game-development

Python vs Flash

Can python be used as a language to develop browser based games? Like we do in flash. If yes then what frameworks are available to get my hands dirty? If no then what are the reasons? ...

Need a Clean Example of a TileMap in XNA

A few friends and myself have been working on an XNA RPG once a week for the last year. Our battle engine is basically finished, and now we're working on overworld exploration. I've already created crude Tile and TileMap objects that work in this way: Simple 2D array of integer values representing tile (Texture2D) objects in a List Us...

WPF vs XNA for a slots game development ??? What to use ?

I want to develop Video slots Game (Vegas style casino slots) where - Various skins can be changed easily to give slots game a different look/feel to user - Game is playable on computer with Win 7 (Xbox/Zune/Linux is not the target platform) - client/server application where new skin on all clients can be installed from server ...

Large Flash gaming site pros and cons for development or purchase

Hello Friends, i want to run a large card game in flash, that is supposed to be played by people online. I have founds available for the development of this project, but i'm a little bit concerned for the development part. Lets say, i want this to be developed by someone, where could i look for skilled people that could do this? Or lets...

I am looking for an images generation library

Hi ! I want to write some games in ActionScript but I do not have any illustration skill. I am looking for a library that can help me generate simple but beautiful, colorful shapes I will then animate. Recently, I have stumbled upon such a library, written in C++ and newly ported to javascript, but I can't remember it anymore ! Somethin...

Optimum Update frequency for a client server based multiplayer game

I am making a multiplayer game in c++ : The clients simply take commands from the users, calculate their player's new position and communicate it to the server. The server accepts such position updates from all clients and broadcasts the same about each to every. In such a scenario, what parameters should determine the time gap between ...

Is this a good implementation of a FPS independant game loop?

I currently have something close to the following implementation of a FPS independent game loop for physics based games. It works very well on just about every computer I have tested it on, keeping the game speed consistent when frame rate drops. However I am going to be porting to embedded devices which will likely struggle harder wit...

Java Android App - Simple AI for Texas Hold'em

Hi All! Could anyone point me in the right direction on this. I have 20+ weeks to design and code a Texas Hold'em Poker Game in Java for an Android phone for a University Project. It should include AI opponents that play with you or just against themselves. They should be able to learn what strategies work best over a period of time, con...

UIButton modify image of UIImageView

Hi guys, I'm developing an iPhone app, and I need a little help. I created a button and I want when I click on to change an image's imageView by the button's one. the image and button : CGRect slot1Rect = CGRectMake(70, 90, 80, 110); UIImageView *slot1 = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:slot1Rect]; [slot1 setImage:[UIImage im...

Is there a way to delete scores in Apple's Game Center programmaticaly?

I did not find a way in the GameKit documentation to delete a player's score from within my app. Is this possible? Thanks! ...

Storing online high scores in open-source games

I'm wondering how this is typically done at a high level. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I understand, normally you could have some sort of validation. But if you have access to the source code, anyone could see how to send data to the server (or make your own server for that reason). Is there a viable solution for this? ...

Getting the new line character without System.getProperty("line.separator")?

I want to create a text file, than load it up without any newlines or spaces (This is for a simple RPG). So I want to test for all 3 major OS line separators, and than the current OS'(s?) one. I know I can get the current one using System.getProperty("line.separator"), but how can I get Linux, Mac, and Windows line separators and turn ...

Algorithm to generate security token for MMO Login Service

I'm building a Login Service for an open source MMO game. I do not know much on the side of security/encryption and I am looking for a solution that will provide good protection against hackers and must not be too costly to generate. Our old system used a very simple system of authentication by storing the password as SHA1 in the databa...

Issues with Number of guesses doesn't update for a new try and the code causses errors when typing the number 1005,1006????????

Hey guys , thanx for the previous help Before I try to explain my problem, you guys need to know what the code is about. Its pretty much "To write a game in which a user is to guess a random number between 1 and 1000. The program should read a number from the keyboard, and print whether the guess was too high, too low or correct. When th...

Any ideas about securing a Windows 2003 enterprise X64 gameserver ?

Hello. I have a MUonline (link) gameserver running on Windows 2003 enterprise X64. I had a website running there too. I do not know much about security here so I'm asking for some tips or tutorials you know about this as my server was hacked (I don't know how, exactly) and Windows has been erased. So now I want to make a secure gameserve...

Substring indexes off in simple map reading program

Alright, so I'm trying to create a simple RPG game, and my map reading code seems to be off. This is the map reading line: Integer.parseInt(map.data.substring(Map.MAP_START + ((playerPOS - map.width)/2) - 1, Map.MAP_START + ((((playerPOS - map.width)/2) - 1) + map.dataLen))); Now the only tiles in the map are 01 and 00, so when I see ...

How to make an escape the room game

I want to make a very simple "escape the room" game. I was hoping for something that looks something like this. You would see images of some room and you click around to move or to add things to inventory. Then, you can select something in your inventory to use that item with something on the screen. During the whole game there would...

Issues with using a timer in Java. The timer will not update.

Hey guys , thanx for the previous help Before I try to explain my problem, you guys need to know what the code is about. Its pretty much "To write a game in which a user is to guess a random number between 1 and 1000. The program should read a number from the keyboard, and print whether the guess was too high, too low or correct. When th...

2d Light effect with SDL

Hi, i would like to create a light effect on a 2d car racing written in SDL.NET (and c#). The psychs Light effect is simple: the car headlights (classic conic light effect). Does somebody know where can i look for some example of light managemnt via SDL ? Or maybe tell me how to solve this issue ? Thank you for your support ! ...

Game Development, the language for beginners?

I have been searching through the website looking for the best language for beginner game development. Many people say a C based language, others suggest Python. Normally I would just pick one, but this is my dilemma. I am not sure if this is correct, but I read from programmers on here that C is much faster at 3d render, whereas Python...