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DirectX: MFC OnIdle limited to 60 fps

Hi guys ,i have a very particular issue…i have directx classes for rendering to a window. I have created a GUI with MFC c++ and integrated my DirectX classes with it. I am initialising on OnInitDialog...

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Where to start to learn how to create games?

Hello! Guys, I'm completely new and want to learn how to create games, for example racing games Tell me where to start to learn?

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Why tooling matters in gamedev - my experience

Tooling is powerful. It saves you time, effort and makes it accessible. On this video I'll show you why it matters and how it affected my project, directly with examples of many of the tools.While some...

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Project IMP - MMORPG devlog

Follow me on the journey of creating an MMORPG. Along the way, I will share my experiences, implementation choices, techniques, decisions, tips and tricks, until the release.     

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How to Cut Your Content Update Times by 10x With PlayFab

[Check the original post at Unity Addressables: PlayFab CDN Integration]How would you cut your content update iteration times by 10x? You know, these 5+ days you may spend to ship a new build with...

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Looking for beginners in any discipline

For some reason I thought that writing this post would be a lot easier. Still, here we go. Hello whoever you are, from whatever discipline, beginner or experienced, thank you for reading this. I'm...

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A subcategory for modding?

I think it would benefit the place a lot, attracting new people and new ideas, if modders had their own category. It's game development, IMHO, and I hear a lot of especially young talent starts there.

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Can anybody help me make a music for my game?

Can anybody help me make a music for my game? I really need a music for my game, I'm still developing the game but I have some screen shots of the game.It would be great when whoever's helping me can...

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Opening a thread takes you to the last reply

I'm not really a fan of this forum behavior.I open a thread, and it takes me to the last reply on the last page. Every time I want to read a thread, I have to scroll up and/or click on the first page...

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Spoiler tags & collapsible/scrollable/resizable code blocks

I've noticed there's no current support for spoiler tags with the new system. Being able to set the spoiler preview text would be a nice feature, as it was requested with previous forum software...

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Highlight to quote support on any page that supports comments

In the Forums section of the site, you can highlight text in a thread and get a Quote popup block that then allows you to easily quote in a reply. You can easily do this multiple times to cherry pick a...

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What keeps a player going through seemingly nearly identical levels?

There is a certain balance, of too easy/repetitive and a player will get board, and yet a lot of games thrive off of large volumes of very similar content.  Is there a good concept to explain this?...

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"3D Artist" looking for some work to improve skills

Hello Guys,I work with Blender for some months now. I Want to further improve my skills in a team of nice people ^^.  If u have some work for me to do feel free to message me :D. 

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Need some help with stencil buffer.

I have been designing a object outlining method for my home-grown game engine.  I thought the stencil buffer would do it , but I have having problems with the results. I have been trying to make...

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Looking to play Ark: Survival Evolved at 1440p with ~80-100fps

Heya, first time posting here. My current setup is a GTX 970 and 6600K 3.5Ghz(OC'd to 4.6). Right now on max settings I get like 20 FPS so I have to crank things down big time.I'd really like to wait...

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Understanding how a collision detection system should work

I've gotten many simple games up and running, and now I'm in the process of making a bigger one. In my smaller games, I would simply check if 2 objects were colliding in the game loop, for example, in...

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Gameplay programming?

So, I'm 100% completely new to anything & everything related to programming. But, I've done some research, and gameplay programming seems really cool. I like the thought of implementing controls...

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Concept artists wanted for indie non-profit game

The teamWe are a small team of people with passion for games and game development. The experience level in the team varies greatly, and we're all here to learn, have fun and make an awesome 3rd person...

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Benefits of multithreaded renderer

So I keep reading about multithreaded renderer but as a beginner its not clear to me what exactly is the benefit of it? Ultimately don't the calls to the gpu have to be done in a specific linear order?

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Does anybody know how to make a pixel art background for a game?

Does anybody know how to make a pixel art background for a game? I am making a game, and somebody helped me with the music and I have no Idea how to do a good pixel art background so I asked here, if...

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