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Selecting and moving object in OpenGL Gameplay3D Engine

I'm using Gameplay3d as a game engine to develop a simple board game. PEG Solitaire I've come to the part where I've created a 2D grid for all the movable object, empty locations and also where it's ...
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develop a game for pc,ps3,ps2.x-box [closed]

What are the subject requirements for develop a game for pc, x-box, ps3, ps2.etc. And what should be the qualification for gaming.
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How to represent cliff faces in terrain?

I'm trying to figure out the best way to programmatically represent terrain in my game. I've been considering using a heightmap (or grid of evenly spaced vertices) to represent the surface of the ...
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Should I use Game Engines to learn to make 3D games?

HI i am a software engineering student in his second-last year. I am proficient with C,C++,C# and java programming languages, and being a student of engineering I have studied calculus, vectors etc ...
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Does an indie game developer really need to know graphics programming beyond the basics?

I've been working on a 2D game for the iPhone and learning a lot about game design in the process. I've looked at some of the most popular games for the iPhone ( angry birds, cut the rope, doodle ...
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Simulating a 2D rope from a top down perspective

I was wondering if anyone could point me to any resources and/or explain how to properly simulate a 2D rope from a top down perspective? I found a game that has the exact mechanic I'm looking for... ...
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connecting multiple anti-aliased lines together

I implemented/copied the wu line algorithm from pseudo-code on wiki-pedia and other places. When drawing a sine wave it breaks down at the point where the line changes from y dominant to x dominant ...
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The recommended road map to be a good graphics/game engine programmer

I am a computer science student and I am developing with C/C++ and Python and I want to begin learning graphics tools to start developing with game engines, especially the Blender Game Engine. So what ...
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Complete Math Library for use in OpenGL ES 2.0 Game?

Are you aware of a complete (or almost complete) cross platform math library for use in OpenGL ES 2.0 games? The library should contain: Matrix2x2, Matrix 3x3, Matrix4x4 classes Quaternions ...
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Effects for Programmers

Does anyone have any good resources for creating special effects, aimed at programmers. I'm not specifically interested in particle effects, but broader things like: Fullscreen effects, blur, depth ...
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Are there important cases when one needs to know how to program sort algorithms in game programming?

Well I already read a little about sorting algorithms on wikipedia, the subject seems vast, especially when dealing with some cases where some algos are faster than others. That might need some quick ...
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What will AMD Fusion or likewise hybrid CPU/GPU will change for the 3D programmer ? Are they potentially faster?

Since the early days of accelerated graphics, programmers were obligated to use hardware-supported libraries like directX or OpenGL. If we wanted to explain someone what happened by introducing a ...
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Help making a visual transition with pygame and NumPy

Perhaps this could be better answered on Stack Overflow, but I thought it would be worth posting here. Right now I'm trying to make visual transitions with pygame's surfarray module which uses NumPy. ...
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What should every graphics programmer write

I've seen this question on SO, but here i want it to focus on GFX. So in your opinion what applications/features should every aspiring GFX programmer write/change to get better? Community wiki since ...