Would cryptocurrency work for GDN?
https://steemit.com/ I'm still reading about it, but it seems that you can [somehow] make money by creating content and having other users like it. This sounds like a wonderful idea, but is anyone...
View ArticleHot Beach Volleyball - developing
Hi All! I started developing a mobile game for android and I want to share the results already achieved. Game - Beach volleyball. I really like beach volleyball. Well, at least, look how the girls play...
View ArticleWhat Software do you use?
ask title, im an inspiring game developer curious to see what audio software people use to implement their games unique sounds and music. if its not much to ask, would you mind writing a short summary...
View ArticleWhy Should You Always Be Using Authentic Software?
A survey conducted by Business Software Alliance (BSA) in 2012 showed that approximately 57 percent of the computer users in the world confess to pirating a software. In this survey, the researchers...
View ArticleHow 3D visual effect (vfx / special effect) for game is made?
I see some very exciting vfx: Eastern Dragon: Rock man smash ground: Does anyone know how these vfx can be made? I guess these vfx may be made with Adobe Photoshop, 3Ds Max, Particle illusion, Adobe...
View ArticleThe Whaler - Dev Update #9
Hey Captains! (PS: All links work, even though they are displayed wierd) Sorry for the jump in dev updates here on gamedev.net You can read the other ones at indieDB but will continue to update her....
View ArticleMaking games is no fun for me?
First of all this will be a weird post, but i have something to tell you guys which i have in my mind since a long time. Since forever i am trying to make games, but for some reason i never finish a...
View ArticleUpdate rate desynchronization on client side prediction and server...
Here is some background info: I have shared PhysicsEngine which is fully deterministic (if you have the same exact state feeding the same exact inputs and tick the same exact number of times, the end...
View ArticleClicker Mine Mania 2 - an awesome clicker in style of Minecraft
Hi Guys! Tell me pls what do you think about my new game? Tnx. Clicker Mine Mania 2 is an excellent representative of the genre of clickers. The game includes the best ideas of Mineraft: dig, build,...
View ArticleDX12 Occlusion Queries
Hi! I wonder if I can achieve the same (not quite optimal) CPU readback of occlusion queries as with DX11. u64 result = 0; HRESULT hr = deviceCtx11->GetData(id3d11Query, result, sizeof(u64),...
View ArticleAmazon Lumberyard for indie multiplayer game
Hello guys, #1 Sorry for my English.... #2 I have a "little" problem with licence terms. I'm student with I think good idea of multiplayer shooter game. Something small, but funny and interesting. In...
View ArticleIndieDB 2017 Compatition
We’ve entered into the IndieDB 2017 Competition with SAMA! Please click the image below and go over to IndieDB and vote for our game, it would mean so much to us. Thanks for all your support. Rob &...
View ArticleDid you use an existing game engine?
Hi all, This is a question for published indie developers. Did you use an existing engine like Unity or Unreal? What were your reasons for that choice?
View ArticleSprite batch rendering
I have this 2D game which currently eats up to 200k draw calls per frame. The performance is acceptable, but I want a lot more than that. I need to batch my sprite drawing, but I'm not sure what's the...
View Article[Bullet] Collision objects don't respond when driven by AI
Take a simple box-to-box collision, when the boxes come to contact, one of the boxes should be pushing the other one forward... the object with id of 99 is the pushing object, the object with the id 7...
View ArticleAnimation Doubt?
Hello Guys, I have a doubt whether a particular animation is a 3d or 2d animation. Just see this video from time frame 0:30 and watch the character who is firing. I feel it's 2d and done either in...
View ArticleDirectxTK and basic concept of drawing models
Hi, I am completely newbie. I've been reading about DirectX for 2, 3 months now and the only thing I am able to do is to draw a simple model on a scene (with lighting). I started to do things using...
View ArticleRock of Ages 2 wins 'Best Gameplay' at the AzPlay 2017
Rock of Ages 2 won 'Best Gameplay' at the AzPlay 2017 yesterday. We're honored! Carlos Bordeu at the stage: Video of the awards (Rock of Ages 2 at 36:54). Carlos Bordeu's talk at AzPlay 2017 about the...
View Article2018 New Year Challenge: Missile Command
Missile Command Challenge To celebrate the end of 2017 and beginning of 2018 we are making this a 2-month challenge. We also hope this gives late entrants enough time to submit entries. Your challenge...
View ArticleC# Unity Dev looking for amateur team
I've been doing Unity programming for a couple of years now. I am decent at image manipulation with Gimp 2.0, and I can do rudimentary 3D modelling in Blender. If anyone needs a helping hand, let me know.
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