Game Development Forum

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 …

Hey not sure if your still active on this forum but i was wondering if you could help me out i am currently in development of my own puyo puyo game and i could use some help if you can please reply back thanks.

Hi, Im very curious how to compute exact probablility of a certain slot machine games? Even samples will do. Thanks...

Can anybody guide me to implement mouse based zoom in, zoom out, and then scroll up,down,left,right (like in adobe reader while viewing pdf file). I m using openGL.

Hie all I am trying to make my game playabel over a network, Client/Server. I have managed to design the game, i have also managed to create a chat program whereby all clients connect to the server and messeges sent are all received and updated by the server to all …

Greetings, It has been a while since I have posted and as usual new things yield new questions from me. I am ever at the mercy of the forum gurus. Anywho, I'm making a 3d solar system. One thing that I want to make possible is to turn on and …

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 …

I've gone a little further with my code since the last time I posted here. Everything worked fine till the moment I started drawing in an actual 3rd dimension - the results are visible at least, but they're far from what they should look like. Instead of a pyramid and …

hello dear users.. i am working on a simple 2d game like DANGEROUS DAVE (if anybody played he will know better)... i was working fine although i am new to openGl and glut... now there is a problem that i want my character ( in fact a bmp image) when …

Hello! Today I started a SourceForge project for the game that I'm making, and I wanted to get input on the Map Builder/Editor. I DID include a readme file that has directions, contact info, and future features. [URL="https://sourceforge.net/projects/jiso/files/Map%20Editor/"]JISO Map Builder[/URL] Please give me feedback, this is a project that I …

I'm getting problems with this code. I'm trying to use OpenAL. A sound SDK developed by the makers of OpenGL. When I use this code: [code=c++] #include <conio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <al/al.h> #include <al/alc.h> #include <al/alu.h> #include <al/alut.h> ALuint Buffer; ALuint Source; float SourcePos[]={0.0f,0.0f,0.0f}; float SourceVel[]={0.0f,0.0f,0.0f}; float ListenerPos[]={0.0f,0.0f,0.0f}; …

I have been trying to learn java for a while but i cannot find out where to start can someone please help me?? I am Trying to learn as fast as possible . I have hosted a world of warcraft private server... Learned some div, css and html and i …

Hi I am making a top-down 2D shooter in D3D. So what I want to do is have my character rotate towards my mouse icons. So that means there are 2 vectors involved, pos and mousepos. Now calculating the angle wasn't a problem but the problem comes when I try …

HI i am working with visualc++08 ,but alas i recently found that my compiler does not have resource pack which enables buttons ,menus etc. on including "resource.h" i get several compiler errors . someone please tell me where could i get the resource.h or a resource pack for the compiler …

Hey guy's. I've never really cared for game dev befor, but it sounds kinda fun. I'm expecting a spair class next year and need to have something to do in my spair time. I'm thinking of making a clone of rogue (the 80's unix rpg). I'm wondering what the best …

How do I erase the font once it's done it's purpose? I've checked the web and it only shows how to put up font but not how to erase it so I can put up new font in it's place. Also if you have an easier way to do what …

I have seen private servers with custom models for WoW, but I have never seen custom terrain created or zones/instances. When I have asked, people always tell me it is much too complicated to do terrain. Any ideas to why this is? Just curious. I remember once I jumped off …

We are going to submit our C++ project on a game, which resembles Classic VideoGame game "Battle Rush", by next week, but we don't know much more about how to make artificial intelligence of the enemy tanks. So do you have any idea that how to update and move those …

I need help with commenting this code. I bet it is easy but I am a newbie and i am really bad in it. Can anyone help me ? The code that should be commented : [url]http://www.opengl.org/resources/code/samples/glut_examples/examples/scube.c[/url]

some one help me plz m making snake game and i have used system("cls") command in all the functions which i have made so when i call any function it will clear the screan and only single star is printed now i want to know how else i do my …

Okay I am a new programmer and I am interested in making games. I already began learning OpenGL, C++, and SDL. I need you guys to clear some stuff up for me please and also help recommend some tutorials/books for me. I want to make a 2D Pokemon MMORPG. (Don't …

I'm planning to do a simple game engine (the core functionality in c++) from my own and I want to start with the scripting engine as I want this to be very 'modable', I did not coded anything yet, so suppose that exists a OOP scripting language in which I …

I am new to macromedia flash mx and just wondering if any one can help me get started and make a game. i have been playing around with flash and can make some animations and moving charachters but not a whole objective type game. please help me. thanks

I want to make a 3d aquarium They way i want to animate will not be using keyframes at all, I want to move the fish model using all programming in realtime. At first i will just be moving the fish in a sine wave, once i get the hang …

Hi all. I'm part of a small operation, who has developed a game called Path to Pelantas. However, we are in dire need of programming help, so I wanted to know where to look for skilled programmers? Bear in mind that we are not the richest bunch as of yet …

Hi i'm a computer student searching for a software to make a game. i've googled and found severals but not many are free. [B]What im searching[/B] for is a software that resembles GameMaker or any RPG games ie Pokemon Red,Interactive Children Games that is easy to use and can be …

I tried to install the devil library but I am getting some errors. Here are the steps that I am taking to install it : [code] Let me see if I did this correctly : Steps : 1) download DevIL 1.7.8 for windows 32 bit 2) extract the info to …

I am using c++/opengl. Can someone help me with a wrapper for a 2d ball representation. I have one but its not complete. I need other stuff like momentum and collision response. Can you help me implement this?

Hi! As you can see from the title I´d like to know where i should start if i´d like to become a game "programmer". Which skills are requiered, and where to find them, and if there are any free "tutorials", on the web. Thanks P.S. this is my first post …

can you help me make a typing game of falling letters(randomly), and as the player presses the key of the letter, the letter being pressed will vanish and points will be gained by the player. Thank You.

I am trying this: [code=c++] #include <windows.h> #include <windowsx.h> #include <d3d9.h> #pragma comment (lib, "d3d9.lib") LPDIRECT3D9 d3d; LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 d3ddev; void initD3D(HWND hWnd); void render_frame(void); void cleanD3D(void); LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam); int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow) { HWND hWnd; WNDCLASSEX …

Hello everyone. For all of you who don't know I'm working on my 3D game engine (OpenGL) and I'm making development diary. So here is the episode 3, it's in 2 parts. New things are loader for TGA and FPXM(that is my own model file type for the engine). Also …

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 …

heyy guyz!!! is it possible to make a game with d help of .NET means action game if not plz suggest d lang. which u prefer to me to adopt for build a gud action game....Thanks in ADVANCE

Hey All I'm building a simple game engine (yes I know...) but it's more for personal experience. I'm up to the stage where I have built a simple wrapper for directx and win32. Anyway, all is going great so far. Now, here's something I am a little bit confused on... …

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 …

Does anybody know where I can find a good reference book or website about the Dark GDK Library?

I'm making a Java applet that's a 2D platform game. Each map contains (So far) only collision lines, a background and a foreground image. The collision lines are used for collision detection with pretty much everything that collides with the terrain. For you guys to be able you help, I …

I've decided to start my first real project in C++, so I picked something simple; to make a game just like Pong. I've got most of the GUI setup, but i have no idea where to start on programming the computer character that will play against the user. Does anyone …

If anyone is still interested in those old, nostalgic text-based games to run in the console, there's Python Universe Builder by Joe Strout. Yes, it's a dead project as the last release dates back to 2006, but it still works fine if anyone is interested. On the [URL="http://py-universe.sourceforge.net/"]Sourceforge page for …

I have a really wierd problem using OpenGL. I've verified all my code passes the correct mesh, correct texture, to the correct shader. When I use the same texture with multiple instances of the same mesh and the same shader located at different locations on the screen it shows up …

Hello, I've started work on building a 2d tile based platform game, and have just been wondering about how to store/distribute the games levels. this game allows you to load a 'World' which is made up of potentially up to 10000 map files (A 100x100 grid, though most of the …

Hi every one, I never had done game development in my life befor but I want to do 3d java game development. can n e one tell from scratch where should I start from? Thank you, Regards, [B]Syed Ahmed Hussain[/B]

I want to design a game. I know how to write in html, so I'm hoping I can do games also. Either in flash or not flash. I want to make a puzzle or word game. I just don't know where to start? Any advice would be super! I'd really …

ok I am almost done doing what I need to do and that is getting a portion of a bitmap to appear on the screen and have it move around using directional controls. My problem is that while I get the the bitmap move it leaves the original behind and …

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 I made a code where user can guess the number. Now I would like to implement the number of tries and I would like that the user will only guess til 3 times. It seems I'm quite lost here. I tried to declare it as constructors but not sure …

If i dont know win32 i cant learn opengl?? i learn C++ and i want to use graphics and opengl it look good. if i can learn opengl without win32 you can give me tutorial?? thanks sorry about my english..

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 …