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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 game industry has seen a rise in recent years with the growth of new online distribution systems and the mobile game market.

Game development is the process of creating a video game. 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 game industry has seen a rise in recent years with the growth of new online distribution systems and the mobile game market.

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A free game-development language?

So, I'm trying to teach my much younger cousin a little bit about programming. My initial thought was something like Scratch or Alice, but there were a few downsides to that. Everyone seems to be really in to game programming and developing video…
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Not getting paid for hours you've worked?

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: The Human Story A lot of it talked about…
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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?

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 over this multiple times with the boss and he has…
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How to convert a possibly ever-increasing number to a finite scale?

This is common in games, specially management games like Sim City, Civilization, etc: you have actions which provide additional integer bonuses to a metric, but the metric itself remains in a finite scale. So, for example, suppose you have an…
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How should keypoll functions be designed in games?

So I'm making a clone of Super Mario Bros in pygame. As of now I am in the middle of making my keypoll function, to check all the keys that are currently being pressed. I am wondering which would be better: Have the keypoll function modify marios…
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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 irrespective of the number of years they have been…
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Better way for creating a 2D map?

I have an idea for a game map and have researched some into it. What i'm going to do is have a 2D map(s) that a GM can pick from, or they can create their own using predefined images or images of a particular size they can upload. From what i've…
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Duplicate Account Detection - New Approach?

So I'm working on a web based game, and need to deal with the age old issue of duplicate account detection. Players often create multiple accounts to farm money/items etc to their main account, or to stash items etc. In the games I've typically…
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is c or c++ necessary for game programming?

Do you need to learn c or c++ for game programming? I am very good with java. Is it true that most game engines are in c or c++.should i learn c or c++ or start making games in java.Can you suggest some books to start with
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What design techniques are used for video games (non-educational)?

I am taking a software engineering course and got an understanding of basic concepts used in designing solutions for businesses. We come up with requirements, do use cases and user scenarios and it all makes sense in the business context. However, I…
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