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Checking game objective status in efficient way on each update call
I am creating a 2d mobile game where there are three levels. Each level has 20 objectives. This can increase in the future.
Examples:
Level 1
Current Objective: 2/20
Objective : Collect 1000 coins
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1answer
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Simulating building stress [closed]
I need to simulate the effects of adding supporting materials to a building structure for a genetic algorithm in a block-based world. Essentially I am planning to use a genetic algorithm to optimise ...
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2answers
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Syncing game states in a multiplayer RTS game
I'm working in a group with 2 friends on our Gr. 12 final project for programming. We're making a multiplayer RTS game. I've been assigned to the networking section of the game, and none of us have ...
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2answers
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Reversi/Othello early-game evaluation function
I've written my own Reversi player, based on the MiniMax algorithm, with Alpha-Beta pruning, but in the first 10 moves my evaluation function is too slow. I need a good early-game evaluation function.
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1answer
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Help with Collision Resolution?
I'm trying to learn about physics by trying to make a simplified GTA 2 clone.
My only problem is collision resolution. Everything else works great.
I have a rigid body class and from there cars and ...
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3answers
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Having a list of rooms with theirs connection to each other, how do I find isolated room groups?
I'm trying to create a small roguelike and went as far as random generating rooms and corridors. Each room is an instanced object and contain an arraylist of the others rooms connected by a corridor.
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2answers
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Updating “Inactive” Chunks
In my game, the only chunks (4x4 areas of tiles) in memory are the ones that the player is in. However, chunks need to have updates applied to them over time. A (likely) well-known example would be ...
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2answers
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3D: First Person Movement
I've searched and searched for a solution today but haven't found one.
I have a Camera with Vector3 and also the camera has an angle.
If I use this:
hero.position.x += speedX;
hero.position.z += ...
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3answers
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basic Theory that we need to know before start learning game programming [closed]
Came from Java (and fairly C++) and I am very confident in my programming skill
Now I'm about to move to something more interesting, game programming
The thing is as I am new to this,
I need to know ...
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5answers
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Increasing the probability for similar tiles to generate next to each other
I'm working on a tile map system, which insofar looks like this (green is grass, air is white, stone is grey, and blue is water):
It uses a simple random number generator so that there's a 45% ...
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2answers
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How can i use A star pathfinding algorithm
How would i implement an A star algorithm for a game that i'm making on the android in java? i'm looking for a pre-made A star API in java with classes and methods to call. i don't want to have to ...
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1answer
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How can I organize code for views efficiently?
I'm making a video game for the Android platform and I need advice on the overall set up of the activities and views in the code. I don't need actual code, psuedocode will do, but actual code always ...
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1answer
358 views
Finding which tiles are intersected by a line, without looping through all of them or skipping any
I've been staring at this problem for a few days now. I rigged up this graphic to help me visualise the issue:
http://i.stack.imgur.com/HxyP9.png
(from the graph, we know that the line intersects ...
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1answer
556 views
MiniMax function throws null pointer exception
I'm working on a school project, I have to build a tic tac toe game with the AI based on the MiniMax algorithm. The two player mode works like it should.
I followed the code example on ...
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1answer
246 views
Dynamically creating astar node map by triangular polygonal map
My game's map format uses a bunch of triangles to make up the platforms and terrain in 2d. Right now I can set up a 2d array of nodes for the astar algorithm that basically is a bunch of rectangles ...
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3answers
665 views
tic tac toe computer opponent
I am just starting to do some very very very basic game dev(in java), i'm trying to create a game of tic tac toe but i am having some trouble implementing an a computer opponent.I just wanted to know ...
