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Removing drawn Allegro texts and primitives

I'm working on a game with Allegro 5 that has a loop. I'd like to make the program write onto the screen, how much time the loop has ended. These are the rounds of a turn-based game, obviously. I use ...
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Linking error when compiling Allegro example

I am currently learning about game development tools and decided to use Allegro and OpenGL for starters. I've run into some problems in getting examples to compile though. It seems the allergro.h ...
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How can I have multiple layers in my map array?

How do I load Levels in my game, as in Layer 1 would be Objects, Layer 2 would be Characters and so on. I only need 3 layers, and they will all be put on top of each other. i.e having a flower with a ...
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Allegro 5 compiling with GCC on mac [closed]

I have the following code from a tutorial and i am trying to compile it on a mac using g++/gcc however every time it complains about the native dialog but i am referencing the library correctly i ...
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How to slow down a sprite that updates every frame?

I am going through a Allegro 5 tutorial which has a game loop. There is also a variable "active" which determines if a key is being held down. Thus if the left key is being held down active is on and ...
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“LNK2001: unresolved external symbol” when trying to build my program

I get the following error(s) on my program that captures the mouse and then draws a line. Errors: 1>------ Build started: Project: Capture_Mouse_Line, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ 1> ...
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Why is the framerate (fps) capped at 60?

ISSUE I recently moved a project from my laptop to my desktop(machine info below). On my laptop the exact same code displays the fps(and ms/f) correctly. On my desktop it does not. What I mean by ...
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Space invaders clone not moving properly

I'm trying to make a basic space invaders clone in allegro 5, I've got my game set up, basic events and such, here is the code: #include <allegro5/allegro.h> #include ...
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Full screen shader causes performance hit

I basically want to have a shader run that can do something like toon shading, or grayscale the whole screen, or radial lighting. To do this, I create a new bitmap each time the display resizes that ...
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Dealing with keyboard input

In game design how should keyboard input be handled and why? Do i A: check the state of keys in the main loop each iteration? B: Read key down and key up events from the event queue. Im using ...
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Current library situation

Allright so I've been doing some searches, here what I got: SDL: It is a standard, very mature but very old. (I got posts of late 2009 where they were still waiting for the 1.3 to come up...we are ...
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How can I draw an arrow at the edge of the screen pointing to an object that is off screen?

I am wishing to do what is described in this topic: http://www.allegro.cc/forums/print-thread/283220 I have attempted a variety of the methods mentioned here. First I tried to use the method ...
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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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Getting started with game dev- allegro and C/C++ [closed]

Was considering getting started with Allegro for learning game development, and I was wondering (yes, sorry) whether I should go with C or C++ :P. I know C++ is way more common in the game dev world ...
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What is the best engine for my first serious 2d game? [closed]

What game engine/graphics engine should I use for my first indie game? I'd like to add that this is not my first game, I've previously used Allegro for 2d development (pong, chess and stuff). I am ...