Python based games do exist and with pygame library i’m sure many python developers will jump in to develop small games. You can do a lot of stuff with 2D library like pygame. Take a look at alchemy game. This game is a puzzle game where you’re going to eliminate the three or more matching color tiles. [Read more...]
Adventure Game Studio
Old sieraa point and click games are still loved by most of the gamers. In fact plenty of newbie and intermediate game developers prefer these point-click type adventure games. The reason behind so many games in such category is because they are easy for developers to make. [Read more...]
Java 2D Game Frameworks
In this post i’m listing some of the game frameworks for the java development environment. These frameworks are for 2D games but some of the frameworks are suitable for 3D game development as well. [Read more...]
Quantum Engine v1.0.0.25 Released
Here is the update from quantum games to their quantum engine.
Quantum Engine is an cross-language 32bit native code compiler with an advanced 2D game engine for PC’s running Microsoft Windows® and uses Direct3D® for hardware accelerated rendering. It’s robust, designed for easy of use and suitable for making all types of 2D games and other graphic simulations. Your code can compile to a stand-alone EXE and/or to dynamic loadable compiled units (runtime packages). The core game engine consists of a high-level object oriented game application framework with a plethora of classes and routines to allow you to rapidly and efficiently develop your graphics simulations. There is support for surfaces, textures, sprites, audio, streams, archives, configuration files, render targets, swap chains, databases and much more.
Cocos 2D Framework
If you’re in search of 2D framework in python then Cocos is for you. It is 2D framework and suitable for making games and graphical demos.
It is available for multiple platforms: linux, mac and windows. Python and pyglet is necessary on system before you start working with cocos2D.
You can have sprite based animation and can direct sprites on where to move, delete and perform some action etc.
Documentation is also well written. You can browse it online or you can download. There are 5 tutorial videos for the beginners as well as intermediate users.
For more information you can check here.
Working with Sprites in Gamemaker
Gamemaker is very user friendly tool when it comes to editing sprites. In gamemaker you can start working with sprites very quickly & work towards core tasks of sprites in the game. This article is simple guide on how to work with sprites in gamemaker. [Read more...]
Begining Game Maker
This article is written by (Wreckedarzz) from DC.
First of all, I would like to apologize if this guide is somewhat sketchy. I tried to make it as simple as possible,Onward and upward! [Read more...]
Percentages made easy!
Required math knowledge:
This article assumes basic knowledge in algebra (like the significance of X as a variable), but hopefully I’ll be able to explain it in a way that makes sense to anyone who understands multiplication and division.
Boring Introduction:
Math problems of any kind can be made much easier to comprehend and solve if you follow a few steps. I’m serious! The people who are really good at math don’t do it all in their head! They will almost always follow these steps while trying to solve a problem! The steps are:
- Write it down in words.
- Draw a picture!
- Fill in the blanks with what you already know.
What’s that got to do with percentages? [Read more...]