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How can I get textures on edge of walls like in Super Metroid and Aquaria?

Games like Super Metroid and Aquaria present the terrain with the other facing parts having rocks and stuff while deeper behind them (i.e. underground) there's different detail or just black. I ...
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New to creating AI - where to start?

I am new to game programming and am trying to make a basic 2d top-down space game with 2 space ships that fight each other. I am doing well with the user controlled space ship, but have no idea how ...
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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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How to handle platform collisions in a 2D game?

If I have a map in my platformer game and I want my character be able to jump on some platform, for example. Is there an easy way to tell the game where the platforms are and where the player can jump ...
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Arc'd jumping method?

Okay, so I'm making a platformer, and I wanna know how I can make a arc'd jump easily. Like what Mario does in super Mario Bros 1. Any ideas on a simple way to accomplish this?
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Pickup another book or submerge into XNA

Completely read Head First C#. Should I read something else or get personal with XNA from here on? Got links? Edit: Hobby. Interested in 2D and 2.5D gamedev for personal fun, nothing serious. ...
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How should I proceed next with my programming skills? [closed]

I am currently studying at University of technology in Brno (Czech Republic). This semester is almost over and I might say I have some knowledge of C. Since I went to this school just for the purpose ...
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opengl memory issue - quite strange

I have heard that textures consumes lot of memory but I am surprised how much.... I have 7 textures 1024 16 bit each. And while I will run my app it consumes 57MB of memory. I think that this is "a ...
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Plants vs Zombies style game [closed]

I have just recently became intrigued by the whole concept of making video games. I am not new to programming, but I am new to the process/requirements/methodologies of programming a video game. I ...