Computer programming is the process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.
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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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How important is Programming for a Level Designer?
I'm currently attending school in a Level Design program, and I was wondering how important programming really is in being a Level Designer?
I'm apparently incapable of learning programming (despite ...
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Retrieve outer most points on a 2d graph
G'day everyone,
I have a 2d graph which has some points plotted on it.
What I need to do is get only the outer most points so that I can connect them up (isn't really relevant).
What I can't seem ...
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Catmull Rom Spline - Constant Speed
Given the equations found in the answer here:
Determine arc-length of a Catmull-Rom spline
How would one A) Apply this to a 3D Catmull-Rom Spline, and B) write A out programmatically (for the math ...
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Programming language choice [closed]
I'm interested in 2d tile game development. What's your experience with that? What programming language would be wise to choose? I am thinking of C# or Java... Either way, I have some experiences, but ...
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How can I really master in game programming? [closed]
Game Programming is fun and interesting.
To develop games I have to learn several languages, game engines and should have sound knowledge in Math.
But what I'm really looking is how to be a master ...
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Programming Paradigm for Games [closed]
Which programming paradigm resembles or best suits the Game design or game engine programming?
by paradigm I mean the Imperative, Object oriented, Functional, etc. I came to know that functional ...
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Novice prototyping a massive multiplayer webpage based gaming system [closed]
I'm trying to build a website based game in which various pages of the site act as different areas of the game.
I am wondering what you would recommended as a design structure.
Which languages would ...
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Should I wrap a template function with another template function, or…?
I'm currently making an Entity System, using C++, and I've questioned myself about how I should interface some methods. Specifically in my Entity and ComponentManager classes.
The ComponentManager, ...
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making a game in 2D(C++). SDL or openGL? Or, why not both? [closed]
I'm trying to make a platform game in 2D and I want to know what tool should I use to make it happen. I understand that I can use SDL with openGL. However, if I want to make a solid 2D platform game, ...
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Try-catch or ifs for error handling in C++
Are exceptions used widely in game engine design or it is more preferable using pure if statements? For example with exceptions:
try {
m_fpsTextId = m_statistics->createText( "FPS: 0", 16, 20, ...
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Programming a game [closed]
I am looking to do some programming for hobby\interest, I have never programmed before and I am looking at with mobile games as they seem easy to do with the kits you can get. However I would like to ...
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Check key state or listen for event? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Polling vs event driven input
I'm trying to teach myself a bit of game development using Pygame, and I'm unsure what's the best way to approach some of the fundamental ...
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Is there any game engine using a functional programming language? [closed]
Is there any game engine using a functional programming language similar to Scheme, Common Lisp, Clojure or JavaScript?
I've tried Unity3D but their "JavaScript" is not actually JavaScript, is ...
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develop a game for pc,ps3,ps2.x-box [closed]
What are the subject requirements for develop a game for pc, x-box, ps3, ps2.etc. And what should be the qualification for gaming.
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How to get a game done?
My problem is, whenever I start programming a clone of a game (for practice) or my own game or some other problem I stop somewhere in the middle of the development, because I lost interest in it.
How ...
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Good way of handling class instances in game development?
I'm a new indie game developer, and I've made a few games, but often times when coding I wonder "Is this the way most people do it? Am I doing it wrong?" because I'd like to become a game developer ...
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How can I make video games if I don't like programming?
I am studying C++ code in my school (my major is computer programming). Honestly, my grades are not so good, and assignments are really hard. Sometimes I feel sad that I will spend 8-10 hours per day ...
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What are the most commonly used programming languages? [closed]
When I took my Java courses a year ago, I was told that Java is used mostly in the overseas gaming companies while C++ is used here in the US. What languages should I focus on learning in-depth?
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Showing range on hexagonal grid
Here is the situation.
I have hexagonal board,and a unit on it,with speed or move value 4.Diffrent terrain has a diffrent cost.When i click on the unit,game should show me a move range.
My solution ...
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Is there an IDE that can simplify the process of creating a game matchmaking website? [closed]
Yes, I'm an old guy. And I'm well versed in "C" and have written several games which I have been selling on the web for a number of years. And now, I would like to adapt one of my games to be ...
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Object oriented approach to debug mode
I'd like to introduce a way to turn off/on debug messages and in-game tooling (tweak menus, for example) without non-game related branches, e.g:
if(DEBUG_MODE) {
// show tweak menu
// some ...
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How to Contact prominent game devs for discussion and queries? [closed]
What is the medium to contact and discuss problems with Game devs, and engine hackers? Any irc, forum, mailing list?
Note : Somehow, I did not like gamedev.net
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Computer Games Technolgy or Software Engineering?
I'm in the last year of my college and going to university next year. Could you tell me what the difference between Software Engineering and Computer Games Technology is?
I know a bit of both but ...
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HTML5 point and click adventure game code structure with CreateJS
I'm a programming beginner.
I made a tiny one scene point and click adventure game to try to understand simple game logic and came up with this:
CreateJS features prototypes for creating bitmap ...
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Per fragment lighting with OpenGL 4.x tessellated model
I'm experienced with OpenGL 3+. I'm dabbling with tessellation shaders and have now got to a point where I have a nicely tessellated teapot/plane demo (quick look here)
As can be seen from the ...
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New to creating AI - where to start?
I am new to game programming and am trying to make a basic 2d top-down space game with 2 space ships that fight each other. I am doing well with the user controlled space ship, but have no idea how ...
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Game Asset Storage: Archive vs Individual files
As I am in the process of creating a 3D c++ game and I was wondering what would be more beneficial when dealing with game assets with regards to storage. I have seen some games have a single asset ...
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Ray casting on a mesh using libgdx [closed]
I'm trying to perform ray casting on a mesh using libgdx.
I found this code sample and it misses some explanations. What do these vectors stand for? What is globalIntersection and localIntersection?
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Getting into the details of game engine programming [closed]
I am interested in learning game programming, but I really have an interest in the lower level engineering in games. I have OpenGL experience, and I am really interested in learning more about ...
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How access PhysicalMaterial from Actor Class?
I use Projectile for my weapon system and UDKProjectile has two main function to handle Hit of projectiles(=bullet of my weapon):
simulated function ProcessTouch(Actor Other, Vector HitLocation, ...
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Unity: how to apply programmatical changes to the Terrain SplatPrototype?
I have a script to which I add a Terrain object (I drag and drop the terrain in the public Terrain field).
The Terrain is already setup in Unity to have 2 PaintTextures: 1 is a Square (set up with a ...
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just starting and cant find a place to learn a launguage to code games [closed]
Like i said im justing starting and it feals like it is impossible to learn a launguage. Id like to code games and would appreciate it if some one could direct me to a site where I could learn how to ...
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How to collide with a 45degree wall in XNA
I want to make a PAC MAN imitation game to start working on AI, and while my first version will feature rectangles with widths or heights of 1 to makes walls for collision detection, I want to ...
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Optimal way to learn DirectX? [closed]
I am finding it very difficult to learn DirectX 11. The MSDN website is just full of unorganized information that doesn't seem to help at all. I am particularly looking for something that explains ...
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is wisdom of what happens 'behind scenes' (in compiler, external DLLs etc.) important? [closed]
I have been a computer-fanatic for almost a decade now. I've always loved and wondered how computers work, even from the purest, lowest hardware level to the very smallest pixel on the screen, and all ...
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What kind of math should I be expecting in advanced programming? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What math should all game programmers know?
And I don't mean just space shooters and such, because in non-3D environments it's obvious that not much beyond elementary ...
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RPGMakerVX - Changing item_max?
I've been working on a game for awhile and I am developing it with RPG Maker VX. I came to a point where I needed to... I guess for lack of better explanation... Limit the key items to just 1. So I ...
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Audio Panning using RtAudio
I use Rtaudio library.
I would like to implement an audio program where I can control the panning (e.g. shifting the sound from the left channel to the right channel).
In my specific case, I use a ...
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How are bullets simulated in video games?
I have been playing games like MW2 recently and, as a programmer, I tend to ask myself how do they make the game so immersive. For example, how to they simulate bullet speed.
When an NPC fires a ...
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How to begin serious game development (in C++) [closed]
I would like to start developing games. I have tried before Game Maker 8, which was a very easy way to start creating games, if you were new in game development. Then, I tried Unity 3D, which was a ...
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How can I implement gravity?
How can I implement gravity? Not for a particular language, just pseudocode...
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What programming languages are sufficient for web browser game development? [closed]
I am wondering with what kind of languages such a multi-player online game was written?
I am trying to find a list of web programming languages which could be sufficient for both of these websites. ...
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which platform to choose for designing a game [closed]
I am new to gaming platform and don't have any experience in gaming as well. I want to develop a small shooting game and don't have any idea from where to start and which platform to use like things. ...
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How to correct shooting in touch-screen shooting games?
Assume a shooting game for iPhone that the character shoot toward where player has touched.
But as we know, There may be fault in touching screen by player and it conclude to bad game play and low ...
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What programming language were PS1 games written in?
Is there any common language that is used to create the original PlayStation games? Or how can I find out what programming language is used for one of those games?
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HTML5 game programming style [closed]
I am currently trying learn javascript in form of HTML5 games. Stuff that I've done so far isn't too fancy since I'm still a beginner. My biggest concern so far has been that I don't really know what ...
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How to implement auto-aiming / auto-targeting
We all know how auto-aiming or auto-targeting works in games.
Now, I need to find how to implement it in my game.
In fact I should implement it in UDK and I would be glad if anyone gave me more ...
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Why is this beat detection code failing to register some beats properly?
I made this SoundAnalyzer class to detect beats in songs:
class SoundAnalyzer
{
public SoundBuffer soundData;
public Sound sound;
public List<double> beatMarkers = new ...
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Making a game engine or using Unity3D? [closed]
I was wondering, which one would benefit me the most? I have as much time as I need to make a game engine and rapid development does not appeal to me. Unity3D is easy, but how much will mastering ...
