A set of rules that govern an in-game experience. Game design is an effort to come up with game mechanics that allow for players to have a fun and engaging experience.
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Making A C++ Game [closed]
I'm gonna make a game and I think C++ would be perfect for it.
I think I'm gonna use SDL and OpenGL but I need help with making the code manageable.
These were my ideas:
1. Making A DLL File With ...
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1answer
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jBullet Collision/Physics not working as expected
Below is the code for one of my objects in the game I am creating (yes although this is a cube, I am not making anything remotely like MineCraft), and my issue is I while the cube will display and is ...
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3answers
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How was 20Q made?
Ever since I was a kid, I've wondered how they made the 20Q electronic game. In this game, which is it's on device, you think of an object, thing, or animal (e.g. a potato or a donkey), once you ...
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3answers
535 views
How do you make bullets move at an angle in different angles using delta
I'm having trouble making my bullets move at a steady pace using delta. I have the formula I used outside of slick2d, but it doesn't take delta into account. My bullets fly fast. How do I make them go ...
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3answers
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Can these game be fully coded in html5/javascript?
I mean the mechanics of the game. Would it be possible?
-Pokemon GBA series, rendering the world would be easy, but what about battle mechanics?
-MapleStory, after seen dragonbound.net which is an ...
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416 views
In a casual top-down racing game, should collisions affect the car's engine? [closed]
Is there a way to deter players from colliding with obstacles in a top-down casual racer which keeping the game fun and lighthearted and yet make player's skill matter?
Should collisions affect car ...
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2answers
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Bubble shooter search alghoritm
So I have a Matrix of NxM. At a given position (for ex. [2][5]) I have a value which represents a color. If there is nothing at that point the value is -1. What I need to do is after I add a new ...
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1answer
147 views
two-part dice pool mechanic [closed]
I'm working on a dice mechanic/resolution system based on the Ghost/Echo (hereafter shortened to G/E) tabletop RPG. Specifically, since G/E can be a little harsh dealing with consequences and failure, ...
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1answer
348 views
openGL ES - change the render mode from RENDERMODE_WHEN_DIRTY to RENDERMODE_CONTINUOUSLY on touch [closed]
i want to change the rendermode from RENDERMODE_WHEN_DIRTY to RENDERMODE_CONTINUOUSLY when i touch the screen.
WHAT i Need :
Initially the object should be stationary. after touching the screen, it ...
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1answer
373 views
AI Game Programming : Bayesian Networks, how to make efficient?
We know that AI is one of the most important part of Game Programming. Bayesian networks is one of the core part of AI at Game Programming.
Bayesian networks are graphs that compactly represent the ...
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2answers
510 views
Collision between sprites in game programming?
I've since just started coding for an android game using eclipse. I've read Beginning Android Game Programming and various other e-books. Recently, I've encountered a problem with collision between ...
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3answers
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2D character controller in unity (trying to get old-school platformers back)
This days I'm trying to create a 2D character controller with unity (using phisics). I'm fairly new to physic engines and it is really hard to get the control feel I'm looking for. I would be really ...
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1answer
989 views
Which all are the best Android 2D Java based gaming libraries / frameworks? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are there any 2D gaming libraries/frameworks/engines for Android?
Which all are the best and top using open source java 2D Gaming libraries for Android?I had already ...
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1answer
522 views
Lag compensation of projectile shooting game
I'm thinking about an algorithm for firing projectiles with lag compensation. Now I did find only one descent solution:
Player hits fire button.
Client sends input "fire".
Client waits for server ...
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4answers
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A list of game mechanics
I'm trying to compile a list of game mechanics, by which I mean high-level/meta game mechanics like Cooperation, Resource Management, Chance and Time Manipulation rather than low level mechanics like ...
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1answer
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Action-oriented AI: evasion-algorithm takes much time
Evasion, the process of evading, is the opposite of chasing. Instead of trying to decrease the distance to the target we try to maximize it.
It takes much time while evading multiple objects ...
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1answer
247 views
Is there a market for a Text-based empire-building game? [closed]
I am working on building a text-based in-browser empire building game. The screen will be split into a console and an EXTREMELY rough vector map of your empire (just squares in a bigger square). ...
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1answer
638 views
Acceleration Based Player Movement
Ok, so I am making a first person shooter game and I am currently working on movement that looks and feels good. I want to incorporate acceleration based movement for the player so that he has to ...
5
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2answers
552 views
android multitouch problem
Im aware that there a a couple of posts on this matter, but Ive tried all of them and none of them gets rid of my problem.
Im starting to get close to the end of my game so I bought a cabel to try it ...
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7answers
556 views
How to create a mathematical mechanism in order for a game to be balanced?
For example, in a game like Diablo, how did they decide how much damage each skill does?
Is it the amount of clicks that the player needs to do? Or maybe the expected lifetime of a player? Maybe ...
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1answer
319 views
Platforming - Hanging off of cliffs and edges? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Programming a climbing system like tomb raider
I've been interested in platforming gameplay dynamics for a while now. What I'm trying to ask is how games like Assassin's ...
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1answer
800 views
What game design/game theory resources should I watch for a “TCG-like” game?
Me and my friend are building a "simple" trading card game - in the beginning we would have 20 cards and two resources, mana and health. This, along with a working multi-player is the minimum viable ...
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2answers
356 views
Programming real time combat [closed]
I am programming a lot of turn based game, all text, but how do you program real time combat in games, like an rts, or a shooter, where everything is not input based
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c++ opengl sdl game engine tutorial
I have a decent knowledge of sdl,opengl and fmod. i am looking for a recent tutorial or book on the basic of making a game engine. Most of the book and tutorial i found are using old dead library like ...
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1answer
448 views
Designing Drops system - How and where chance of drops are defined?
Just found a related topic but I have different/extended questions
I was wondering how the implement the drop system. I have to start designing the DB model for this so I was wondering whether what I ...
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1answer
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Android 2D game, shooting and getting animation to stop
I'm developing a game as a learning-process, and since everything I do is new to me, I have alot of problems, usually I can fix it myself but right now I'm stuck and need help.
Link to a recording of ...
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3answers
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Victory rewards in digital CCG
I am currently polishing a digital CCG where people can play against friend and random opponents in a classical Magic the Gathering-like duel CCG.
I plan to award the players with 20 ingame currency ...
2
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3answers
608 views
RPG combat and gold/exp reward equations
I have a game that I'm creating, but I'm running across issues in keeping the ratios between high and low level players similar in the battle and reward equations. Obviously a higher level player ...
2
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2answers
136 views
Improving the monster tamer battle mechanics: 2 choices
I'm developing a new monster taming/hunting game and I wanted to make some changes to the battle mechanics. Which would you find more fun and can you offer any suggestions to improve on what I've ...
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6answers
359 views
Low dexterity game development
I am tasked with developing a game for kids with low dexterity (as a college project).
I am stuck trying to find examples of similar games to generate ideas about game play and overall function. The ...
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3answers
529 views
Interpolate and collisions
Lets take the simple example of a ball bouncing off a wall. The physics is separated from the display. The physics is set to run at say 20 frames per second and the display is running faster than this ...
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2answers
385 views
Does a basic game engine prototyping tool exist, for common game types?
There are a lot of classic game engines out there (Real Time Strategy, Turn Based, etc), of which you can find countless variations. All of them have a basic starting point which involves units, ...
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1answer
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How to balance damage dealt by opponents in a strategy game?
Consider the following situation: you are developing a RTS, with different races opposing each other, with different kinds of abilities (e.g. Starcraft). How should I go about in balancing the damage, ...
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1answer
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What is the MTV (Minimum Translation Vector) in SAT (Seperation of axis)?
What is the MTV (Minimum Translation Vector) in SAT (Seperation of axis)? and how can i use it?
Im trying to create my first game, where a ball can hit a a static brick (rectangle). Now if a ball ...
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2answers
215 views
Separation of axis theorem implementation
I have been following the this guide to implement this. My current implementation is the following:
class SAT {
SAT();
bool collides(Rectangle rect1, Rectangle rect2){
var axises = [
...
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2answers
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Collision detection between circle and rectangle in 2D
In a game im developing in 2D, im have one or more circles (balls) that can collide with several rectangles (bricks).
Im trying to figure out a collision detection strategy, and have come up with ...
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2answers
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How to do simultaneous action without it being real time?
This is really a pacing question, but there's no tag for that:
The general concept is that the players are working in a team and need to be able to react to eachother's movement and observations as ...
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2answers
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Simplified trajectory equation to identify Time Taken(t) by a protectile to travel Distance(d), under gravity?
I am building a game, where I have to plot a trajectory of a ball in 3D space, launched with an inital velocity Sx, Sy, Sz. [I am using OpenGL and Android-NDK]
Lets assume Sz is always 0. And Sx ...
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1answer
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How to get xy coordinates along a given path
Say i have two points (x,y), (0,0) and (10,10). Now i wan´t to get coordinates along the line by stepping through values of x and y. I thought i solved it with the following functions:
fy = startY ...
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4answers
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Logic behind a bejeweled-like game
In a prototype I am doing, there is a minigame similar to bejeweled. Using a grid that is a 2d array (int[,]) how can I go about know when the user formed a match? I only care about horizontally and ...
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2answers
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How do I interpolate air drag with a variable time step?
So I have a little game which works with small steps, however those steps vary in time, so for example I sometimes have 10 Steps/second and then I have 20 Steps/second. This changes automatically ...
2
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2answers
375 views
How do I design a game framework for fast reaction to user input?
I've played some games at cca 30 fps and some of them had low reaction time - cca 0.1sec. I hadn't knew why.
Now when I'm designing my framework for crossplatform game, I know why. Probably they've ...
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1answer
261 views
Logic behind greedy Spider game?
What will be the best algorithm or logic that can be used for game like greedy spiders.
As far as I can think it is based on A* algorithm ? Where the shortest path has to be a search between the ...
2
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2answers
139 views
Different methods of ammo resupply
I'm writing a small game at the moment. Presently, I have one or two design elements that aren't locked down yet, and I wanted to ask for input on one of these.
For dramatic effect, the player's ...
3
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4answers
560 views
What are examples of games with “minimalist” models/art assets [closed]
When teaching game development, my student's obsess about building realistic or complex art/models/animation. And spending wayyy to much time trying to get accurate collision detection between two 3D ...
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1answer
399 views
Handling game states like Braid's timeshift or Shooter's Killcam
me as very unexperienced game developer, I wondered how I could achieve something like re-winding the time in my game or jump back to a special moment (killcam) and replay it for the user.
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1answer
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Effectively implementing a game view using java
I am writing a 2d game in java. The game mechanics are similar to the Pokémon game boy advance series e.g. fire red, ruby, diamond and so on.
I need a way to draw a huge map maybe 5000 by 5000 pixels ...
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3answers
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Game programming course materials: What should it include?
I am tasked to create the course materials for a game programming class, and I’d like your opinion on what aspects and areas of game programming, such as game state management, game object storing or ...
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4answers
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Turn-based tile game dynamic item/skill/command script files
I want to create a mechanism that could read text script, for example some kind of custom script such as ".skill" or ".item", which maybe contain some sort of simple script like
.item
Item.Name = ...
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0answers
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Game Resource Generation
I am currently building a game that has a "City" entity. These cities generate and consume resources such as food variably over a period of time. I need to be able query the server often to find ...
