http://www.dzone.com/links/tag/games.html DZone: fresh links for developers en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:03:52 GMT The DZone community 2008-07-06T06:03:52Z en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. http://www.dzone.com/links/feed/frontpage/games/rss.xml http://www.dzone.com/images/std/dzone.com_258x55.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/ http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/game_programming_crash_course_for_j2me.html A thorough tutorial for introducing people to game programming and J2ME (no Java experience required!). Explained in great detail and clear language. Highly recommended for programming beginners and people starting out with games programming. eclipse games how-to java Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:27:00 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/92134.html avekoder 2008-07-03T03:27:00Z A thorough tutorial for introducing people to game programming and J2ME (no Java experience required!). Explained in great detail and clear language. Highly recommended for programming beginners and people starting out with games programming.]]> 92134 2008-07-02T20:19:36Z 2008-07-03T03:27:00Z 13 0 336 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/92134.jpg avekoder http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/309466.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/math_for_java_game_programmers_putting_the_gamema.html In deep howto, really usefull for game or GUI developpers that are also doing some Java2D for component customization. games gui how-to java Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:22:32 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/91655.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-07-01T19:22:32Z In deep howto, really usefull for game or GUI developpers that are also doing some Java2D for component customization.]]> 91655 2008-07-01T11:59:54Z 2008-07-01T19:22:32Z 6 0 290 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/91655.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/learn_java_and_eclipse_by_playing_coderally.html CodeRally combines competition with collaboration in networked races of up to 100 human-controlled cars, all Java-coding their way around the same crowded course. The competition and competitiveness actually makes users end up coding better and faster. eclipse games java news Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:02:20 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/90902.html jmalasko 2008-06-29T21:02:20Z CodeRally combines competition with collaboration in networked races of up to 100 human-controlled cars, all Java-coding their way around the same crowded course. The competition and competitiveness actually makes users end up coding better and faster.]]> 90902 2008-06-27T21:49:39Z 2008-06-29T21:02:20Z 7 0 445 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/90902.jpg jmalasko http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/276201.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/why_there_are_no_networked_flash_games.html In short, it's near impossible to deploy one... games humor opinion web 2.0 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:37:16 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/91034.html MegaManSE 2008-06-29T10:37:16Z In short, it's near impossible to deploy one...]]> 91034 2008-06-28T16:26:59Z 2008-06-29T10:37:16Z 8 0 462 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/91034.jpg MegaManSE http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252825.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/flash_as3_tutorial_easy_keyboard_controls_and_gam.html In this tutorial I will be going over some of the basic elements to making a game in Flash. In this, being the first in a short series of tutorials on the subject, I will cover the main game loop and keyboard controls involved in an "Asteroids" type game. flash-flex games how-to Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:17:25 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/90455.html clickpopmedia.com 2008-06-27T15:17:25Z In this tutorial I will be going over some of the basic elements to making a game in Flash. In this, being the first in a short series of tutorials on the subject, I will cover the main game loop and keyboard controls involved in an "Asteroids" type game.]]> 90455 2008-06-26T12:03:59Z 2008-06-27T15:17:25Z 8 0 244 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/90455.jpg clickpopmedia.com http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/284317.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/does_game_ai_knowledge_grow_on_binary_trees.html In this week’s developer discussion on AiGameDev.com, Dave Mark picks up on a recent blog post by Paul Tozour, AI guru extra-ordinaire, who discusses AI interview questions he would like to hear in the games industry. games opinion Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:51:40 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/90478.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-06-26T22:51:40Z In this week’s developer discussion on AiGameDev.com, Dave Mark picks up on a recent blog post by Paul Tozour, AI guru extra-ordinaire, who discusses AI interview questions he would like to hear in the games industry.]]> 90478 2008-06-26T13:31:59Z 2008-06-26T22:51:40Z 5 0 200 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/90478.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/j2me_game_template.html Some time ago I decided to write a simple template to facilitate the task of creating a new J2ME project. The template is a Netbeans project that can be used as a base to build a J2ME game or application. games java mobile open source Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:13:01 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/90080.html Helius 2008-06-25T21:13:01Z Some time ago I decided to write a simple template to facilitate the task of creating a new J2ME project. The template is a Netbeans project that can be used as a base to build a J2ME game or application.]]> 90080 2008-06-25T10:08:52Z 2008-06-25T21:13:01Z 6 0 188 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/90080.jpg Helius http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/297891.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/the_game_loop.html Article discussing the pros and cons of the most popular implementations, and give you a "best of" implementing of a game loop. games how-to Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:10:03 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/89506.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-06-25T11:10:03Z Article discussing the pros and cons of the most popular implementations, and give you a "best of" implementing of a game loop.]]> 89506 2008-06-23T14:16:09Z 2008-06-25T11:10:03Z 11 0 279 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/89506.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/object_oriented_game_programming_the_gui_stack.html You have a ton of menus in your game (graphical user interfaces, or GUIs for short). Sometimes when a new menu appears, you want it to appear over the previous menu, but keep the previous menu visible so that when the new menu goes away, the parent menu is still there. Sometimes you want a menu to replace another menu when it comes in. How do you handle all of this menu logic? How do you control which menus are active and how do you change menus? games how-to Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:32:12 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/89507.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-06-24T11:32:12Z You have a ton of menus in your game (graphical user interfaces, or GUIs for short). Sometimes when a new menu appears, you want it to appear over the previous menu, but keep the previous menu visible so that when the new menu goes away, the parent menu is still there. Sometimes you want a menu to replace another menu when it comes in. How do you handle all of this menu logic? How do you control which menus are active and how do you change menus?]]> 89507 2008-06-23T14:17:30Z 2008-06-24T11:32:12Z 6 0 222 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/89507.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/a_boulder_dash_clone_in_only_20_lines_of_javascri.html A partially playable Boulder Dash (aka Rockford) clone written in just 20 (effective) lines of JavaScript. Pure DHTML goodness, works on all decent browsers. Won the second place at the monthly 20-liner competition at OZONE Asylum. games javascript Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:28:21 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/89159.html Ates Goral 2008-06-23T22:28:21Z A partially playable Boulder Dash (aka Rockford) clone written in just 20 (effective) lines of JavaScript. Pure DHTML goodness, works on all decent browsers. Won the second place at the monthly 20-liner competition at OZONE Asylum.]]> 89159 2008-06-22T03:04:03Z 2008-06-23T22:28:21Z 13 0 436 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/89159.jpg atesgoral http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/207161.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/dadhacker.html If war stories of things like shaking wire-wrapped boards to make the assembler code work right; combined with a degree of pragmatism towards programming that you only get after discovering for the umpteenth time that the problem wasn’t your code but a bad EPROM burn (or after discovering that your colleague with the wonderful new ideas on Agile programming has actually never seen a command line in his life) sounds like a stonking good read to you, you need to read DadHacker. Set aside a few hours. Add it to your google reader or whatever feedreader you’re using or just into your daily links. Yes, it is that good. via Ewan’s blog. games methodology opinion other languages Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:24 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/88558.html Mark Dennehy 2008-06-20T00:00:24Z If war stories of things like shaking wire-wrapped boards to make the assembler code work right; combined with a degree of pragmatism towards programming that you only get after discovering for the umpteenth time that the problem wasn’t your code but a bad EPROM burn (or after discovering that your colleague with the wonderful new ideas on Agile programming has actually never seen a command line in his life) sounds like a stonking good read to you, you need to read DadHacker. Set aside a few hours. Add it to your google reader or whatever feedreader you’re using or just into your daily links. Yes, it is that good. via Ewan’s blog.]]> 88558 2008-06-19T14:43:36Z 2008-06-20T00:00:24Z 10 0 184 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/88558.jpg sparks http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/279678.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/standardgame_gamestates_and_multithreading_a_new.html Many argue that games have no need for multithreading but that argument is becoming more and more difficult to maintain as multiprocessing and hyperthreading becomes more prominent and games need to be able to take advantage of it. However, even if you are developing games for older systems that aren't 64-bit, multiprocessor, or hyperthreading there is still significant advantages to multithreading. frameworks games how-to java Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:21:29 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/88529.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-06-19T18:21:29Z Many argue that games have no need for multithreading but that argument is becoming more and more difficult to maintain as multiprocessing and hyperthreading becomes more prominent and games need to be able to take advantage of it. However, even if you are developing games for older systems that aren't 64-bit, multiprocessor, or hyperthreading there is still significant advantages to multithreading.]]> 88529 2008-06-19T12:29:10Z 2008-06-19T18:21:29Z 10 0 293 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/88529.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/lessthandot_regular_pentagon_puzzle.html We've decided to do a recurring feature at LessThanDot and have a "Programmer Puzzles" section with interesting puzzles published. This week the challenge is to identify the outer points in a regular pentagon (or n-sided polygon for extra credit), given the center point and the radius. You can use any programming language you like, just please let people know which one you have decided to use! games Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:43:47 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/87684.html AlexCuse 2008-06-16T17:43:47Z We've decided to do a recurring feature at LessThanDot and have a "Programmer Puzzles" section with interesting puzzles published. This week the challenge is to identify the outer points in a regular pentagon (or n-sided polygon for extra credit), given the center point and the radius. You can use any programming language you like, just please let people know which one you have decided to use!]]> 87684 2008-06-16T12:58:02Z 2008-06-16T17:43:47Z 8 0 199 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/87684.jpg AlexCuse http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/286812.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/jmonkey_engine_a_high_performance_scene_graph_bas.html Much of the inspiration for jME comes from David Eberly's book 3D Game Engine Design. jME was built to fulfill the lack of full featured graphics engines written in Java. Using a abstraction layer, it allows any rendering system to be plugged in. Currently, LWJGL is supported with plans for JOGL support in the near future. jME is completely open source under the BSD license. frameworks games java open source Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:41:19 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/87607.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-06-16T13:41:19Z Much of the inspiration for jME comes from David Eberly's book 3D Game Engine Design. jME was built to fulfill the lack of full featured graphics engines written in Java. Using a abstraction layer, it allows any rendering system to be plugged in. Currently, LWJGL is supported with plans for JOGL support in the near future. jME is completely open source under the BSD license.]]> 87607 2008-06-16T08:07:57Z 2008-06-16T13:41:19Z 8 0 314 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/87607.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/how_i_built_a_working_online_poker_bot.html I'm a big fan of pet projects. You know the ones I mean: the projects we love to start and hate to finish. The two-week remodeling gig that takes two years. The '69 Mustang sitting on cinderblocks in the back yard while seasons rotate. The unfinished novel lurking on the nether regions of your hard drive. And for programmers and poker players around the world, a million unfinished tools and libraries ranging from the ingenious to the depressingly obscure. Today, I'd like to talk to you about a pet project which is actually worth your time. games how-to Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:18:28 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/86985.html rick 2008-06-14T05:18:28Z I'm a big fan of pet projects. You know the ones I mean: the projects we love to start and hate to finish. The two-week remodeling gig that takes two years. The '69 Mustang sitting on cinderblocks in the back yard while seasons rotate. The unfinished novel lurking on the nether regions of your hard drive. And for programmers and poker players around the world, a million unfinished tools and libraries ranging from the ingenious to the depressingly obscure. Today, I'd like to talk to you about a pet project which is actually worth your time.]]> 86985 2008-06-12T19:42:29Z 2008-06-14T05:18:28Z 12 0 402 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/86985.jpg rick http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/1.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/java_game_tutorial_shoot_em_up_with_lwjgl.html Great tutorial from Fabien Sanglard that will help you learn the basics of a game engine and a bit of OpenGL. games how-to java Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:25:13 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/86644.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-06-12T12:25:13Z Great tutorial from Fabien Sanglard that will help you learn the basics of a game engine and a bit of OpenGL.]]> 86644 2008-06-11T12:43:43Z 2008-06-12T12:25:13Z 22 0 413 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/86644.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/is_game_programming_for_you.html What is game programming and how does that differ from other types of programming? This is one of the most common questions I see when it comes to game development and rightly so. games opinion trends Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:42:14 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/85966.html rick 2008-06-09T13:42:14Z What is game programming and how does that differ from other types of programming? This is one of the most common questions I see when it comes to game development and rightly so.]]> 85966 2008-06-08T17:21:25Z 2008-06-09T13:42:14Z 15 0 847 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/85966.jpg rick http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/1.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/my_first_day_working_for_myself.html My first day starting my own company making Flash games. announcement games news reviews Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:55:14 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/84831.html MegaManSE 2008-06-04T00:55:14Z My first day starting my own company making Flash games.]]> 84831 2008-06-03T18:36:24Z 2008-06-04T00:55:14Z 8 0 575 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/84831.jpg MegaManSE http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252825.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/java_games_tutorial_volatile_image.html VolatileImage is stored in Video RAM (VRAM). This means that instead of keeping the image in the system memory with everything else, it is kept on the memory local to the graphics card. This allows for much faster drawing-to and copying-from operations. games gui how-to java Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:00:54 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/84452.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-06-03T21:00:54Z VolatileImage is stored in Video RAM (VRAM). This means that instead of keeping the image in the system memory with everything else, it is kept on the memory local to the graphics card. This allows for much faster drawing-to and copying-from operations.]]> 84452 2008-06-02T13:19:30Z 2008-06-03T21:00:54Z 9 0 330 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/84452.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/java_game_tutiorial_shoot_em_up_with_lwjgl.html Great tutorial from Fabien Sanglard that will help you learn the basics of a game engine and a bit of OpenGL. games how-to java Sat, 31 May 2008 20:58:36 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/83982.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-05-31T20:58:36Z Great tutorial from Fabien Sanglard that will help you learn the basics of a game engine and a bit of OpenGL.]]> 83982 2008-05-30T09:35:51Z 2008-05-31T20:58:36Z 12 0 293 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/83982.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/my_first_silverlight_game.html I've been neglecting this blog but I have the perfect excuse: I was very busy creating my very first Silverlight Game. Actually my very first game ever. frameworks games microsoft ria Sat, 31 May 2008 17:11:05 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/83860.html SL4D 2008-05-31T17:11:05Z I've been neglecting this blog but I have the perfect excuse: I was very busy creating my very first Silverlight Game. Actually my very first game ever.]]> 83860 2008-05-29T21:10:54Z 2008-05-31T17:11:05Z 8 0 145 2 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/83860.jpg SL4D http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/279940.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/the_blue_book_opengl_reference_manual.html Here you find the definition of the OpenGL API. c-and-cpp frameworks games how-to Sat, 31 May 2008 14:44:01 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/84001.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-05-31T14:44:01Z Here you find the definition of the OpenGL API.]]> 84001 2008-05-30T11:21:19Z 2008-05-31T14:44:01Z 8 0 121 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/84001.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/the_red_book_opengl_programming_guide.html This guide explains how to program with the OpenGL graphics system to deliver the visual effect you want. c-and-cpp frameworks games how-to Sat, 31 May 2008 10:21:41 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/84000.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-05-31T10:21:41Z This guide explains how to program with the OpenGL graphics system to deliver the visual effect you want.]]> 84000 2008-05-30T11:18:12Z 2008-05-31T10:21:41Z 9 0 206 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/84000.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/math_for_java_game_programmers.html This tutorial is the third in a series designed to teach you some of the mathematical skills that you will need (in addition to good programming skills) to become a successful game programmer. games how-to java Fri, 30 May 2008 01:47:44 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/83721.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-05-30T01:47:44Z This tutorial is the third in a series designed to teach you some of the mathematical skills that you will need (in addition to good programming skills) to become a successful game programmer.]]> 83721 2008-05-29T11:35:24Z 2008-05-30T01:47:44Z 12 0 521 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/83721.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/vector_math_for_3d_computer_graphics.html This is a tutorial on vector algebra and matrix algebra from the viewpoint of computer graphics. It covers most vector and matrix topics needed to read college-level computer graphics text books. Most graphics texts cover these subjects in an appendix, but it is often too short. This tutorial covers the same material at greater length, and with many examples. games how-to Thu, 29 May 2008 18:32:43 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/83723.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-05-29T18:32:43Z This is a tutorial on vector algebra and matrix algebra from the viewpoint of computer graphics. It covers most vector and matrix topics needed to read college-level computer graphics text books. Most graphics texts cover these subjects in an appendix, but it is often too short. This tutorial covers the same material at greater length, and with many examples.]]> 83723 2008-05-29T11:39:52Z 2008-05-29T18:32:43Z 7 0 302 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/83723.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif