, So i am trying to make a racing game. I have found a code/website ([URL="http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article735.asp"]http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article735.asp[/URL])that explains collision detection. However i cannot figure out how to implement this in my code. If anyone could help me to do this i would be very grateful. If you need me to post …
I am trying to write a racing game but i need some winning conditions. Im not sure where to start, any pointers would help. Im using Visual C++
Hi, first post here. I've just taught myself C++ by reading a couple of books. Even though I haven't really created any of my own programs yet, I feel that I 'get' C++ and programming. I want to my first program to be a video game, or something that just …
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 = …
I am trying to get my racing game to recognise when two images have hit eachother when this happens I then want the game to display "Player 1 or 2 wins" and then quit the game. My code is very long so i will not post unless i need to. …
hi guys i wanna ideas for my project knowing that the team consists of two members the doctor rejects anything that is easy and not new the project time is a month or 3 weeks really ur help will be appreciated Thanks in advance
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