How to protect your game ideas?
I have an idea for an RTS that will change the way all RTS’s are played forever more. Iv been sitting on this idea for 20 years. I don’t have any programming skills and I don’t know how to protect my...
View ArticleSci-fi RTS looking for 2D artist
Developer looking for some simple low-res 2D art for my sci-fi RTS. I'm not ready to commit to finalizing anything, but I at least need some placeholder art to help me visualize things. I need 32x32 or...
View ArticlePhysX joints
I'm having trouble understanding how to configure joints in PhysX.. particularly the localFrame0 and localFrame1…I create the rigidBodyDynamic actors in the proper place in world space and then...
View ArticleI suggest a new programming principle: opportunity
Last year I wrote this jar of ideas that together consists of creating “opportunities for nice surprises”. I called it “principle of maximum opportunity”.In practice, it uses generic programming,...
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Is Valorant Counter-strike?
Since Valorant has surfaced in the gaming industry, there is a question that has surrounded many; is Valorant Counter-strike? Or is Valorant a rip off of Counter-strike? Well, yes, but actually no. In...
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SFML C++. Bouncing ball with showing coordinates
l use MinGW and lightweight editor VSCode: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/cppType the command: mingw32-makeMakefile# -mwindows - without a console window CC = g++ INC =...
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SFML C# .NET Core. Rotating Hello World
Install VSCode and .NET Core SDK. Follow the instruction: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/dotnetCreate and an empty folder and go to it:cd RotatingHelloWorldSfmlDotNetCoreCSharpCreate a...
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SFML C# OpenGL. Draw a triangle using shaders
We will use OpenTK 4 version because it supports .NET Core.Install VSCode and .NET Core SDK. Follow the instruction: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/dotnetCreate and an empty folder (with...
View ArticleHow minimap are created in the games like GTA?
Hey, I have created a complete model with different rooms and floors. Now I want to create a mini map for this architecture model. It just that I don't know how these maps are created. I have tried to...
View ArticleBuild, Expand, and Manage (Socially) Challenge is Now Live!
After feedback from the community, the Build, Expand, and Manage (Socially) Challenge is now live.This challenge focuses on a theme of building and managing finite resources and economic constraints...
View ArticleConfusing results from glDrawElements
I'm relearning OpenGL in its modern form using https://learnopengl.comInspired by the coordinate systems lesson https://learnopengl.com/Getting-started/Coordinate-Systems I started modifying their...
View ArticleEnemy movement off
I have this program that has an enemy walking back and forth on a platform. The display is in three parts, in the middle part the platforms scroll in the opposite direction of the player. This gives...
View ArticleCandy World II: The Golden Bones
Hello everybody from Gamedev.net,Let's present to you the whole new Candy World II: The Golden Bones v22.37.Now totally enhanced with better textures, stars, trees & grass system.An enchanting...
View ArticleCandy's Space Adventures: The Messages from the Lillians
Hi everybody from Gamedev.net,Recently, I've decided to enhance my old Candy's Space Adventures v9.37 and create a lite version of our game Candy's Space Mysteries II: Missions on the Earthlike...
View ArticleCandy's Space Mysteries II: Missions on earthlike Planets
Hi,Since the latest vision of a new title: Candy's Space Adventures: The Messages from the Lillians v9.37, i've done done many changes to Candy's Space Mysteries: Missions on the Blue Planets v12.97....
View ArticleLights of Dreams IV: Far, Above the Clouds
Hi everybody from Gamedev.net, Lately, I was releasing the trial version of this game callen:Lights of Dreams IV: Path of the Starfield. v18.07. In this angelical quest, save the future Earth of 3800...
View ArticleLights of Dreams V: Path of Starfield
Hi,Lately, Lights of Dreams V v5.57 was released without tecnical problems.This game allow the character, callen Xylvan, to travel in Space & resolve inter-galactic missions.I tested the spatial...
View ArticleSoul of Sphere Platinum
Hi everybody from gamedev.net,Since 1999, I wanted to create a game in 2D callen Soul of Sphere.In 2006, I restarted it in another language callen Blitz3D!In 2020, I altmost finalised this project and...
View ArticleValgrind / Address Sanitizer equivalent for Visual Studio
Hello everyone,Just recently I ran into one of those nasty memory bugs that needs digging for days. After wrestling with Visual Studio and Windows for days I finally gave in and switched to Linux for...
View ArticleDocking port hatch, orders - Devblog #16
Day 16 - “Afternoon” Orders and hatchThe first thought, that comes to me after hearing “afternoon” is “goo afternoon” phrase. This of course is used in people conversations. Which leads to simple...
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