Hottest Questions This Week - Game Development

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Why does my object move faster at 45 degrees than at 90 degrees?

c# 2d geometry

20h ago eBusiness 3,429

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How can I improve rendering speeds of a Voxel/Minecraft type game?

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How can I handle sprite sheets with nonuniform sprite dimensions?

c++ sprites spritesheet clipping

2d ago omgnoseat 389

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How do I check collision when firing bullet?

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How can I alleviate network lag issues with players from other countries?

multiplayer client-server lag

1d ago Lohoris 765

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How to calculate origin and position of a weapon which should be “in hands”?

xna c# rotation

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Is it better to track rotation with a vector or a float?

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jan 23 at 16:36 Todd Lehman 191

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How can I map thumbsticks to cardinal directions?

xna c# input controllers xbox-controller

2d ago Josh Petrie 18.1k

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How does one do unit testing in a game engine?

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2d ago Josh Petrie 18.1k

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How to parse & “pack” network commands?

xna c# networking

20h ago Martin 176

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How can I build and run Doom 3 from source in Windows?

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jan 23 at 16:28 Josh Petrie 18.1k

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Rendering a lot of Models at once with XNA

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jan 22 at 1:56 Kevin Reid 285

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What technique should I use for the AI for Go?

ai go

1d ago Josh Petrie 18.1k

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Could a large number, such as 255.000255 be converted to it's RGB channels in a Shader language?

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jan 19 at 19:09 Nicol Bolas 6,903

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How can I store all my level data in a single file instead of spread out over many files?

xna c# level-design data-structure

jan 21 at 2:31 ClassicThunder 1,073

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157

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RPG hit/miss formula

rpg

1d ago Tangurena 186

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Creating an unbiased deterministic collision resolution order

collision-resolution replays

jan 21 at 19:58 John McDonald 1,990

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Multi Threading In Update Loop

windows xbox360 multithreading winapi

1d ago Matt Jensen 168

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Why does using multithreading during my load screen increase my load times? [closed]

xna c# performance multithreading loading

16h ago Darestium 156

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2

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90

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Dealing with occlusion in an isometric sandbox game

isometric minecraft voxels occlusion

jan 21 at 20:13 Nick Wiggill 7,585

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139

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Algorithm for generating levels for shooting game

algorithm level-design

jan 21 at 19:37 Tetrad♦ 18.9k

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In tools development, what languages and technologies are currently in use?

tools gui languages

jan 22 at 2:22 Tetrad♦ 18.9k

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80

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Does ContentManager.Load<T>() re-read an asset if I have loaded it before?

c# xna-4.0 xna-content-pipeline

jan 23 at 0:51 MindWorX 785

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Can using different vertex-buffers for each vertex-attributes be good in certain scenarios?

flash rendering performance gpu vertex

2d ago Nathan Reed 3,500

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1

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76

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glCreateShader causes segmentation fault

opengl sfml

jan 23 at 0:40 Daniel 930

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How was the world game market segmented in 2011?

marketing

1d ago Josh Petrie 18.1k

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How to get smooth circular input from a thumbstick in XNA?

xna xbox-controller

2h ago Matthew Doucette 1

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84

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Clock hand, how much should I rotate the hand by every frame?

java rotation andengine

10h ago Gtoknu 569

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2

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106

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Designing Collision Detection for 2D Rectangular Adventure/RPG

2d collision-detection rpg adventure

jan 22 at 8:21 Quasiperfect 11

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2

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How to decide to use OpenGL ES 1.0 or 2.0 for Android?

android opengl-es mobile compatibility

23h ago stephelton 1,360

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110

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What are the pros and cons of GameSalad versus Cocos2D?

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jan 23 at 3:45 jhocking 3,925

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Enconding/Decoding bit value in Texture Alpha Channel

shaders hlsl

1d ago jack 1

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104

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How can I check for Shader Model 3 support?

3d directx hardware requirements shadermodel3

jan 20 at 20:38 Josh Petrie 18.1k

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1

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79

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How to implement server side caching with PHP

server optimization php

jan 23 at 14:24 bummzack 10.6k

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Large Blob of landmass in Minecraft Terrain Engine in XNA

algorithm procedural-generation minecraft random voxels

jan 21 at 6:21 David C. Bishop 394

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Need opinions: is it worth making component based entity system? [closed]

xna engine architecture component-based entity-system

jan 20 at 16:42 Michael 141

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Using Vectors for 2d animation [closed]

2d-physics actionscript-3 vector

1d ago bummzack 10.6k

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Will using OpenGL for rendering with SDL make my 2D game run smoother?

opengl rendering sdl

jan 21 at 22:53 Nick Wiggill 7,585

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2

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94

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Can I create mods for a D3D game made in C#?

c#

jan 20 at 18:43 Josh Petrie 18.1k

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Teaching game development with Ruby [closed]

3d engine ruby jmonkeyengine teaching

13h ago at. 100

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0

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119

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What game engine is most appropriate? [closed]

c++ engine mmo

2d ago pwny 334

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116

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Why do people put a gif animation into a single bitmap? [closed]

graphics silverlight

2d ago Tetrad♦ 18.9k

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1

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54

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glsl applying shader

c++ opengl glsl

18h ago Nicol Bolas 6,903

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2

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67

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Can I swap out Farseer physics fixtures at runtime?

c# animation side-scroller farseer-physics-engine

1d ago Josh Petrie 18.1k

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66

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C++/SDL Getting Multiple Bullets On-Screen

c++ programming movement sdl

1d ago Danran 155

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How do i calc what side the ball is of the rect?

2d game-mechanics computational-geometry

jan 22 at 12:03 Nick Wiggill 7,585

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65

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How to simulate backspin or topspin in a box2d billiard game?

2d-physics box2d

jan 22 at 8:49 Daniel Carlsson 86

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GUI.Button inside GUI.Window not responding

unity gui

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