Comments for Game Grump http://www.gamegrump.com Brothers in Gaming Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:58:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Comment on DuckBall: XBL Indie Game Development by Dan Dujnic http://www.gamegrump.com/2010/09/27/duckball-xblig-development/#comment-7 Dan Dujnic Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:58:53 +0000 http://www.gamegrump.com/?p=936#comment-7 Interesting idea, I'd have to think about how to implement it. Mostly though, when you flap your wings you move upward, so you're gonna hit the ball anyway. Using circles for collision will also make some other features I'm planning (grabbing the ball/throwing the ball) a bit easier to approach. Interesting idea, I’d have to think about how to implement it. Mostly though, when you flap your wings you move upward, so you’re gonna hit the ball anyway. Using circles for collision will also make some other features I’m planning (grabbing the ball/throwing the ball) a bit easier to approach.

]]> Comment on DuckBall: XBL Indie Game Development by Bart Franklin http://www.gamegrump.com/2010/09/27/duckball-xblig-development/#comment-6 Bart Franklin Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:42:45 +0000 http://www.gamegrump.com/?p=936#comment-6 The cut up collision box also seems like it would be an opportunity, like the ability to whack the ball with your flapping wings. The cut up collision box also seems like it would be an opportunity, like the ability to whack the ball with your flapping wings.

]]> Comment on DuckBall: XBL Indie Game Development by Dan Dujnic http://www.gamegrump.com/2010/09/27/duckball-xblig-development/#comment-5 Dan Dujnic Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:55:04 +0000 http://www.gamegrump.com/?p=936#comment-5 Those are the duck's Collision Object, the ball also has a collision object (a circle). The FlatRedBall engine compares the position of both these objects to see if they are touching, and if they are, the ball's trajectory is adjusted using the FlatRedBall's built-in function for "Bouncing". Tools like these are the main reason I went shopping for an engine, I don't know a helluva lot about programming yet. The reason they have a cut-out look to them is because the textures (the actual images of the Ducks) don't fit neatly into a rectangle or a circle for collision calculations. Using that cut-up collision-polygon introduces some unique problems of its own though, so I have already re-drawn the duck sprites so that they fit better into a circle. Hopefully the next gameplay video will feature my new, fatter duck sprites. Those are the duck’s Collision Object, the ball also has a collision object (a circle). The FlatRedBall engine compares the position of both these objects to see if they are touching, and if they are, the ball’s trajectory is adjusted using the FlatRedBall’s built-in function for “Bouncing”. Tools like these are the main reason I went shopping for an engine, I don’t know a helluva lot about programming yet.

The reason they have a cut-out look to them is because the textures (the actual images of the Ducks) don’t fit neatly into a rectangle or a circle for collision calculations. Using that cut-up collision-polygon introduces some unique problems of its own though, so I have already re-drawn the duck sprites so that they fit better into a circle. Hopefully the next gameplay video will feature my new, fatter duck sprites.

]]> Comment on Drowning in Games by Gregory Astasen http://www.gamegrump.com/2008/11/21/drowning-in-games/#comment-4 Gregory Astasen Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:21:59 +0000 http://www.gamegrump.com/wordpress/?p=425#comment-4 You never did post that Wii cake topper, you know! Did it come out all right? You never did post that Wii cake topper, you know! Did it come out all right?

]]> Comment on DuckBall: XBL Indie Game Development by Bart Franklin http://www.gamegrump.com/2010/09/27/duckball-xblig-development/#comment-3 Bart Franklin Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:14:18 +0000 http://www.gamegrump.com/?p=936#comment-3 What do all of the little boxes around the ducks signify? Are they chopped up into little pieces for animation's sake? What do all of the little boxes around the ducks signify? Are they chopped up into little pieces for animation’s sake?

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