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Processing component pools problem - Entity Subsystem
Architecture description
I'm creating (designing) an entity system and I ran into many problems. I'm trying to keep it Data-Oriented and efficient as much as possible. My components are POD ...
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How to save game progress (savefile)
I am currently working on a terminal text game just to practice my skills (C). It will be story driven escape the mansion kind of game. Even though the game will be short I want it to support save ...
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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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Getting started with game dev- allegro and C/C++ [closed]
Was considering getting started with Allegro for learning game development, and I was wondering (yes, sorry) whether I should go with C or C++ :P. I know C++ is way more common in the game dev world ...
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Advice for programming a lobby for a network multiplayer game?
I'm working on learning network programming. I'm working on a simple card game. The basic idea is:
Players enter the lobby
Players see tables
Players sit at an empty seat
Once they sit, they do not ...
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Deterministic replay in a modern game
I am doing a study in modern games graphics, and as part of the study it would be really helpful to be able to replay a sequence in the game multiple times.
For example, recording a series of inputs ...
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Ogre3D: customize water demo
On the water demo supplied with Ogre3D's SDK, controls are set to actually control the camera and environment, but not actually the ogre head that generates the disturbances. I tried digging into the ...
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Is it possible to write a game that doesn't require a GPU?
I already know many computers today have a GPU that supports DirectX and OpenGL.
But what about computers that don't? Can I write a simple 2D game that does not rely on the GPU, so that it works even ...
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Trying to implement Render to Texture
I'm having trouble implementing render to texture with OpenGL 3.
My issue is that after rendering to the frame buffer, it appears the rendered object becomes deformed, which may imply a bad ...
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Video game entity storage and structures
I finally have all the working input/output of a game engine.
However, I'd like to be able to put an amount of about 2000 shots being simulated in a region, total. I have done other games where all ...
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What are the best ways to serialize and unserialize network messages for C/C++ multiplayer game?
We are using JSON right now and want to move to a binary format for some types of messages between client and server.
Should I just read structs into the socket? Use proticol buffers/thrift?
How ...
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Are C and Objective-C sufficient for creating games on the iOS?
These days, I'm focusing on games development on the iOS.
C++ is the lingua franca for games development but seriously, I prefer to code in C programming language, not in C++.
So for iOS games ...
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I want to use Python as a scripting language for my game, can I use it purely with C (not C++)?
I want to use Python as a scripting language for my game, can I use it purely with C (not C++)? It is important to me that I not use C++, and purely use C instead.
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Is it possible to use OpenGL purely with C instead of C++?
Is it possible to use OpenGL purely with C instead of C++? I am wanting to make sure there won't be any problems with my using C and not C++. OpenGL does not depend on any C++ libraries right?
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scanline filling a trapezoid
I have computed the four corners of the viewable bit of 2d map in my 3d view. So I know the trapezoid that is visible, and I want to 'visit' these tiles in my map.
So my algorithm is basically a ...
