2D games are drawn in a two-dimensional space using two-dimensional objects. To represent its position, each game object will have an `x` and a `y` coordinate.
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Hills in a topdown game
I'm making a top down rpg game and was wondering if it was possible to show hills on a map instead of having everything completely flat. I've thought about changing to an isometric view, but if it can ...
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converting 2d grid of squares to polygon nav mesh
I haven't actually started programming for this one yet, but I wanted to see how I would go about doing this anyway.
Say I have a 2D matrix of squares, all of the same size, some traversable and some ...
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How to design 2D collision callback methods?
In a 2D game where you have a lot of possible combination of collision between objects, such as:
object A vs object B => object B vs A;
object A vs object C => object C vs A;
object A vs object D ...
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How do I make a rope from point A to B in Box2D?
I need to make a rope (preferably not elastic) from one point to the next in Box2D. If it helps, I'm trying to develop one of those 2D Spiderman games, like this: ...
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Moving a body in a specific direction using XNA with Farseer Physics
I have a custom polygon attached to a body, which looks like this:
What I am trying to accomplish is getting the body to move according to wherever the tip of the body is. So far this is what I've ...
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Beginning Game Development on iPhone/iPad [closed]
I'm willing to begin learning iPhone Game development. The problem is that I've found many resources for older models of iPad and iPhone. As you know now both have retina displays and amazingly fast ...
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Can these game be fully coded in html5/javascript?
I mean the mechanics of the game. Would it be possible?
-Pokemon GBA series, rendering the world would be easy, but what about battle mechanics?
-MapleStory, after seen dragonbound.net which is an ...
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How do I calculate the boundary of the game window after transforming the view?
My Camera class handles zoom, rotation, and of course panning. It's invoked through SpriteBatch.Begin, like so many other XNA 2D camera classes. It calculates the view Matrix like so:
public Matrix ...
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Possible to map mouse coordinates to isometric tiles with this coordinate system?
I'm trying to implement mouse interaction in a 2d isometric game, but I'm not sure if it's possible given the coordinate system used for tile maps in the game.
I've read some helpful articles like ...
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Trouble with AABB collision response and physics
I have been racking my brain trying to figure out a problem I am having with physics and basic AABB collision response. I am fairly close as the physics are mostly right. Gravity feels good and ...
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Bot strategy in an arena
I am writing the player's behavior for an arena game, and I'm wondering if you could offer some strategies. I'm writing it in Python, but I'm just interested in the high level game play.
Here are the ...
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Java 2D Tile Collision
I have been working on a way to do collision detection forever, and just can't figure it out. Here's my simple 2D array:
for (int x = 0; x < 16; x++) {
for (int y = 0; y < 16; y++) {
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2D SAT How to find collision center or point or area?
I've just implemented collision detection using SAT and this article as reference to my implementation. The detection is working as expected but I need to know where both rectangles are colliding.
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Best way to mask 2D sprites in XNA?
I currently am trying to mask some sprites. Rather than explaining it in words, I've made up some example pictures:
The area to mask (in white)
Now, the red sprite that needs to be cropped.
The ...
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2D Grid based game - how should I draw grid lines?
I'm playing around with a 2D grid based game idea, and I am using sprites for the grid cells. Let's say there is a 10 x 10 grid and each cell is 48x48, which will have sprites drawn there. That is ...
