Development is undertaken by a game developer, which may range from a single person to a large business. Mainstream games are normally funded by a publisher and take several years to develop. Indie games can take less time and can be produced cheaply by individuals and small developers. The indie ...
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What technologies are used for Game development now days? [closed]
Whenever I ask a question about game development in an online forum I always get suggestions like learning line drawing algorithms, bit level image manipulation and video decompression etc.
However ...
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How long and what type of complexity would have been involved in Chris Sawyer writing most of rollercoaster tycoon in assembler?
From this question, I have another question about...
How long and what type of complexity would have been involved in Chris Sawyer writing most of rollercoaster tycoon in assembler?
In order to ...
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Game programming : C# or C++? [closed]
I've decided what I really want is to do game programming. So the question is, as a 18 years old who wants to learn self taught programming, what is the most suited programming language between C# and ...
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Will getting a degree in mathematics help in game development?
I'm two months away from getting my degree in systems engineering, which is to say, I learned how to code and code well using managed languages.
The only reason I got into this career was because I ...
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I've been hired on as a entry-level game developer at a company and have little/no experience in API programming, what should I expect?
So, I've been hired on as an entry level game developer with little/no experience working with any API other than Win32. This will be an overall learning experience for me as a person and I have gone ...
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Why do game developers prefer Windows?
Is it that DirectX is easier or better than OpenGL, even if OpenGL is cross-platform? Why do we not see real powerful games for Linux like there are for Windows?
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What language should an 11-year old start with to learn game programming? [closed]
I have a 11-year old son who wants to do game programming. I've started him on C++ (C++11) and he's learned iostreams, looping, functions, logic and flow control. I'm using the standard library and ...
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Not getting paid for hours you've worked? [closed]
So I was reading from a previous thread about App vs Game Development:
If it was for you to chose Game Development vs Application Development, which will you chose?
Which brought me to this site: EA: ...
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Is Java a good choice for cross-platform games?
I'm looking to create a game in Java and would like it to work on Windows, Linux, and Mac. I'm pretty sure C# is a bad choice for this, and I don't have enough experience in C or C++. I want to stay ...
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I want to write a 2-player web-based board game. Which framework should I use?
I am a C# software developer. I was recently approached by a client to develop a multiplayer board game (max 4 players). I fiddled around with WCF, WPF and EF 4.1 to get something going but I keep ...
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If it was for you to chose Game Development vs Application Development, which will you chose? [closed]
Today I was asked if I want to do Game development or Application Development.
I never thought to that I will ever do Games for a living. I will try it for a couple of weeks maybe but what are your ...
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Identifying languages used by particular industries [duplicate]
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What technologies are used for Game development now days?
I am new to programming and I don't know the differences between the major languages. I desperately want to ...
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Starting an HTML canvas game with no graphics skills
I want to do some hobby game development, but I have some unfortunate handicaps that have me stuck in indecision; I have no artistic talent, and I also have no experience with 3D graphics. But this ...
