A framework for programming language and platform agnostic application development. It was developed by Microsoft and the most well known implementation is Microsoft .Net for Windows. Another implementation is Mono which runs on Windows, OS X and Linux. The most common programming language for .Net ...
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What are some famous games developed with .NET and/or XNA? [closed]
Are there famous games written in .Net and/or XNA?
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What C# libraries can be used to support game development?
As games are based on many different subsystems things like graphics (DirectX, OpenGL, ...), sound (OpenAL, Ogg Vorbis, ...) or physics (collisions, ...), what libraries do you know that are useful ...
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Does C# have a future in games development?
I recently learned that the MMO Minecraft is powered by Java from a recent interview on CVG.co.uk on a possible collaboration between two former and now competing colleagues. In the interview he ...
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How to generate projectiles with the direction of the mouse pointer
I'm experimenting on a small top-down space shooter where the player controls a ship and he can shoot bullets toward the direction of the mouse cursor. My question is how can I shoot the bullets with ...
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What's the best server architecture for real-time games?
I'm developing a Real-Time game which should hold thousands of players in real-time (FPS like. max 1s lag). What would be the best infrastructure for this?
My idea was using 2 server clusters - one ...
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Game development using C# or .Net technology [closed]
I am new to .Net and C# and I am interested in game development . I just studied about Mono-andriod and mono-iOS but they are not free to use . I also read about XNA and I think its free to use . So ...
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How do I draw anti-aliased holes in a bitmap
I have an artillery game (hobby-learning project) and when the projectile hits it leaves a hole in the ground. I want this hole to have antialiased edges. I'm using System.Drawing for this. I've tried ...
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A few queries about my Map Data (& ideas of improvement, seconded opinion required)
so like the title says i'm trying to think of ways that i can basically improve my level/map data. Currently it's "alright" but i don't feel it's great. There's certain things that i'd like to-do to ...
