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Game Designer or Game Programmer, please help me choose! [closed]
I know this question is asked a lot but I am still so confused and overwhelmed by the different opinion and comments everybody has on the internet, that I wanted to ask my questions in a single thread ...
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Breathing for game/movie characters
Breathing (the movement of chest and face features): I'd like to ask if it is hard to model and whether it is computationaly expensive. I recently noticed the great effect it has in Madagascar 3 ...
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Where can I find good designers/animators for the graphics of a 2d game? [duplicate]
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Where to hire 2D sprite artists?
I've got a little bit of experience in this field already, and I noticed that it's way better to look for animators than graphic ...
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How can I efficiently create/store/implement animations as I add to my game?
My game's characters are made up of different parts (head/body/legs/etc), and whatever items they have equipped. As I'm creating the animation system for my game, I want to try to anticipate a large ...
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Blender or 3Ds Max [closed]
I am starting a 3D video game project and I do not know whether I should use Blender or 3Ds max. Other sites say to use Blender because it has similar functionality and it is free, but I need to know ...
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Computer animation in C++ and if it can be integrated in web designes
I have a PhD in Mathematics with some experience in C++ programming. I am very interested in computer animation, and would like to try to teach myself in C++.
My humble resources at the moment are: ...
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Problems with 3D rotation when creating a 3D skeleton
I am writing a simple BVH parser in C# using the XNA framework. At the moment I have managed to parse in all the data and my goal is to find out the global coordinates of all the joints in the ...
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what is the simplest 3d software for unity?
Ive heard a lot about Daz studio, Poser, Maya, K-3d, Anim8or, Blender, and all the rest.
My question is which one is the best choice in terms of simplicity and quality. price is not an issue really. ...
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Fitting 3D points representing bones to a BVH animation file
I am developing a motion capture animation system and I want my data to be stored within a BVH file. At the moment I have measured the size of the actor so I can create the hierarchy of the BVH file. ...
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Animation in OpenGL using 3D Models
I have created a model in Blender. Now i want to read that 3D model in my c++ program. I figured that a model can be exported to various file formats e.g. .obj, .3ds or COLLADA and then can be read in ...
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How can I animate a recursive algorithm?
Say I have a recursive algorithm, for example one that generates a random tree:
// Pseudocode, just a simple algorithm: it isn't perfect.
function generate_branch(angle, length, current_depth, ...
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What are good puzzle game interface design principles?
I'm building a prototype puzzle game at the moment. I'm just curious as to the principles behind building graphic interfaces within games.
At the minute I'm looking at designing the graphics for an ...
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iPhone image asset recommended resolution/dpi/format
I'm learning iPhone development and a friend will be doing the graphics/animation. I'll be using cocos2d most likely (if that matters).
My friend wants to get started on the graphics, and I don't ...
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How come the 3d graphics and animations of MMORPGs are usually worse than non-online 3d games?
I have noticed that in general it seems like the 3d graphics and animations for MMOs and MMORPGs seem not as seductive and polished as the graphics for normal, non-online 3d games.
How come this is ...
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Tips and Tools for creating Spritesheet animations
I am looking for a tool that I can use to create sprite sheet easily.
Right now I am using Illustrator, but I can never get the center of the character in the exact position, so it looks like it is ...
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How do I get started making Android games? [closed]
I am new to game development. I am interested in developing 2D games for the Android platform. What is the best place to start with (i.e) What are the basics and how to proceed? I already have ...
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Web site for XAML snippet sharing?
I am making a game with WPF and C#, and I frequently am in need of artwork for it. Some things could be easily shared, such as explosion animations, exhaust plumes, etc. I was wondering if there are ...
