General and Gameplay Programming

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[C++] Is std::strings SSO even still beneficial?

Started by Juliean with 8 comments, last by Juliean 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Compile error

Started by taby with 2 comments, last by taby 4 months, 3 weeks ago

C++ huffman codec

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How can a boost be triggered for the player after collecting 10 items in a second?

Started by StandDev with 2 comments, last by StandDev 5 months ago

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Scaling a terrain and finding meters per second to movement

Started by snoken with 5 comments, last by snoken 5 months ago

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Using ECS for complex engine and game logic

Started by yah-nosh with 24 comments, last by Tom Sloper 5 months, 1 week ago

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I am making a 2d mini golf game in unity, now I want to make the ball appear 3d when it moves

Started by shashank00 with 2 comments, last by LorenzoGatti 5 months, 1 week ago

Unity Rotation 2Dgame

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Error handling: To check every little error or confidently skip them?

Started by arly with 13 comments, last by taby 5 months, 1 week ago

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Code Localization (UTF-8 vs UTF-16)

Started by Rewaz with 9 comments, last by Alberth 5 months, 1 week ago

C++ windows languages

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TIL: How to zoom into a part of the map in a strategy game

Started by tadeo 5 months, 2 weeks ago

strategygame zooming CameraControl

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Follow camera causes flickering

Started by snoken with 2 comments, last by snoken 5 months, 2 weeks ago

OpenGL camera Rotations

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Rotating object to face in direction of movement causing roll

Started by snoken with 4 comments, last by JoeJ 5 months, 3 weeks ago

OpenGL C++ math

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How to make (Child - Attach) system with Item type

Started by Rewaz with 1 comment, last by LorenzoGatti 6 months ago

C++

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Colliding against objects that don’t move

Started by Calin with 2 comments, last by Calin 6 months, 1 week ago

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Xcode link statically Glew and curl

Started by MikeCyber with 1 comment, last by MikeCyber 6 months, 2 weeks ago

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Designing a data driven crafting system using tags

Started by slayemin with 3 comments, last by frob 6 months, 2 weeks ago

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Xcode build for arm64

Started by MikeCyber with 1 comment, last by MikeCyber 6 months, 2 weeks ago

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In-game UI architecture

Started by yah-nosh with 9 comments, last by NightCreature83 6 months, 2 weeks ago

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General tips on programming enemies?

Started by morbs with 9 comments, last by morbs 7 months ago

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What is the backend for RmlUI?

Started by ShapeSpheres with 2 comments, last by ShapeSpheres 7 months ago

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Move a rigid body to a point with an orientation

Started by greg6 with 5 comments, last by LorenzoGatti 7 months ago

rigidbody Rotation steering

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New design pattern I discovered for dynamic behavior at run time without changing the coding of a object

Started by scruthut with 2 comments, last by scruthut 7 months ago

DesignPattern features dynamicbehavior

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An example of a nice movement technique

Started by Vendetta8247 with 1 comment, last by troutsneeze 7 months, 1 week ago

2D Godot platforming

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AshEdit Map Editor

Started by troutsneeze with 2 comments, last by troutsneeze 7 months, 2 weeks ago

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Using info from an API for moving objects?

Started by sebramirez with 1 comment, last by Tom Sloper 7 months, 3 weeks ago

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Fixed timestep with interpolation - 2D movement jitter/stutter

Started by Crowbone with 29 comments, last by troutsneeze 8 months, 1 week ago

C++

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Choosing a development tool or strategy

Started by eli-golfer with 2 comments, last by frob 8 months, 2 weeks ago

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How to resolve these "unresolved externals"

Started by suliman with 2 comments, last by LorenzoGatti 8 months, 2 weeks ago

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How to properly not block the application when loading

Started by Alundra with 6 comments, last by JoeJ 8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Scatter/spawn game coins using random with exceptions

Started by narek5 with 4 comments, last by LorenzoGatti 8 months, 3 weeks ago

General and Gameplay Programming

Menu item select using keyboard or gamepad button (with mouse)

Started by narek5 with 4 comments, last by narek5 8 months, 3 weeks ago

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