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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Downloadable Game vs Non-Downloadable
I want to make a networked building game with limited physics(just for the characters) and I wanted to know what the best route would be. I was looking at a browser based Java game or a downloadable ...
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Recommendation for a platform to teach game development to kids [closed]
My 11 years old son decided he want to create a Web game. He does not know much about programming and I never did any game development so I'm not the best teacher of the topic. On one hand I really ...
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How can I shift from PHP to Python? [closed]
I am a website developer, and I am proficient in PHP, but I want to shift into game and software development using Python.
Is such a transition easy? What are the common pitfalls one should look out ...
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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 could be my path? Networking, programming, or something else? [closed]
Well first and foremost, I would like to give my brief description: I was an aviation student but I didn't pursue that path because I lost my interest. Now I'm an I.T. student and currently stopped ...
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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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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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How difficult would it be to interact with a Facebook poker game?
There is an online facebook flash poker game. This game is constantly sending and receiving information to the player's browser about all the things going on in the game. How hard would it be for a ...
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Why isn't Java more widely used for game development?
I'm not a game developer or anything, but I know that Java is not very widely used for game development. Java should be fast enough for most games, so where's the catch? I can think of some reasons:
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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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Understanding how Code works is the way to actually 'Learn' programming, right?
I have a friend who is struggling with learning how to program (he wants to make games; as do I). Several books, tutorials, etc.
His mentality is he has to memorize the code itself, as in the exact ...
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Game-dev-oriented Code Kata? [closed]
(I ask here because gamedev.stackexchange.net isn't as exposed to programmers as this site)
Code Kata are good programming exercises ( see Code Kata ).
I think the provided exercices are good for ...
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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? [duplicate]
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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Is there a canonical book on game physics?
I'm getting into 2D game programming using Microsoft XNA. I've looked at some libraries like Faseer and Box2d, but I've found some limitations and would like to instead write my own physics engine.
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What skills in game development are common in other software development areas?
I am a game dev who was working in the game-industry and then ... got laid off. Ever since then, life has been stressful! During this time, I have met so many other devs who have also been laid off ...
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Suggestions on switching from lamp based web design-development to game design-development
I have around 2.5 years of experience as a web developer cum designer working mainly on the LAMP platform. Now, I want to try out game development (of the likes of First Person Shooter games like Call ...
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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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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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What hardware/software tools were used to build commercial quality 8-bits games?
I mean, I still have a MSX2 with a Z80 processor and if you look at any Konami's game made for that computer in its time (roughly between '84 and '90) is amazing the high quality code of those games. ...
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Is video game programming usually physics related?
I know this is obviously not true for some games, minesweeper, card games, etc. But what about any game involving simulating the real world environment. Obviously these games have some form of a ...
