Welcome!

Ben__

late for the opening , glad for the opening

morgul

Just found this forum, awesome! Just started a project a few weeks ago switching over to a Qt/QML application wrapping a lightweight 3D engine, instead of the heavier 'game engine' alternatives... and I've been loving it.

Glad to know this resource is here, too!

jackokring

Just started Qt game development. I intend Qt 5.1 on the Pi eglfs, but developing on a PC at present. Even on the 2D games I expect to abstract to GLES2. I have decided on direct ALSA for sound as I need buffer rendering, and not just wav files.

PleaseWait

Ah, now we get to the good stuff! I'm new to devnet, so I will probably learn more than I can teach. But awesome anyway :)

SteveG

Now that everyone agrees that a game forum is good, people should start posting information such as experiences, tips, dos and don'ts, resources, links, tutorials, etc. to make this a vibrant forum. Of course, questions and comments should be an integral part. Personally, I'm interested in multiplayer games and hope to contribute more in the near future.

Steve

onek24

Hey all,

i'm from the QML Subforum but i thought why don't i try game development, just for fun and to gather some experiences. What i would like to know is:

Should i start with OpenGL or DirectX(DX3D)?
Are there any good tutorials or introductions to game programming and OpenGL/Dx you guys could and would recommend?

Every comment is welcome.

mhcrnl

Hello, Qt guys
bq. Now that everyone agrees that a game forum is good, people should start posting information such as experiences, tips, dos and don’ts, resources, links, tutorials, etc. to make this a vibrant forum.bq.
This is a good point of view, tutorials is the best way to learn.

onek24

[quote author="mhcrnl" date="1392437915"]
This is a good point of view, tutorials is the best way to learn.
[/quote]

Well i would say the best way to learn something is to try and do it yourself.

JKSH

[quote author="onek24" date="1392420514"]Hey all,

i'm from the QML Subforum but i thought why don't i try game development, just for fun and to gather some experiences. What i would like to know is:

Should i start with OpenGL or DirectX(DX3D)?
Are there any good tutorials or introductions to game programming and OpenGL/Dx you guys could and would recommend?

Every comment is welcome.[/quote]I'd imagine that it depends on what kind of game you want to produce, and what experience you have.

For simple mobile games, I'd go with QML (e.g. http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qml-advtutorial.html ) -- one code base that can be compiled for both OpenGL AND DirectX!

onek24

[quote author="JKSH" date="1392521544"]I'd imagine that it depends on what kind of game you want to produce, and what experience you have.

For simple mobile games, I'd go with QML (e.g. http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qml-advtutorial.html ) -- one code base that can be compiled for both OpenGL AND DirectX![/quote]

I would really like to go into 3D Desktop games, until now i have no experience with that.

JKSH

[quote author="onek24" date="1392562129"]I would really like to go into 3D Desktop games, until now i have no experience with that.[/quote]I don't have experience either, but I believe using a high-level library like Unity or OGRE would be easier than writing low-level OpenGL/DirectlX code.

Qt 3D is in the works, but it's not ready yet. Optimistically, there might be a tech preview in Qt 5.3.

onek24

[quote author="JKSH" date="1392563249"]I don't have experience either, but I believe using a high-level library like Unity or OGRE would be easier than writing low-level OpenGL/DirectlX code.

Qt 3D is in the works, but it's not ready yet. Optimistically, there might be a tech preview in Qt 5.3.[/quote]

Alright, thank you JKSH.

cseder

[quote author="PiXy79" date="1274950640"]I'm very interested too on developing games for Nokia phones or for the Megoo platform.
Thanks ![/quote]

I wouldn't bet my future on that, but I've may have missed the irony... ;-)

cseder

[quote author="PiXy79" date="1274950640"]I'm very interested too on developing games for Nokia phones or for the Megoo platform.
Thanks ![/quote]

I wouldn't bet my future on that, but I've may have missed the irony... ;-)

cseder

Qt Game development!

All people here have to say is that it's great with this new forum...
I thought I'd bring it one step longer then "hello group!".

Qt for games on mobile devices? Desktops? Consoles?

Qt is a joy to work with and thanks to QML and QML/3d and I guess it could be a good framework for game development.
I still think you would need to use OpenGL support if you want hardware acceleration that handles graphics/3d intensive programs.

If Qt is thinking about over-encapsulating this into some quasi game framework using QtQuick when "QGLWidget":http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qglwidget.html would give you an excellent OpenGL context to work in, I don't know.

If no draw calls from other threads than the main thread is possible, this will not work well...

There is already a Game Framework based on Qt 4.8 called "V-Play":http://v-play.net/

I've tried it out as a demo, but it didn't impress me all that much.

So I really hope that Qt's focus on Game Develop will bear fruits!

Signals and slots for gamedev == cool, so the best of luck!

Chris

cseder

Qt Game development!

All people here have to say is that it's great with this new forum...
I thought I'd bring it one step longer then "hello group!".

Qt for games on mobile devices? Desktops? Consoles?

Qt is a joy to work with and thanks to QML and QML/3d and I guess it could be a good framework for game development.
I still think you would need to use OpenGL support if you want hardware acceleration that handles graphics/3d intensive programs.

If Qt is thinking about over-encapsulating this into some quasi game framework using QtQuick when "QGLWidget":http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qglwidget.html would give you an excellent OpenGL context to work in, I don't know.

If no draw calls from other threads than the main thread is possible, this will not work well...

There is already a Game Framework based on Qt 4.8 called "V-Play":http://v-play.net/

I've tried it out as a demo, but it didn't impress me all that much.

So I really hope that Qt's focus on Game Develop will bear fruits!

Signals and slots for gamedev == cool, so the best of luck!

Chris

cseder

[quote author="onek24" date="1392420514"]Hey all,

i'm from the QML Subforum but i thought why don't i try game development, just for fun and to gather some experiences. What i would like to know is:

Should i start with OpenGL or DirectX(DX3D)?
Are there any good tutorials or introductions to game programming and OpenGL/Dx you guys could and would recommend?

Every comment is welcome.[/quote]

I would definitely learn as much as possible about OpenGL (for the Desktop / Console market) and OpenGL ES for mobile.

But Qt has an excellent solution which makes working with OpenGL a lot simpler:
The QGLWidget class is a widget for rendering OpenGL graphics.

Read all about it: "QGLWidget docs":http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qglwidget.html#details.

You could also take a look at a Game Engine / Framework that uses Qt 4.8 here: "V-Play":http://v-play.net/.

cseder

[quote author="onek24" date="1392420514"]Hey all,

i'm from the QML Subforum but i thought why don't i try game development, just for fun and to gather some experiences. What i would like to know is:

Should i start with OpenGL or DirectX(DX3D)?
Are there any good tutorials or introductions to game programming and OpenGL/Dx you guys could and would recommend?

Every comment is welcome.[/quote]

I would definitely learn as much as possible about OpenGL (for the Desktop / Console market) and OpenGL ES for mobile.

But Qt has an excellent solution which makes working with OpenGL a lot simpler:
The QGLWidget class is a widget for rendering OpenGL graphics.

Read all about it: "QGLWidget docs":http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qglwidget.html#details.

You could also take a look at a Game Engine / Framework that uses Qt 4.8 here: "V-Play":http://v-play.net/.

JKSH

Hi,

[quote author="cseder" date="1423513071"]But Qt has an excellent solution which makes working with OpenGL a lot simpler:
The QGLWidget class is a widget for rendering OpenGL graphics.

Read all about it: "QGLWidget docs":http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qglwidget.html#details.[/quote]QGLWidget is deprecated. Use "QOpenGLWidget":http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qopenglwidget.html instead.

Also check out "VoltAir":http://blog.qt.io/blog/2014/07/21/google-labs-voltair-game-built-with-qt/ -- it is a game that Google built on top of Qt Quick.

JKSH

Hi,

[quote author="cseder" date="1423513071"]But Qt has an excellent solution which makes working with OpenGL a lot simpler:
The QGLWidget class is a widget for rendering OpenGL graphics.

Read all about it: "QGLWidget docs":http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qglwidget.html#details.[/quote]QGLWidget is deprecated. Use "QOpenGLWidget":http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qopenglwidget.html instead.

Also check out "VoltAir":http://blog.qt.io/blog/2014/07/21/google-labs-voltair-game-built-with-qt/ -- it is a game that Google built on top of Qt Quick.