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should I use a switch statement or a if statement to deal cards to the dealer here is my shuffling code.

			int shuffled_state[52];
			vector<int> indices =
			{ 1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,
			   10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
			   20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,      …

Introduction:

Hi everyone,
I’m an indie game developer working on an ambitious 2D sci-fi sandbox game. The game features multiplayer support, procedural generation, and innovative mechanics, built entirely using C#, MonoGame, and LiteNetLib. This is a passion project that I’ve poured countless hours …

I am currently attempting to make an asset loading system for my game engine (written in C++) and it's pretty basic. I'm still a newbie, so nothing really sophisticated, basically, though, for each asset, there is an asset loader. For example, to load a mesh, I would do MeshLoader::load(path_to_mes…

Hello y'all, im new around here, hope everything is going sweet for all of you. I come for theory help with a classic raycast algorithm (currently, based on DDA). The problem is not with the algorithm itself, but with the floor rendering code.

I left the code of my raycast render method below (actua…

Hello! I'm taking my first steps in the world of video game development, I don't have much experience apart from my artistic level, so I'm looking for tips from more experienced people :DD

It is an RPG and pixel art style game, inspired by Undertale, Ib, Yumme Nikki, Over the Garden Wall and other s…

Hello. 

I just signed up today and im looking forward towards game developing, ive been wanting to make games since i was 9 but enough about that.

I need some tips on game developing, im trying to make a game exactly like it was from a ps1 game, i tried using youtube but most are for unity

( im a…

I have a game I'd like to do for the Wii and was hoping just maybe someone here might know something about it. I know it's a long shot but had to try…

I want to put a 2d world map into unity (exactly a map like google maps, so also with zooming in and moving around with cursor/wasd)

I could use Google Maps API, but I don’t have a credit card.

I could use Mapbox, but its pricey, already paying with 100+ users (will every game download on steam or it…

To game developers,

When it's that time to get the perfect BGM for your project, but you don't want to use AI nor buy a music pack, how do you go about finding the perfect person to compose custom music for you?

Are there times at which you have to get creative instead of just directly searching for …