Jonathan Hobbs

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What are the key considerations to creating compelling environments?

world-building asked Mar 19 at 12:03

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What 3D level development tools are available to indie developers?

3d tools level-design indie asked Jun 2 '11 at 4:16

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Are there guidelines for creating & customising MM3-style monsters?

dnd-4e gm monsters asked Dec 18 '12 at 23:54

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11 votes

Windows 7: Disable applications stealing focus

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What do we do with “update: fixed it” questions?

discussion questions problem-user asked May 6 at 3:43

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9 votes

How can I speed up combat with a large number of enemies?

gm-techniques system-agnostic combat asked Sep 14 '12 at 4:11

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Physics for a 2.5D platformer with a plane that curves

xna 3d physics 2.5d asked Apr 18 '11 at 5:14

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7 votes

How do I communicate with an IronPython component in a C#/XNA game?

xna c# component-based python scripting asked Apr 10 '12 at 11:28

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How do I prevent my platformer's character from clipping on wall tiles?

collision-detection tiles platformer asked May 21 '12 at 2:09

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6 votes

When does a power count as an attack?

dnd-4e powers attack asked May 10 at 13:06

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How to deal with players who like to use the local authorities to solve their problems

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Dungeons that aren't dungeons

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Do I really need to “learn” C# for XNA if I know Java?

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What's your favourite quote about programming?

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Why is the head of my custom skin white?

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Can a horse start a grapple?

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Inventiveness vs. breaking the game; How do I encourage one, without enabling the other?

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How do you turn a cube into a sphere?

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Bitwise-OR vs Adding Flags

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Game in which the stars are right

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Review Request: House number parsing

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? Operator Does Not Work

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Can the Pixie's Teleport Trick make you invincible?

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Detect Open Space in Farseer

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Introducing System Mechanics to new players

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Does the destination of a Shift have to be declared when the Shift is made?

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Can I skip time in Dragon Age?

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Legal issues around using real players names and team emblems in an open source game

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Does D&D 3.5e have rules for firearms?

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What do you call a developer with automated testing specialty?

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I need help scrubbing this code down, parsing a file.

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Function for removing forbidden characters

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How to find out if two circles intersect each other

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