Topics about the professional game development industry itself, as opposed to topics that come up in the process of developing games.
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Is Java viable for serious game development?
Ever since I was a little kid, my dream has been to develop games. Well, now that I am older, more mature, and have some programming experience, I would like to start. However, I would like to turn ...
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What are the typical day-to-day tasks of an entry level games programmer? [closed]
What I would like to know is: What are the daily duties of a graduate programmer in the games industry workplace? Is it mostly coding, analysing, designing, or what?
Thank you.
P.S. I am in my ...
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Should I continue studying OpenGL or just switch to DirectX to give me a better chance of landing a job in the game industry?
I've been learning graphics programming for some time now using OpenGL and Linux. I'm pretty familiar with most of the concepts, but I would really like to further my knowledge and eventually pursue a ...
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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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Component-based game object systems in practice
Let's see history of success. Which popular games (and game engines) were built using component-based game object system? Each answer should contain:
Game Title (one per answer)
Author / Company
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What are typical job interview questions related to game development?
I've already looked at some examples from StackOverflow, but I'd like to know if any of you could show concrete examples of job interview questions... Are they different with a job related to game ...
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Career in Game Development [closed]
I currently study computer engineering and I want to lead my career towards game industry which I always want to be a part of.
But I am not sure where to start.
I applied some of the companies in the ...
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Is C++ “still” preferred in game development?
I am a 2D Game Programmer.Some programming languages which I am good at are C,Java ,C#. I also know Actionscript 2.0,3.0 and some javascript.
I'm interested in learning 3D Game programming. So far ...
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What is the basic skill set that a Professional Game Programmer needs to have?
I have a very general question which bothers me but i want to add some details first. Im a core JAVA programmer.I have independently created some small games in Java for fun. Now, the more I'm looking ...
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How can I measure the “creative/entertainment value” of video-game requirements?
I realize this question is complex and subjective, but bear with me for a moment.
I firmly believe that video-game software is essentially different from, for example spreadsheet software, as from a ...
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What is the difference between a game director and game producer?
I was browsing through the list of games Hironobu Sakaguchi has worked on and noticed that he is credited differently from game to game. Just to cite a few games from that list, he is credited as:
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Is it illegal to use a commercial song in your game (that you intend to sell)
If I were to buy, say this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fumBcKC6RE, strip/find/get the instrumental, and use that instrumental in a game I'm making, as a theme, say for a recurring boss ...
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Guitar hero clone and music
I am an indie game developer and I am doing a game similar to guitar hero. I am using tracks composed by musicians and I contacted them to sing a licensing contract. As is my first indie project I ...
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Starting career with enough education but no experience?
I am a student in Game Programming at University and a lot of students like me are wondering the best way of entering the industry. With a bachelor degree in game programming, but no real experience ...
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Are July and August bad months to release an iPhone game? [closed]
After one year of indie game development I end my development cycle in summer time. I spoke recently with a marketing advisor and I was told me that I should never release something over the summer as ...
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Do Playfish and Zynga use Flash game engines?
I'm very interesting to learn how to make games 2D and 3D, But I'm very new to this field so I wondering if Playfish, Zynga and other producer of games on facebook are using game engines to make that ...
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What is a legal way to use music from registered authors in a game?
I have recently asked a question about music in games like Guitar Hero.
I have found that that in Europe (at least) if I do want to use a track composed by a musician member of a royalty collecting ...
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What popular/famous games are written in C? [closed]
It is very similar to this question: Famous games written in Java
Does anyone know of any popular or famous games only written in C?
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Building a team, hiring TL/PM [closed]
I've finally secured enough funds and I'm starting a game company at the moment. I don't plan anything over the top. For starters I'm planning to hire 3-4 people and see where it all goes.
But I have ...
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Is working in game dev company before going indie the right recipe? [closed]
I've been kind of looking at a few of the successful game developers over the last 3-4 years and have noticed that the ones I've looked at and have had a lot of success worked in industry first before ...
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Best game programming language? [closed]
I'm so a noobie in programming, i just started computer science in college, i would love to program games, but wich language do you think is better to do it, or may be the best to start and the choose ...
