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C# is a multi-paradigm, managed, strongly typed, garbage-collected, programming language created by Microsoft in conjunction with the .NET platform.

What is C#?

C# is a multi-paradigm, managed, strongly typed, garbage-collected, programming language created by Microsoft in conjunction with the .NET platform; not to be confused with C or C++. C# supports imperative, declarative, functional, generic, object-oriented, component-oriented and meta programming disciplines. C# is also available in non-Microsoft implementations.

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When you ask a question, be sure to include any relevant source code as a minimal, complete, and verifiable example. If there are any compiler errors, be sure to indicate:

  • Which compiler &/or IDE you are using, including its version.
  • Which C# language version you are using.
  • Exact error messages, including the lines on which they occur (mark those lines with comments)

Because Unity has its own tag & uses its own version C#, you do not need to use the tag when asking general Unity questions.

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C# creating a simple snake game

I was thinking about creating a snake game with C#, so I ran ideas in my head, and some problems came up. How can I track and output in the correct location the blocks that run after the snake's head? If the snake is built of five blocks, and the…
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Should I call the garbage collector during loading screen?

SO, I read a bit on Garbage Collection lately, out of curiosity, and there is something that is repeated quite often: garbage collection can lead to sudden slow down of the program, depending of the "depth" of the collection. But in video games,…
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Enum Vs. Integer for Skill Values

I'm implementing a basic skill and attribute system, though I'm having second thoughts about how I should go about it. For example, I could use a Dictionary/HashMap which uses SkillType enums to represent keys, and integer values representing the…
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Where to start writing games, any tutorials or the like?

I'm actually an industrial systems developer with knowledge of .NET C# and VB.NET, C/C++, Delphi, and an intermediate knowledge of 80286 Intel assembly language. I would be interested to learn how to develop games while taking as fully as possible…
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How can I represent rooms and associated actions and inventory in a text-based adventure game?

I am just getting started learning to make games. I have created a simple text-based game where the user can walk around between rooms and interact with the objects in each room. However, I feel like my approach has led to a pile of bad spaghetti…
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How to draw and store a Zelda-like map in custom game engine?

I have a school assignment where I have to draw a 2D map from one of the first zelda games, along with some animated sprites. Now I got the sprites to work, Im having trouble drawing the map. This is what it should look like: This is the TileSet…
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Accessing managers from game entities/components

I'm designing an entity-component engine in C# right now, and all components need to have access to the global event manager, which sends off inter-entity events (every entity also has a local event manager). I'd like to be able to simply call…
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C# Console Snake Game, sort of fps problem

I have about 200 lines of code, really simple oop. When I load the console game (snake), I don't see it running smooth, like fps problems in in games, but I don't understand why, because my files are a lot lighter and demand less resources than…
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WiX installer for XNA 4.0 game?

I'm trying to make a quick installer for my XNA 4.0 game which should be able to install silently. I did some research and figured out that WiX would probably be best for me. I don't like the setup projects inbuilt in Visual Studio 2010, and…
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How should I handle different aspect ratios in a fullscreen game?

I am creating a game using C#, GDI+ and Raster images (2D images). For performance sake, I believe that I should have the game change the user's resolution to 800 x 600 and run the game in that setting. However, the graphics look distorted in a…
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Creating three-dimensional biomes

I have an idea for a space-based game where there are different sectors of control. These would be set up in a manner similar to terrain biomes, where there will be clusters with limited space between them where there are 'mixed' biomes or even no…
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Handle a canvas in a windows form application

I want to create a level editor, i've started it on XNA but finally it would be better using a WindowsFormApplication. Here is the layout that i want to achieve: BLUE -> Windows form control PURPLE -> Canvas, handled differently (Yeah, Windows…
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Slow dictionary access with coordinates as keys

I am making a game server and currently I am experiencing a huge performance hit. I have a class Map which holds a Dictionary of the class Tile with each tile having X, Y, and Z coords, some lists, etc. nothing fancy as it's a MMORPG. Currently in…
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Separate "Battle Character" class from "Character" class?

So I have a Class called Character which represents all the player, his companions, and all enemies. This class does a lot of things including performing actions upon other characters, and upon the environment, and so on. I'm about to start work on…
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Why can't I compare two Texture2D's?

I am trying to use an accessor, as it seems to me that that is the only way to accomplish what I want to do. Here is my code: Game1.cs public class GroundTexture { private Texture2D dirt; public Texture2D Dirt { get { …
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