A type of programming, often meant to be easier to learn than more "traditional" programming. Scripting is often used when performance is less important than ease of use. Examples of scripting languages are: Javascript, Lua, Perl, Python, and PHP. Scripting languages are often interpreted instead of ...
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Coroutines in series
How would i go about stacking up a series of Coroutine calls that should be executed one after the other?
I have tried getting a flashing color effect looping a series of color lerps in a coroutine ...
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Monogame - Input secuence game (Scripting?)
I'm starting to program my very first game, it's a clone of DDR/Stepmania done for research purposes and learning.
I (at this early stage) get most of the UI/Music/input work that should be done, but ...
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Best practice child and parent script [closed]
What is the best practice coming to wher to place the code in this scenario.
I have a gamobject called player. It has lots of child objects. One of them is sword.
Like this:
Player
Body
Head
...
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How to implement scripted events?
I'm building a game in C++ (using SDL) for a college project, I'm trying to figure out how to script events that happens when a player does something, or some time passes etc.
I have a and idea of ...
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How is scripting done in games such as Zelda?
How do games implement their triggers and events that make up the plot of the story. For example, to be concrete how would one implement the story of a game such as The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the ...
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Scripting a game engine
I'm kinda new to scripting and combining languages with each other so i have a question about something that confuses me about it.
If you want to script a game engine, do you embed the script in the ...
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Where can I modify the default damage system on UDK
I want to make a custom damage system on my game but I can't find the function that handles it...
I looked on Actor.uc but the only thing I've found is the event TakeDamage, but there's nothing on it ...
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Game Logic Update Order
Is there a commonly-accepted general approach to the order of processing logic updates?
My current 2D platformer has objects that implement different concerns, including the following:
Notifiable - ...
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Advice on NPC architecture
I'm developing a 2D Zelda game with LibGDX in Java using TileD maps. I am now adding NPCs to the engine and I'm thinking about how to make them so it's going to be easy for me to add/edit their custom ...
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Advice on developing a random event engine [closed]
I am looking into creating a random event engine like the one found in the Paradox Interactive’s Europa Universalis franchise.
They use a ‘mean time to happen’ mechanic that applies various ...
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Binding globals to lua editors
Is it possible in any existing IDE for Lua to somehow define globals, modules etc. that my potential application would bind to lua_State?
It'd be neat to see code completion feature that works with ...
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Creating a game with in game programmable AI
I am looking to make a game where the player can access an in game terminal and then use this terminal to write AI logic in a programming language such as C++ or C#, then they can compile the code and ...
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Building a visual scripting component (like Kismet) [closed]
I'd like to know how can one get started building a visual scripting component (or what is the more accurate term for this type of component?) such as UDK's and Unreal Engine's Kismet.
For those who ...
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What ways are there for making vector types available in scripting?
I use Google V8 engine to embed Javascript into my game for scripting. As interface to my native code, I already registered some C++ functions to the scripting context.
In the native code, I make ...
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Unity third person controller and hills
So i've been building a game and using the out of the box unity thrid person controller demo stuff.
I found that even the tiniest of slopes seems to stop the "dude" dead in his tracks.
Is there an ...
