Development

I'm new to game developing, although I have a reasonable amount of C++ knowledge. I decided to ditch programming for a while and see if I could develop a game. I want to jump right into CryEngine because it seems to be very powerful and there are no royalties unlike Unreal Engine 4. Will I...

I noticed on their website, https://www.cryengine.com/get-cryengine that CryEngine was offering a "pay what you want" system. I need a free game engine to develop something in my spare time and was looking at Unity 5 and Unreal Engine 4. Then, I found out that CryEngine will let me choose to pay...

I was wondering can you program in just c# or does it have to be c# wpf, C# consol, etc.

Hello, and thank you for helping me. 1. What is your budget? Around 800 USD. Preferably under 750. 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15.6" Full HD. I don't want a touch screen laptop. 3. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? It's to replace my old...

I'm looking for a good laptop for game development (Unreal Engine 4) and ended up with these two options after couple hours of research: Asus ROG GL752 17,3" (~ $1100) CPU: Intel Core i7 6700HQ / 2.6 GHz RAM: 8 GB DDR4 RAM (2133 MHz) GPU: GTX 960M (2 GB GDDR5 SDRAM) Storage: 1TB HDD + 126GB SSD...

Hello all, I need some advice on finding a good high end laptop for development work. Most I find seem to be either gaming focused or media workstations with expensive graphics cards which I have no need for. I need something as fast as possible, quad core i7 or Xeon with 16GB ram and a decent...

Hopefully i will be attending college for computer systems courses, specifically software development in about a year from now but i'm looking to replace my current gaming laptop now. Would like a laptop that would suite development needs. But i also like to DJ/ play with Ableton for fun on my...

I have reinstalled Windows 8.1 in my laptop since I reformatted my laptop to Ubuntu for development purposes. Then, after reinstalling the OS, I reinstalled all the drivers that are needed, especially the graphics drivers. Now, I am able to play CS GO and the Witcher 2. The problem is that...

Looking for recommendations on an affordable laptop w/ a decent display (1920 would be nice, but not totally essential - can always hook it up to an external monitor/tv). I mainly need this while I am away from my desktop and needs to be something that can handle decent multitasking and...

1. What is your budget? $1000 - This is flexible, but I would like to stick to this if possible. Also, if there's cheaper options that can handle my tasks with ease that'd be awesome. 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15.6" or larger 3. What screen resolution do...

So i have a unique problem and wondering if there is a solution. I play world of tanks, and i also play online poker. I have two monitors, and on one i play tanks while the other i play poker when it prompts me. Because of this I run in windowed mode in world of tanks(sometimes with an app...

Hi everyone, I wanted to by a laptop for my android development. I would also ocassionally play games like call of duty, nfs, etc. (Playing Games Are Not Compulsory Since I Have A Powerful Desktop). I have shortlisted some laptops:-...

Not sure if this is the site to ask this, however, I am a software developer for a company that is developing an Android app for our customers to use. Our app is pretty much feature-locked now, so what our company is proposing now is to wrap the application into a suite of three different...

Hey guys, I'm in a bit of a tight spot here. I'm trying to get a Laptop or a Desktop that can handle Gaming and Game development. Now, I'm not trying to make The Elder Scrolls IIV here, I just want something that can do some 2D Platformers and simple 3D games. I'd like to be able to play Current...

Hey everyone, I'm in the market for a 2-in-1 and hoping not to spend too much on this one, as my desktop is more than capable of handling itself and this is more for coding on the go/testing (and, if it doesn't add much to the cost, some light gaming (old MMOs), but I could take or leave that on...

Hello, I need a laptop for IT major in software development, starting next spring I will be a junior. 1. What is your budget? $500-$800 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15" or 14" 3. What screen resolution do you want? Something decent 4. Do you need a...

Hello! This is my first post onto Tom's Hardware. I'm looking a fast laptop for software development. The types of development I do are 1. OpenGL/DirectX (more computation than rendering) 2. Server-side connections (lots of ssh'ing and network transfers) 3. Assets Editing (photoshop...

I am confused which one should i buy among the below models http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/z-series/z50/?sb=:000001C9:00014EAD: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/z-series/z50/?sb=:000001C9:00014EAF...

So I am choosing a laptop for my first year of game development in college. I need a laptop but won't be using it for game development at all. We aren't allowed to bring laptops into the game dev lab, and I have a gaming desktop. My issue is that the dell xps 13 and inspiron 13 are very...

I' m planing to upgrade my computer for mobile application development purpose. The platforms I have targeted for now is Android. But in future I ll start iOS development too. So I have decided to buy mac mini with below specification. 2.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 8GB memory Intel Iris...