Hands-on teaching material for learning different elements of game development. Sometimes also used for topics on "in game tutorials".

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What are some good learning resources for OpenGL? [closed]

I have been using the OpenGL ES on the iPhone for a while now and basically I feel pretty lost outside to the small set of commands I've seen in examples and adopted as my own. I would love to use ...
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How to learn 2d animation?

Where can I learn how to do simple 2d animation well? Or is it really just literally drawing every single frame of something in photoshop? Is there tips or tricks? Tutorials to help get started? ...
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Good game design books? [closed]

I have some experience in creating, however I like to have some well written reference material to help me produce better products. Are there any game design books that are not aimed at a particular ...
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Where to start writing games, any tutorials or the like? [closed]

I'm actually an industrial systems developer with knowledge of .NET C# and VB.NET, C/C++, Delphi, and an intermediate knowledge of 80286 Intel assembly language. I would be interested to learn how to ...
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How to write a network game? [closed]

Based on Why is so hard to develop a MMO?: Networked game development is not trivial; there are large obstacles to overcome in not only latency, but cheat prevention, state management and load ...
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Best place for learning how to write games in Unity3d [closed]

What's the best place for tutorials & other learning resources for unity3d?
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What are the dangers of self-teaching game development?

I am about to embark upon a journey into game development. Following answers to my last question, I will be using C# and XNA. However, I don't personally know any other game developers and I don't ...
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XNA development tutorials

Can anybody guide me about where can I get the basic starter tutorials for developing using XNA framework?
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What tools are available for developing 2D games like Tetris or Angry Birds for Android?

I would like to ask the following regarding developing Tetris- and Angry Birds-like 2D games for Android: Is Java the official development language for Android? What free or commercial Android ...
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AS3/Flash Game Dev: Looking for good & current step by step

Flash tutorials and examples have been around so long it is hard to know what sites to actually read for good, current AS3 game dev. I'm looking for a good start to finish for flash game development, ...
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Where can I find tutorials for LWJGL?

I don't know if this is against the FAQ so if you close this, it'll be no surprise. I have done research but all the tutorials I have seen have been to hard to follow; I reckon there are better ones ...
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What are some good resources for building a voxel engine?

What are some good resources (tutorials, code, papers, etc.) for learning about voxel rendering?
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Useful resources for beginning AI

What resources are available, including both free articles/ebooks and physical books and things, for game developers looking to begin simple AI programming/design? Note: I know of this question, but ...
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How can a programmer learn to draw 2D assets?

Are there any good tutorials for someone who wants to create 2D graphical game assets? Drawing classes for absolute beginners, preferably teaching skills that can be as relevant as possible to games - ...
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What path finding algorithms are there?

I'd like to read up on path finding algorithms. Is there a primer available or any material or tutorials on the Internet that would be a good start for me?
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How should I represent a tile in OpenGL-es

Let me start with I am currently learning OpenGl-es using Android. I have been having the hardest time trying to design a simple and logical way of making tiles (2d flat polygons). The tutorials tell ...
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Are there any good html 5 mmo design tutorials?

Hey all. I got a rather inspired after playing gaia online's zOMG and wanted to revive an old project idea I've had laying around for a few years now. I'm looking to work with html5 (ie canvas, svg ...
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Any learning/studying material for C/C++ that use game programming as learning context out there?

As most of game programming is done - I read on this very site - in C/C++ I was wondering if there is any learning/studying material for C/C++ that would target specifically game programming. I am ...
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Where to start learning OpenGL with C++? [duplicate]

I'm 16 years old and my name is Norbert. I have learnt C++ and made some cool text based games and such but I would love to start graphical programming. I'm a decent artist (I will have some of my ...
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searching for “university kind” free online course about OPENGL

I know there are a lot of free university courses, but I'm trying to find one about OpenGL. Do you know where can I find one, online?