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Projecting world coordinates to screen coordinates issue - points disappear when origin not in view

I am trying to implement a 2d line drawing effect on a 3d mesh using Ogre. In order to do so, I perform silhouette detection on the lines of the object (this works) and then project these lines from ...
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2D Platform character getting “unaligned” with the map

I'm trying to make a 2D Platform game and so far I can have my character moving around in a tiled map and collisions are working too. So far so good. The problem I'm having is that the character can ...
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Making 2D Games [closed]

I am starting out on making my own games. I am very interested in making 2D side scrolling games, such as SNES/Mega Drive games and eventually I want to create my own Metroid/Cave Story inspired game. ...
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Optimal OpenGL 2D Sprite Batching (Best Practice)

I am working on simple 2D engine using OpenGL (3.3+) for rendering and was wondering what the optimal method of sprite batching would be. I plan to put all sprites into one (or fewer) texture atlases. ...
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Object Detection

I'm building a collision system for my 2D game, broadphasing (sweep and prone + pair detection) works. But I don't know how to separate pickup objects, tiles and the player from each other. My ...
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UML Class Diagrams for 2D platformer Games? [closed]

I have to develop a small arcade game in C++ for a college assignment using a 2D Game Engine my teacher coded. What would be the best way to make a UML class diagram for it? It's very basic stuff but ...
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Swarm/crowd movement with box2d?

Apart from using b2Body::setTransform(), are there other ways to move a body around while keeping its dynamics ? I want to move several bodies at the same time into one direction, pretty much like ...
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Android Game an [closed]

I want to develop an android game (3D/2D).. and I don't have any knowledge about android app development. So can you suggest some helpful and understandable resources like video tutorials or head ...
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My ClanLib based Keyboard Manager not working [closed]

I created a simple Keyboard manager to detect whether buttons are currently pressed, or if where pressed in that frame. It seems like it should work, yet it seems to not read anything. Here is my ...
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Which of these languages: Java, C++, or Python (Pygame) would be most effecient for a 2d rpg game? [closed]

I'm trying to create a 2d rpg game that could be comparable to Realm of Mad God, but would be singleplayer only. I would like to use Pygame but I heard that 1.It's too slow, and 2)It would crash to ...
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I need a thin library to load SVG files [closed]

I'm doing a pet project on C++ (to refresh C++ and learn new Standard, and to learn modern Opengl), and I want to use 2d vector graphics. My idea is to use Inkspace to edit graphics and SVG as export ...
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Collision detection for 2D RTS game in C++

I'm currently working on a real time strategy game in C++, and I need to implement a collision detection algorithm. I need to have a very efficient algorithm because this game will be running on ...
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PNG image as a level map for 2d game

I've been using a tilemap editor for making levels, but I was wondering if there was a way to use PNG images as the level map, as maps created in tiled editor are graphically uninteresting. ...
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Implementing a camera / viewport to a 2D game

What is the most practical way to implement camera/viewport to a 2D-game? I've read, that I should store the object world position instead of position relative to the screen? Current situation: I ...
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How to create realistic 2d lighting using colour temperature

I'm looking for a lighting algorithm that produces realistic lights expressed in kelvins, from about 2500k to 6500k. What I'm confused about is how to make the lights properly interact with the colors ...
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enemy behavior with boundary to change direction

I'm doing space shooter kind of game, the logic is to reflect the enemy if it hits the boundary. With my logic, sometimes enemy behaves like flickering instead of changing the velocity. It's like ...
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Audio Panning using RtAudio

I use Rtaudio library. I would like to implement an audio program where I can control the panning (e.g. shifting the sound from the left channel to the right channel). In my specific case, I use a ...
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How can I cleanly and elegantly handle data and dependancies between classes

I'm working on 2d topdown game in SFML 2, and need to find an elegant way in which everything will work and fit together. Allow me to explain. I have a number of classes that inherit from an abstract ...
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Whats the right program for me? [closed]

I would like to learn C++ so I can get a job in the game industry, but there are so many options it a little confusing. I know most of you will say I should read up on C++ before attempting to program ...
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Detecting long held keys on keyboard

I just want to ask if can I check for "KEY"(keyboard) that is HOLD/PRESSED for a long time, because I am to create a clone of breakout with air hockey for 2 different human players. Here's the ...
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Determine how to display a tile based on surrounding tiles [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Choose tile based on adjacent tiles I have a game engine which generates maps randomly, set on a 2d grid which is composed of 34px square graphical tiles. These tiles ...
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What's a good entity hierarchy for a 2D game?

I'm in the process of building a new 2D game out of some code I wrote a while ago. The object hierarchy for entities is like this: Scene (e.g. MainMenu): Contains multiple entities and delegates ...
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Fast, accurate 2d collision

I'm working on a 2d topdown shooter, and now need to go beyond my basic rectangle bounding box collision system. I have large levels with many different sprites, all of which are different shapes and ...
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What 2D game engines are there available for C++? [closed]

I just realized there are not C++ 2D Game Engines that I know of. For example, something like Pygame in Python, or Slick2D in Java. We have the following: SDL -> Too low level, not a Game Engine ...
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How to create a simple side scroller game [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to create games with scrolling? I'm still pretty new to game programming and any tutorial that I have worked with stuck to only games with the initial screen. I want ...
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2D SAT Collision Detection not working when using certain polygons (With example)

My SAT algorithm falsely reports that collision is occurring when using certain polygons. I believe this happens when using a polygon that does not contain a right angle. Here is a simple diagram of ...
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What should I worry about when changing OpenGL origin to upper left of screen?

For self education, I'm writing a 2D platformer engine in C++ using SDL / OpenGL. I initially began with pure SDL using the tutorials on sdltutorials.com and lazyfoo.net, but I'm now using SDL to ...
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Shape Centers as Vectors: Local space or World space?

Given a shape (any shape) in a 2D world where all positions, locations, and centers are two dimensional vectors, should the shape's center be described in local space or world space? EXAMPLE: World ...
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What is the difference between an impulse and a force related to a physics engine?

What is the difference between an application of an impulse and an application of a force in relation to a physics engine?
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How do i choose what technology to use for a 2D game like Pokemon?

I apologize in advance for the wall of text about to come. I've had an idea for a game for a while now, and am stuck at step 1 of game development: Choosing a language/engine. I've read a whole ...
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What features do basic particle engines have?

I created a basic particle system for SDL in C++. It has some basic stuff like an emitter, as well as a simple particle class. It can load a image, or create a dot of a color. And that's it. What ...
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How to generate water pools on a 2D tile grid?

I'm coding a algorithm that generate a map, fixed size 2D matrix of tiles (32x32, 64x64, ...), for a game. The game map contains 2 elements, ground and water tiles. I'm trying to flood some water ...
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2D Tower Targeting (Tower Defense)

so just to be more specific this question isn't in regards to how to target enemies or anything like that rather its purposed towards a specific targeting issue i have with me enemies in its current ...
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Recommended method towards making custom maps for a 2d game?

I am planning on making a 2D game, however different from my last personal projects I want this one to have enhanced graphics, with custom-designed levels. My previous 2d platformers were tile-based, ...
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Turn-based JRPG battle system architecture resources

The past months I've been busy programming a 2D JRPG (Japanese-style RPG) in C++ using the SDL library. The exploration mode is more or less done. Now I'm tackling the battle mode. I have been unable ...
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Change of direction after Collision

I am having a pickup image which is moving at random direction and have to change the direction after collision with some tiles, which are a rectangle. I've my own algorithm for detecting the ...
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Most efficient way to implement walls and shadows in 2d

I am making a 2d top-down programming game similar to robocode. There will be up to 1000 walls (lines) in the arena, and up to 50 robots. Each robot can see in a 90 degree arc, and cannot see through ...
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What is causing this behavior with the movement of Pong Ball in 2D? [closed]

//edit after running it through the debugger it turned out i had the display function set to x,x...TIL how to use a debugger I've been trying to teach myself C++ SDL with the lazyfoo tutorial and ...
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The ship “shudders” in scrolling Asteroids

In my Asteroids game the user can scroll through space. When scrolling, the ship is drawn in the centre of the window. I use interpolation. I scroll the window uing glOrtho, centering it around the ...
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C++ Valid for indie 2d games? [closed]

I am not currently developing any games, but am taking a C++ course. Will I actually be able to make any games with the knowledge I have from this course? I really just want to make a game with ...
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Allegro Game Won't Fire 2D Projectile

To begin with I am developing a PSP application so I have no clue how to debug a PSP application. That doesn't mean I do not know how debug period. Anyway, when I run the game everything runs fine but ...
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Checking Collisions In 2D Platformer With Tiles

My team and I are developing a 2D platformer with C++/SDL/OpenGL, and we already defined a collision system, but we have a problem checking collisions with the tilemap. The tiles of the tilemap are ...
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Problem With Smooth Animation In C++/SDL/OpenGL

I been working in the animation of a 2D platformer game in C++/SDL/OpenGL, and my team and I reach the point where we need to establish that every animation of the player (Walking, Running, etc..) ...
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Is it possible to write a game that doesn't require a GPU?

I already know many computers today have a GPU that supports DirectX and OpenGL. But what about computers that don't? Can I write a simple 2D game that does not rely on the GPU, so that it works even ...
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Question About An Implementation Of Parallax Scrolling In C++/SDL/OpenGL

I been working in a project with a team for a Software Engineering class and we think that using the parallax scrolling will help our game to look really nice but we are not really sure if our idea ...
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How to prevent fleeing monster from backing himself into a dead end?

I've been building a rogue-like for more than a year now, and so far I've only ever implemented very simple monster behaviour - such as moving toward the player when he's in the line of sight, and ...
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2D AI Engines/ Resources?

i'm wondering if there's any 2D AI source code or engines out there. I'm inspired by the Euphoria engine, and want to use whatever is already out there to make something like it in 2D, where the ...
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Find a unit vector exactly halfway between two connected line segments

Seems like a quick and easy question but I haven't been able to find exactly what I'm looking for so: How to calculate a unit length vector that is pointing along the line which is exactly 50% of the ...
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Find Nearest Object

I have a fairly sizable game engine created, and I'm adding some needed features, such as this, how do I find the nearest object from a list of points? In this case, I could simply use the ...
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Where to look for good 2d c++ opengl game engine architecture?

I'm writing own game engine and want to look how other peoples implement game engine architecture. So any advices about well architected engines (even paid ones) are welcome.

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