My first game, from stratch to Steam.
Hi everyone, I know there is a lot of blogs and advice about what to do and not do for a beginner in a game industry, I even read a lot myself to find inspiration and avoid common mistakes....
View ArticleWhy I hate fun
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View ArticleTERRORhythm TRRT - music powered beat 'em up
Hi everybody! We are currently working on our next game – TERRORhythm (see steam coming-soon-page here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/752380). Our idea is to create mix of two genres: beat’em up...
View ArticleFirst steps
Hi everyone, This is my first post, after lurking for some time I finally signed up. I was looking for some advice and thought that maybe I could ask here for some help, in how to approach game...
View Articlemy java slick2d based game framework new youtube tutorials
i created 10 more programming tutorial videos about how to use my game framework. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVytGTIkZpg6m_WYmA_77Iw/playlists i hope this will help people develop games and learn...
View ArticleDetect which controller pressed a certain button
Hey guys, I'm working on a local multiplayer game that uses multiple controllers (joysticks) on the same computer/console. I downloaded the InControl asset that should help with the input, but I can't...
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DO only i have problem with connecting to the chat it says: instant invite is invalid or has expired, same for link to the chat it directs me to some useless website where theres nothing: You don't...
View ArticleReplicating a simulation with Box2d, part 2.
So, in the previous post I said the main problem about duplicating a box2d world. The worlds differ. Why would you want to duplicate a box2d world? There are several reasons: To replay a cool sequence....
View ArticleAI Topic for External Blog
Hey guys, I've been exposing myself to computer science, programming, etc for a little over 5 years now but I'm still just a newbie in college. I have recently started a blog to help myself go out and...
View ArticleSound Design / Composition - An Approach to Career Development
Hello, friendly folks out there on the internet! I am trying to get into an audio-related role in game dev and have had little luck thus far via online applications. I was hoping some of you would be...
View ArticleGrouping NPCs
Hey folks, I'm about to start work on a system that involves grouping NPCs located within a certain distance from the player in to cells; eventually each cell may exhibit different behaviors based on...
View ArticleWhere to start with JS game development
hi guys im new here and just have a few questions im very interested in game development and am busy learning front end development at the moment want to get going as a hobbyist and make a few browser...
View ArticleGetting started with your Third Person Game
Getting started with your Third Person Game Difficulty: Beginner Link to original content Introduction The indie game development is a trend nowadays. Recently, we can notice some of the top triple-A...
View ArticleID3D12Device::GetResourceAllocationInfo
Hey, I'm working on a placed resource system, and I need a way to determine the size and alignement of image resources before placing them on the heap. This is used for transient resources within a...
View ArticleGame creation
Hi ive been working on a new game and recently had to be put on pause due to finacing issues. If anyone could help get this game going again I promiss no one will regret it....
View ArticleScalable development methodologies for small teams and one man indies
For one man indies and small teams, in unity in particular - but general answers are very welcome - what are the most worthwhile development methodologies and architectural patterns worth investing...
View ArticleSDL_FillRect doing nothing in Mac OS X environment
SDL isn't drawing any rectangles to the window in a Mac OS X environment, and I have no idea why. I've tried in both a Windows and an Ubuntu environment, and the rectangles are being drawn in those...
View ArticleWhat would you do on this parametized animation?
When the vehicle moves back, there are two options. 1st) Move to the left 2nd) Move to the right... and you have a standard animation for moving back, you could scale it if you want. But what would you...
View ArticleReflection: Post-Mortem
Description; I am a designer currently working on the video game Colony 7. The purpose of the blog is to address the issues of the game's development and to address any solutions or alternative methods...
View ArticleVisual Studio Generating Code/Compiling Multiple Times
Hi guys, This is really annoying. When I clean and rebuild VS does something like this: 1>------ Rebuild All started: Project: Castle, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ 1> StdAfx.cpp 1>...
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