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Which image format is more memory-efficient: PNG, JPEG, or GIF?

answered Jan 29, 2013 at 8:40

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How does Lua work as a scripting language in games?

answered Apr 21, 2014 at 3:27

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How do PC/Mac games detect piracy?

answered Oct 3, 2013 at 5:54

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Why do some networked games use interpolation and some use pathfinding for remote movement?

answered Apr 8, 2015 at 9:18

41 votes

How to avoid texture bleeding in a texture atlas?

answered Feb 18, 2013 at 10:44

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What is the point of "delta" in this code? Does it reflect a standard thing in game dev?

answered Nov 19, 2013 at 3:37

27 votes

How does a single non-artistic programmer make a game?

answered Feb 14, 2013 at 9:48

26 votes

Does allocating and freeing a huge chunk of memory at startup "clean up memory?"

answered Jul 2, 2014 at 4:29

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How can I make the "Strength" attribute more attractive to Wizard/Caster classes in a RPG game?

answered Sep 30, 2013 at 11:46

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How do I design very difficult games?

answered Oct 24, 2014 at 8:48

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Upload Games to Steam without Greenlight?

answered Jan 19, 2015 at 6:55

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UI mockups to the code

answered Nov 5, 2012 at 15:30

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Is there a sound library for C to generate sound samples from code?

answered Jan 8, 2013 at 3:03

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How to prevent "underwater sight" in games

answered Jun 24, 2013 at 6:44

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Why would an online MMO throttle actions per day?

answered Jun 28, 2013 at 1:47

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Why no night sky with realistic star constellations?

answered Mar 28, 2013 at 16:43

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How do I scale down pixel art?

answered Jan 24, 2013 at 8:39

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How can I prevent seams from showing up on objects using lower mipmap levels?

answered Feb 26, 2013 at 1:58

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What happens to data between vertex shader and pixel shader?

answered Mar 1, 2013 at 4:33

12 votes

What's the difference between a "Gameplay Programmer" and a "Gameplay Engineer?"

answered Jun 28, 2013 at 3:00

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How do you allow networking code to be written in the later stages of the development?

answered Jul 15, 2015 at 12:31

11 votes

My game crashed... Access Violation (0xc0000005)

answered Nov 4, 2015 at 8:33

10 votes

Why is it possible to encounter a texture coordinate greater than 1 or less than 0

answered Aug 24, 2013 at 15:30

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do games use multiple threads to play music?

answered Sep 12, 2013 at 2:26

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Mip Maps on 2D Sprite causing black line above. Why is this?

answered Apr 25, 2013 at 15:55

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what is more expensive 2D sprites or 3D models?

answered Jul 26, 2013 at 3:02

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How does a point squared equal the radius squared?

answered Jan 30, 2013 at 5:47

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Do I need TCP socket?

answered Jul 3, 2015 at 10:29

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I want to render some surfaces in GLSL with normal maps, and some without

answered Nov 18, 2014 at 23:57

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Pro's/Con's of separating game logic and render threads

answered Mar 20, 2014 at 2:20

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Which image format is more memory-efficient: PNG, JPEG, or GIF?

How does Lua work as a scripting language in games?

How do PC/Mac games detect piracy?

Why do some networked games use interpolation and some use pathfinding for remote movement?

How to avoid texture bleeding in a texture atlas?

What is the point of "delta" in this code? Does it reflect a standard thing in game dev?

How does a single non-artistic programmer make a game?

Does allocating and freeing a huge chunk of memory at startup "clean up memory?"

How can I make the "Strength" attribute more attractive to Wizard/Caster classes in a RPG game?

How do I design very difficult games?

Upload Games to Steam without Greenlight?

UI mockups to the code

Is there a sound library for C to generate sound samples from code?

How to prevent "underwater sight" in games

Why would an online MMO throttle actions per day?

Why no night sky with realistic star constellations?

How do I scale down pixel art?

How can I prevent seams from showing up on objects using lower mipmap levels?

What happens to data between vertex shader and pixel shader?

What's the difference between a "Gameplay Programmer" and a "Gameplay Engineer?"

How do you allow networking code to be written in the later stages of the development?

My game crashed... Access Violation (0xc0000005)

Why is it possible to encounter a texture coordinate greater than 1 or less than 0

do games use multiple threads to play music?

Mip Maps on 2D Sprite causing black line above. Why is this?

what is more expensive 2D sprites or 3D models?

How does a point squared equal the radius squared?

Do I need TCP socket?

I want to render some surfaces in GLSL with normal maps, and some without

Pro's/Con's of separating game logic and render threads