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Multi-threaded game (engine) design resources?
What are the best resources on multi-threaded game or game engine design and development? As this is obviously where computers are headed, I intend to study this topic and I'd like to know what ...
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What should a game engine do?
I'd like to improve my skills/try something new and I'd like to start with 3D. I have read Starting programming in 3D with C++ but I have question about engines:
What should engine do? I know it is ...
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Simple game engines / development tools made with artists in mind?
I've been working in the 2d art side of games for a while now, and my full time job keeps me very busy on the art side of things, but I'm becoming more and more interested in learning to prototype my ...
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What scripting language would you recommend for a C++ game project?
By scripting here I mean not just putting config data in a script, but scripting parts of the project like some class methods, test specific game loop, etc. This would be not just to accelerate ...
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4answers
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What are some good resources for creating a game engine in XNA?
I'm currently a student game programmer working on an indie project. We have a team of eleven people (five programmers, four artists, and two audio designers) aboard, all working hard to help design ...
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Could I be going crazy with Event Handlers? Am I going the “wrong way” with my design?
I guess I've decided that I really like event handlers. I may be suffering a bit from analysis paralysis, but I'm concerned about making my design unwieldy or running into some other unforeseen ...
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3answers
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When does parallel-tasks engine becomes a good solution?
I'm often tempted to break the game I'm working on to try a parallel-tasks based architecture, but that don't seem a big requirement for my project so I avoid this for the moment. I'm planning to just ...
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6answers
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What tools should I consider if my aim is to make a game available to as many platforms as possible?
We're planning on developing a 2D, grid-based puzzle game, and although it's still very early in the planning stages, we'd like to make our decisions well from the beginning.
Our strategy will be to ...
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Where can I advertise my engine/library/framework to attract users?
[Hypothetically] I have just finished my game engine/library/framework.
Now, I want to share it with people who may find it useful in their projects. Where can I advertise it to gain users?
EDIT: By ...
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4answers
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The recommended road map to be a good graphics/game engine programmer
I am a computer science student and I am developing with C/C++ and Python and I want to begin learning graphics tools to start developing with game engines, especially the Blender Game Engine. So what ...
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Approximating walking physics via simpler sliding physics
I am modeling walking insects. I implement them as cuboids and use forces (including friction and drag), to control motion. However, the movement characteristics of this 'sliding box' physics don't ...
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Android pong clone, having trouble getting the paddle to stop at the screen edge
Well, I'm obviously very new to game dev and android. I've got a ball bouncing around (successfully detecting screen edge collision so that the bitmap stays within screen) and a paddle that the user ...
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What are the technologies used to create Metal Gear game?
What are the technologies (programming languages and engines for example) used to create "Metal Gear : Snake Eater" and "Metal Gear : Guns of The Patriots"?
Is it usually to keep those things secret?
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What platform should I use? [closed]
I will be doing final year project this year, its a group of 6 members project. But in the group, only 1 member is experienced (mid level) in programming (ah yes, thats me).
The game should be an ...
