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Remove FilterHey I'm coding Tron which is basically a two player snake game, I'm a noob when it come to pygame and python and need help with the collision logic and would love it if you could help me. (the comments are just ideas I had for the loops for the …
Hi, everyone. I want to create a RISK-style game in C++ with decent graphics, of course. I would like to create a map with countries as buttons [I know that this is possible in java through extensions but I want to do this in c++] Could anyone please help me …
Hi, i have been making a maze game in pygame. I have made every level and have them all in different folders so i can find them easily. I have been trying to make a menu for the game where you are able to pick any level and play it. …
on my university I got an assignment to build a program on OpenGl that read from a given txt file a coordinates of some lines and draw them to the screen. i thank everyone that might help me, I know a little bit programming on C but I'm a little …
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Hi I am a beginner in game programming and would like to make a rocketmania clone using opengl, the display and interaction part is done. I also have a classes named gameboard and tiles with their properties. but I am having problems on game logic, where the fuel flows into …
Okay so I'm writing a code for a game and the way its currently programmed is the main menu is contained within a large function that references another function, and so on. Not too complicated. But (as you'll see with the code below) I have all the essential variables set …
I want to make game that looks like Rocket Mania, it almost done but something was wrong with the TriggerExit. and now i and my team was stuck and dont know how to continue this game. Maybe same of you guys please help us to make this game out?
void PatratTexturat(PATRAT patrat, int numar) { switch(numar) { case 1: if(numar==1) glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, id_textura[2]); else glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D,id_textura[3]); break; case 2: if(numar==2) glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, id_textura[4]); else glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, id_textura[5]); break; case 3: if(numar==3) glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, id_textura[6]); else glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, id_textura[7]); case 4: if(numar==4) { glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, id_textura[8]); } else { glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, id_textura[9]); } break; case 5: glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D,id_textura[10]); break; …
void PatratTexturat(PATRAT patrat, int numar) { switch(numar) { case 1: if(numar==1) glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, id_textura[2]); else glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D,id_textura[3]); break; case 2: if(numar==2) glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, id_textura[4]); else glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, id_textura[5]); break; case 3: if(numar==3) glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, id_textura[6]); else glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, id_textura[7]); case 4: if(numar==4) { glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, id_textura[8]); } else { glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, id_textura[9]); } break; case 5: glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D,id_textura[10]); break; …
Hi, I am currently in UNI studying Media (Video, Music, Design and also Web Development). As its summer I would love to have a side project. I've been meaning to learn how to create a text based RPG game, I am curious what skills I would need to make a …
//thanks to GameAlchemist function createCountDown(timeRemaining) { var startTime = Date.now(); return function() { return timeRemaining - ( Date.now() - startTime ); } } var currentCountDown = createCountDown(30000); // Draw everything var render = function () { var countDownValue = currentCountDown(); returnKillsNeeded(stageNum); ctx.drawImage(startGameImg, 0,0); ctx.font = "24px Helvetica"; ctx.textAlign = 'center' …
I hope you can help me. here is the source code: <html> <head> <script type='text/javascript' src='script.js'></script> <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='style.css'> <style> canvas { border: 1px solid #d3d3d3; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } </style> </head> <body id="main1" background="Background.jpg" onload="startGame()"> <p id="text1">TIME: </p><div id="timer"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> function countdown (minutes){ var seconds = …
How to add a score and collision detection between fruit and myAvatar? <html> <head> <script type='text/javascript' src='script.js'></script> <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='style.css'> <style> canvas { border: 1px solid #d3d3d3; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } </style> </head> <body id="main1" background="Background.jpg" onload="startGame()"> <p id="text1">TIME: </p><div id="timer"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> function countdown (minutes){ var seconds …
Hello! I always wanted programming my own games, but i dont know where to start. At school im coding in C, and i read a lot that some people suggest C++, but i dont know. Your ideas? I would like to make a 2d game , which will be also …
I was wondering if it is possible to make [I]an online multi-player game server preferably in batch.[/I] I am hoping to make a PowerPoint game that can be multi-player with the help of batch. Also even answers that do not suit my requirements fully will help, because i am 11 …
hey is there anyone in here who is good at these staff : coding,html,php,css,javascript and also i need a partner to do this coz wanna create a text based mafia game ......... thanx very much just contact me below thanx........ MSN : [I]<<snip>>[/I]
Hey everyone, In addition to... Lazy Foo's Tutorial http://lazyfoo.net/tutorials/SDL/index.php "SDL Game Development" - Shaun Mitchell book are there any other recommended resources (does not have to be SDL) people could suggest? I've already created a console-based text adventure game and am really interested in expanding it into a text-adventure game …
When mario collide to the wall .. I want to go back to the flappyMario class and dispose the Game Class .. but dispose won't work .. I really appreciate if someone help me about this problem. Here is my Code import java.awt.Component; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.Toolkit; import …
I'm developing a game that has a word falling to the bottom of the screen and the user typing that word before it hits the bottom. So you'll be able to type input while the word is falling. Right now I have a timer that waits 5 seconds, prints the …
ok so, I'm using unity5 and I have got my terrain and spooky forest. the lighting is ok its just that if I drag the FOG script to the first-person prefab and press play it doesn't work. it does distance fog not real-time moving fog in front of the camera. …
Okay... So I am an avid programmer. I have been writing applications in C, C++ and C# for almost 10 years now. I'm also a second year computer science student. Like many people I love computer games, more specifically adventure/ rpg games like runescape, elder scrolls etc. I have programmed …
the game unturned is running with low fps. I have a late 2011 MacBook pro. 2.4ghz cpu i5. intel hd 3000, 512mb. with bloom and light shafts I'm getting about 29fps. when I turn up the detail distance it drops to 6fps. clearly 2.4ghz is fast enough not to do …
I'm very new to the Raycasting algorithim, and was reading a webpage on how it works with CPP code to accompany. I followed what the page described and converted it into Python/Pygame and then ran it, but my result was *very* different. I have a feeling it has something to …
How to create a character for my game? Im trying to develope a game in html5,css3,javascript
Hello everyone, I am trying to write an object loader in c++. Currently, I have a file that is made up of many sub objects and I am having a little difficulty figuring out how to process the data. First of all, here is an example of part of the …
Hey, still a beginner in Python. I was wondering if anybody could help me out with all this info. Im planning to make an actual game, but first i have to get classes/methods etc. I thought maybe this would be some good classes: Trainer, Pokemon, Moves, Stats, Type, Pokeball, Pokedex …
This is my code. I am learning this through the microsoft C# for absolute beginners book. I am on chapter 8 on the final soccer program and have no errors. The only problem I have is when I run it. I get $exception {Index was outside the bounds of the …
I was thinking about my upcoming school project focused on Windows 10 universal apps and I ran into very interesting experiment : http://gregtatum.com/poems/stochasticity/1/ I want to work on something very similiar or achieve similar level of animation in universal application writen in Csharp Win2D. I have never worked with any …
someone should help me with thisss T-T okay the instruction is like this "let your prog picks a combination of vowels and consonants. User will then build as much words as possible from the chosen letters. your prog will check the correctness of the words. give points to each word …
Hi everyone, I need some help with the lookat matrix... This is my code [CODE] Matrix Matrix::CreateLookAt(Vector3 eye, Vector3 target, Vector3 up) { Vector3 forward = target - eye; forward.normalize(); Vector3 side = Vector3::cross(forward, up); side.normalize(); up = Vector3::cross(side, forward); Matrix m; // Defaults to identity matrix m.m11 = side.x; …
Hey guys, I am new to the community so I wanna say thanks in advance for the advice. I am 20 years old and very interested in game developement. My programming background is limited as I have only been practicing for about a year total now and in scattered time …
So i have 2 players on screen and a player send a attack, what i want is that if x,y are different of x,y destPos move only diagonal towards the destination position. if just x is different well move x only, same with y. I know i have to some …
I've been here before but I'm looking to find a single-pass method to input the LRS `[[0,0,0],[0,0,0],[1,1,1]]` and get a basic 3x4 (at least) matrix in return: [ [1,0,0,0], [0,1,0,0], [0,0,1,0] ] ^ matrix is NOT transposed (I'll never understand why we use column-major) anyone got anything on this?? > …
What is the programming language used in games like GTA 5 or Call of duty? and which software do they use to render graphics?
which platform should i use for effective game development?
I'm trying to learn planning, i have a half baked program and I'm stuck. I don't know whats wrong. Well, here's an overview: I have an Agent who have goals and actions, doing an action will make the value of a goal lower. Each Action cost a energy. Actions and …
Hello all, Help me to understand how they create deal or no deal game in excel? is that converted? or made in excel? that would be very helpfull.
Hi, I have a projectile and a target. Both objects have: Vector2D velocity and Vector2D position. How do I find the predicted position just using the target's position and velocity, together with the projectile speed?
So im doing a MMO, wich will have a lot of entities, monsters, players etc .. So i want opinions from you experts, wich a aproch should i go for... create the entity when its near the view port so that the game dnt struggle updating each entity or will …
hello I am new here, I am ineresting which is best programing language to make flash games. thanks
Hi, Whats currently the hot tool for developing simple games for the Internet? I'm talking about games like the ones you might see on Miniclip.com, freeaddictinggames.com or newgrounds.com. I want to start developing some games. Also, if you a tool in mind that is not "hot" but one that you …
Hello well I always wanted to make a videogame i just didnt know how so I read up on some books and kinda learned a little bit but what would be the best programming language for making a game that would do well and not a game that is just …
so I've been working with alot of common interfaces and the typical layout for this data seems to follow: - LRS (Loc, Rot, Scale) >( calculated to )> 3x4 transform matrix (Parent Relation) - 3x4 local-bind matrix (Parent relation) - 3x4 inverse-bind matrix (Inverse-World Relation) the most important matrix is …
**BREAKOUT GAME IN OPENGL** code is in C. Use the 's' and 'd' to move the paddle. Bounce the ball off the paddle to keep it from falling off the bottom of the screen. Break all the bricks to win. So far the program is running. but the right brick …
unlike most people who ask this question i have quite a good programing background mainly in python HTML CSS .bat bash and Java but i raily made gui games i would like to learn a new language that is both powerful and good at making games in beaing able to …
so i have a class assignment to link all our game files, im trying to load a "lose.swf" after the car crashes. our teacher only gave us this line of code to use and i cant seem to figure out how to get the MovieClip(stage.getChildAt(0)).loadThisScreen("lose.swf"); part to work properly ( …
Hello there! I am making games with C++ and SDL, and I want to make procedurally generated tiles, so I'll get an "infinite" -so to say- game world. Though I have no idea how I would approach this. I have basic knowledge of what I need to know to create …
Yo, I'm a first year Computer Science college student, I've been thinking of pursuing a career as a Game Programmer. I was wondering since the only languages we are learning at the moment are Java and SQL, how useful is Java for developing games. Should I self-teach other languages like …
So I'm making a map editor with C# and XNA. I have currently got it setup so there is a windows for with a picture box, which the game is being displayed through. The problem is this, I want (0,0) to be the upper left corner of the picture box, …
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