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The main reason is just because I really enjoy making my own engine, and I think it's the part of game development that I find the most interesting. Also it gives me total flexibility and control over the engine and I can design and optimize it specifically for what my particular game requires.

ThinMatrix

Tiny Issue i found with the 5$ reward. Unless you want a clear dev envioment you don't need the 12.50$ reward since you actually can use the 5$ reward and extract the sourcecode. (That was by the way my plan to get a tutorial but since i wasnt sure i went the save route)

Speiger

Curious why you chose to make your own engine rather than using something like Unreal or Unity for your games?

I had to change the OpenGL version to 3.2 instead of 3.3 in DisplayManager.java in order to compile and run it on vanilla macOS Sierra (without installing any NVIDIA drivers). HW: MB Pro with GeForce GT 750M.

Will do :)

It's definitely the topic I've struggled with the most in game development so far. If you get it all working properly then please tell me how you did it :p Good luck with it!

ThinMatrix

Understood! This is the first real hiccup I've run into and it's a big one. I guess it is one of the toughest aspects of game development. Thank you so much for sharing the code, and I'll take your warning to heart! Best regards, Dylan

Hey, I never actually got the collision code working 100% in Socuwan and it was always a little bit glitchy, which is why I've never done a tutorial on it. It worked fairly well on very simple collision meshes like cubes, but anything more complex caused problems. And if two objects were too close together there was a possibility of getting stuck between them. If you're interested in seeing the code anyway you can download it here: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4_SgVGfVtFWZVlnVi03ZXFlQ1U/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4_SgVGfVtFWZVlnVi03ZXFlQ1U/view?usp=sharing</a> But be warned, it is a hacky hacky mess! To be honest I think you'll have more luck understanding it from the code provided in the narrow phase paper.

ThinMatrix

Hi ThinMatrix. Firstly, the game is looking brilliant. I can't wait for it to be released. :) Secondly, I have a request/suggestion for a tutorial. Could you possibly go through a fairly-detailed walkthrough of the code you wrote for collision detection in Socuwan? I've read through the papers you cite in episode 61 of the 3D Game Development series, but I can't seem to wrap my head fully round the narrow phase bit. Alternately, would you consider sharing that section of code so I (and my fellow subscribers interested in the same subject) could parse through it? Many many thanks, and keep up the awesome work. :) Dylan