Game Development Forum

hey is there anyone out there wanna help me make a text based mafia game with me we can both be admins in the game we mite make profit in this game according 2 my plans if there is wanyone illing 2 help plz can u pm me i understand …

I'm doing a game using DirectX 9. My game has top-down view. I loaded two texture files(*.png image). One is the background and over that is the character. I've given up, down, left, right movements for my character. The program runs fine, showing the char and its movement over the …

Hey! I've been looking into game development recently and decided to start learning, I have good base on C++ so language isn't problem. I came across these 2 libraries, SFML and SDL, they break opinions so I would like to hear which you guys suggest! Thanks

Hi, so as an excuse to learn Java (I currently only know Python), I would like to write a simple 2D web-based game. How would you recommend me doing this? Should I write the entire game from the ground up? Should I use a game engine? If you would like …

Hello! I have a question regarding game programming. Currently i am doing a course in .net3.5. How to develop a game using c#? Can anyone provide(code) with a game done in .net. What are the educational qualifications to be a game programmer? Thanks in advance.

Hi Can anyone tell me please What is the best game Developer software. Thanks.

I was working on a game where I have a bunch of enemies. I wanted the game to randomly select which enemy to use but it always picks the same one. Here is the file were I make the enemies: [CODE]using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics; …

Hi, I tried to make a game trainer, static address can be done. But since the game change it's address every time the game restarted it's make me frustated. Do you have a solution for this?

Hello there, i'm a new to this forum and i was always curious about game developing so here are some questions about game developing: - Is it a good job? - What qualities are required to develop a game? - How much time does it take to develop a game? …

My below code will compile and create a form with blue inside. I'm currently trying to draw a triangle to the screen but when I call "device.DrawPrimitives(PrimitiveType.TriangleList, 0, 1);" inside of my render function the program fails. Let me know if I'm doing anything wrong, I'm still in the process …

Hi. I have for a while wanted to know how to make games. Please could someone say what is a good [B]free[/B] programming language/software to use. i am not a begginer as i know quite a bit of vb.net, HTML, css and a small amount of other laguages like python, …

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 …

Absolutely no surprise there then: Modern Warfare 2 is the all-format games Christmas Number One according to the ELSPA software charts just published here in the UK. A position, incidentally, it has held for the six weeks, ever since it was released. The Top Ten, in case you are interested, …

Hi Can anyone help me please What is the Best Games Developer software. Thanks.

I'm making this snake game, and I've created a class to handle the snakes (players and AI snakes), this works out quite well, however, at the moment I'm declaring my main snake (player 1), as global, in terms of: [CODE] class Snake { //... Lots and lots of code. } …

Hi and I have tried some UV mapping in blender and although it can be handy in some situations I have found it to not do the job for my situation. Basically all I want to do is for a texture to pattern around every face of the object without …

I've been trying to code a catch me game (for anyone who doesn't know: a game with a ball that randomly jumps around the screen - the goal is to click the ball before it moves, and not to miss it). I've got the clicks part down. You can click …

I'm working on a project using Lindenmayer systems([url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-system[/url]) to simulate the animation of a tree growing. It uses recursion to determine how the branches and leaves of the tree appear. The program uses OpenGL and my programming language is C++. Here's what I've defined my L-System with: derivative length: 10 …

HI everyone! I'm Darkwing. Me and a crew of ppl, mostly teens :D, are willing to create an RPG named "Phoenix Dream". The thing is, i'm still learning, really, just starting to learn to program, so i'd need help from someone experienced enough to deal with 3D rendering and creation …

I'll explain what I'm doing before I get to the exact problem. I've been making a 2D game in python. Originally I was making it in pygame but I faced a problem. To prevent a very low frame rate I either had to reduce the screen dimensions and remove features …

Hello! I'm a management major doing some research on educational video games: Just wanted to ask if you have any good sources/references/insights/anything interesting about video games being used in education? especially in the collegiate level. Things I want to find out are: >The usual target segment for these games have …

Does anyone know of any good OpenGL selection tutorials that go over how to process more than 64 objects? The only tutorials that I can find deal with under 64 objects and when they mention more than that they say use a loop but don't go into any detail. Thanks

I mean we create our own game engine which works well with vectors and can mainpulate the 3d card and sound cards.And works with USB control pads

Can I install hardcore computer games on a flash drive without installing on my computer? So can I install hardcore computer games on a flash drive without installing the games on my computer? I would like to play games such as Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2 The …

can you help me in making a 8 puzzle solver in c

Hi all, We have a project about robotics, robotic arm. The robotic arm will be controlled by computer, and will send information at which position it is instantenously. According to the data that is sent from the robotic arm the simulation will happen. And I am responsible for computer part, …

please help me to get the code of this output: 1 2 3 2 3 4 5 4 3 4 5 6 7 6 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 7 6 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 0 9 8 7 6 7 8 9 0 …

HI i know php/mysql and javascript well and I've made some web site . now , I want to make a online game web site that it has two type of games . One type are simple games like BACKGAMMON or chess another type are multiplay games . I have …

I've been studying VC++ for about 2 months, and I was working on my first game from a book (Game Programming All In One) The game is 'Craps', it's a dice game. Anyways, I've had a few prolems with the codeing, can someone help me? (Windows 32 Console) Here is …

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 …

How can I draw text in a glut window with the keyboard; I have tried doing cin with [CODE] void TextBox::Keys(unsigned char key,int x,int y){ switch(key){ case 13://enter key cin >> String; DrawString = true; break; case 27: exit(0); break; } [/CODE] and then in the draw function [CODE] fontx …

First of all, I'M reading the book "Microsoft XNA Game Studio 2.0". I understand the error I'M getting but I don't know what to do about it. The error says I can't use backgroundColor before it has been declared. I'M following along with the book so I don't see why …

So i have to do a school project for next year and i was thinking about doing something like a Pokemon game. i don't know were to start, what software should i use and if you can give me any tips that would be great.

It would seem that there is something of an ongoing battle in the world of online Chinese gaming, and World of Warcraft is right in the midst of it. As I [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story220683.html"]reported[/URL] back in July, the company behind World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment) was having problems in getting The Burning …

Hello, I am currently doing a research at my university about the ways in which we can use multicore CPU to enhance graphics performance instead of putting all the load on the GPU, I am trying to work with both OpenGL and OpenMP and I am planning on using gDebugger …

Hello everyone, Im new to this forum and hope you all are doing well. Im currently developing mods for half life 2 (basic changes to game play but more level design stuff) I want to improve my skills and learn everything that I possible can. I really like the programming …

hi each time i try to play a game my computer shut down why is that happening

Hi. Firstly, I am a complete noob, and cannot understand complicated answers. OK. I'm making a noobish space game, called Galactic Armageddon. I'm just testing the variables right now (for getting hit by lasers, missiles, etc.). I'm compiling using Dev-C++ and the default compiler. The program is written using the …

Hey there everyone, i am wanting to do some college and do game design and programming. What languages should i learn, which ones would be the best? what is the main used language used for game programming now days?

I have never made a game before, but have been interested for a while, but i have no idea where to start. could someone recommend some software on where to start, and how to actually program a game. Thanks ~Matt

I am making a rubix cube game in OpenGL and I have run into a problem with rotations. When doing multiple rotations (x, y, z) the axis gets rotated as well (ie when doing an x-axis rotation of 90 or 270 deg the y-axis becomes the z-axis and z-axis becomes …

hey guys i have a problem with a game of mine...farcry....the problem is that whenever i play the game the graphics gets messed up and the screen goes white though im still playing the game....ie, the game doesnt hang at all. i am currently using a dell computer: intel core2 …

I have just gotten a grasp of how it works.. I think. I'll just show Where I'm at right now. [CODE=vb] Public Class Face 'global variables Dim x, y As Integer Dim map(x, y) As Integer 'Not sure if this should be a Integer but if I run into errors …

Hi. I initially started up a thread at the Game Dev. section of the forums but it seems rather dead so I thought I'd try my luck here. I am making a top-down 2D shooter in D3D. So what I want to do is have my character rotate towards my …

I know a little DirectX 9(I can draw a little, etc.), but i want to learn DirectX 10. I decided to take the tutorial that is provided in the DirectX SDK, so i did. Almost immediately i noticed that it was heavy. My CPU usage shot up and it took …

So. I've decided to make a browser based MMORPG. But I need some advice on where I should start with the whole thing... I've got ideas, and knowledge on HTML, CSS and JavaScript. From what I've found PHP and MySQL is needed also, and I know very little on them, …

If possible could you please take a look at this image/tileset and see if its possible to draw a 2x2 tile map with each of the frames in that image correctly mapped onto the quads in the tile map. The idea is to go on and use this as a …

I'm having trouble understanding coordinate space using perspective in OpenGL. Basically I can't figure out how many units will represent the entire screen given a specific z-value or how spacing should be done, etc. In all the tutorials I've seen they plot these nice shapes placed evenly apart in different …

I have a few nice ideas for a game that i would like to make, involving some, what i see as, pretty advanced coding requirements. all i would like is a site with some nice begginer tutorials, i think i can take it from there, also your favorite program or …

Hello everyone. I am new here and would like to know what would be the best way to go about setting up a website account creation system that will also store there account into a mysql database but also add it to a game database witch is sql. Thanks