Tutorials

Now, after some delays and internet dropouts, this is finally in the correct section - enjoy

Now, roughly a week ago I wrote this: http://www.pascalgamedevelopment.com...planning-stage and I got roughly a tonne and a half of feedback so I'll now write up a quick sequel based on feedback and for completions' sake.

Thats one of the reasons WHY you'll want to be doing some planning. Here HOW.

I am myself, a pen and paper person. So I'd grab a notebook, and start off with a list, in order, of what ...

Introduction

Welcome to the first in a series of tutorials that I hope will help new developers and fans of the genre. When I first started to learn about computers and even before I got serious about programming, one of the first PC games I ever owned was a shareware game called 'Scorched Earth'. It was a cleverly designed game where you were in a tank against up to 9 other tanks on a landscaped 2D screen, and the main idea was to try to destroy all of them and be the last one standing to win the round. Do this for a chosen number of rounds and whoever has the highest score at the end, wins the game.
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Introduction

Hey guys, now that the intro and all the dull stuff is over with, we can get right into the goods! Playing in the dirt.
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Introduction

As promised I will now show you how we place our tanks on our battlefield. However, to do this nicely there are a few things we should consider.
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Introduction

Hello again! I'm back with another installment of my tutorial. This time I will be getting into the most important part of the whole game; The aiming and firing of the tank's gun.
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This article will talk about how you can apply gamma correction to your games or programs. The article covers Windows and X11 (using XFree86 extensions to X11). X11 covers Linux/Unix systems and works for the entire screen (as it's not possible to only apply it to your program). Gamma correction can help make some colors to appear brighter or darker. This is useful for CRT monitors whose colors get increasingly darker with time.
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