Game Design is the practice of creating and balancing systems and the mechanics which the player uses to affect those systems. This is not to be used for programming questions about the "design" of features, engines, etc.
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How to handle a player's level and its consequent privileges?
I'm building a game similar to Mafia Wars where a player can do tasks for his gang and gain experience and thus advancing his level.
The game is built using PHP and a Mysql database.
In the game I ...
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Specifying 3D objects in a game [closed]
I have hands on experience in OpenGLES 2.0 , OpenGL and wish to apply the same in a 3D game development in Android.
My idea is to develop a Combat game having fighter planes. I am trying to create a ...
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Game logic questions [closed]
I am writing a platform game in java that is based on minecraft, and i was wondering about what people thought about certain features of the game.
When two enemys collide what should happen
When you ...
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Game programming books?
I need a book that's beneficial for me and not something that contains what i have already read.
I have a strong maths,physics background and I have good c++ programming skills
and i want to start ...
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Real cash gambling app
I am making a cash game like deal or no deal for use as an android app, using adobe software.
The idea is player wagers 50 pence through Paypal plays the game wins, say, £10 pounds and then cash out.
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Best Gamedev book for jmonkey engine [closed]
I want to start using the Jmonkey Engine to make a game but I want to learn some theory first. I am NOT interested in marketing or creating a story. I basically want to know which book would tell me ...
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Getting direction of mouse from the middle - slick2d [duplicate]
I need to find the direction of the mouse from the centerpoint, i need it to return a direction e.g. north, south, northwest, southeast and so on
how would one go about doing that in java
ps. to ...
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What beginner level game should I practice developing that has all the basics of game development? [duplicate]
I am a fresh graduate of Computer Science and am very nervoud for my skills test next week. So I have only about 4 days left till the exam and I really want that job which is game development.
They ...
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Are hidden stats a good idea?
I'm thinking of and RPG, FPS or a turn based game (does not really matter), where the player does not know his character(s) exact stats. Of course they exist as random variables of normal distribution ...
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Sprites: Are there any tools to scale sprites individually without using Photoshop/GIMP? [closed]
I am using TexturePacker as tool to pack my 2D sprites, it is good but it doesn't provide the possibility to scale individual sprites to a specific scale.
I am wondering whether there is any good ...
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I have an idea but I need help [closed]
Hey I'm a 17 year old designer and I have a pretty solid idea for a 2d open world RPG game but I lack the skills to make it by myself. I would need a few programmers ( cause I know how much of a pain ...
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Career advice for design-oriented mathematician working in games [closed]
Lately, I've been looking for a career change. Over at Math StackExchange, I saw this answer discussing applications of mathematics to game development. Some of it had to do with graphics ...
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Generate slot combinations
How do you generate combinations in slots to achieve a wanted probability of the user winning?
Say, you decide that he should win $200. How do you generate combinations that'll cause winnings ...
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Is it worth having AI opponents step in for disconnected players in an online multiplayer card game
I have an online multiplayer card game resembling spades/bridge and I want to implement a system that autoplays when a client disconnects. Right now, there is a client and server. In the new system, ...
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Developing a game for Facebook and Android [closed]
I want to develop "Balloon Shooting" game where players can click on the balloons and score. I want to port this game into both Facebook and Android. The problem here is that i really don't know what ...
