A 3D or pseudo-3D action game genre categorized most famously by its first-person perspective and a bias towards ranged projectile combat.
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Could I make a multiplayer fps on xbox live as an indie game?
I'm working on make a very basic first person shooter. At some point I would like to make into an indie game on xbox live but will I have access to parties (invite and chat)? Does Microsoft provide ...
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How to implement mouselook in the browser?
I am currently creating a 3D first-person shooter game in the browser using WebGL. How would I implement mouselook/free look for such a game?
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Improve mouse movement in first person game
In my current FPS game, I have the mouse setup in a way, that it always forces the position of the mouse to be centered at the screen. This gets the job done, but also gets very annoying, since the ...
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Improving first person camera and implementing third person camera
I want to improve upon my first person camera implementation and extend it to, so the user can toggle between third person/first person view.
My current setup:
draw()::
glPushMatrix();
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Mouse aim in an FPS
I would like to make a First Person Shooter and move the camera with the mouse. The problem is that when the cursor reaches the limits of the screen, the camera won't turn anymore. How can I keep the ...
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How do I have to take into account the direction in which the camera is facing when creating a first person strafe (left/right) movement
This is the code I am currently using, and it works great, except for the strafe always causes the camera to move along the X axis which is not relative to the direction in which the camera is ...
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Examples of TIN-based terrain formats in FPS games
Do you know of any terrain formats for FPS games that use a triangulated irregular network (TIN) instead of a grid for elevation representation? Or at least a game whose development tools accept a TIN ...
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FPS Collision detection and movement
How is collision detection and movement typically handled in a FPS, particularly handling slight changes in ground height such as stairs (both on incline and decline)?
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What makes aiming on a PC first person shooter feel good?
I liked this question:
http://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/1083/what-makes-aiming-in-a-console-first-person-shooter-feel-good
So here it is for PC (and its not a dupe because a mouse is hugely ...
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What makes aiming in a console first person shooter feel good?
I think it's pretty much universally agreed that simply mapping the analog stick to rotational speed of the character is not good enough to make console first person shooter feel good.
So what are ...
