The rock tile was inspired by Cave Story.
October 18, 2007
October 17, 2007
more physics
Another simple physics test:
I made the wheels "turn" - when a particle is in contact with a line segment, and the left or right key is pressed, a force perpendicular to the line is applied to the particle. It's pretty fun to play with.
I made the wheels "turn" - when a particle is in contact with a line segment, and the left or right key is pressed, a force perpendicular to the line is applied to the particle. It's pretty fun to play with.
October 15, 2007
planets
I made these a long time ago, but I still like them.
I'm pretty sure I used this planet tutorial and this starfield tutorial.
I'm pretty sure I used this planet tutorial and this starfield tutorial.
October 13, 2007
reboot
Quite possibly the best show ever.
It looks like every episode has been uploaded onto youtube, so I'll have to go and watch them all. Here's the first part of the first episode.
It looks like every episode has been uploaded onto youtube, so I'll have to go and watch them all. Here's the first part of the first episode.
September 30, 2007
editor rewrite
The fourth version of my character/model/animation editor, in progress:
I got rid of the bone hierarchy and cleaned up the interface; it's easier and more fun to use now. I've been working with Maya for a few weeks at school so I ended up stealing some interface ideas and I have plans to incorporate more Maya-like features when I re-implement the animation stuff.
I got rid of the bone hierarchy and cleaned up the interface; it's easier and more fun to use now. I've been working with Maya for a few weeks at school so I ended up stealing some interface ideas and I have plans to incorporate more Maya-like features when I re-implement the animation stuff.
September 29, 2007
game music
One of my more recent discoveries in game music archives is Mirsoft: World of Game Music. They've got DOS game music in several different formats, mainly S3M, MOD, and MIDI. I was surprised that they don't have the Tyrian soundtrack in LDS format, but that can be found here.
Zophar's Domain is a great source for game music. It doesn't seem to be updated anymore, but it is probably the best place to get NSF (NES) and SPC (SNES) files. There are also various sites dedicated to certain formats: USF Central (N64), GSF Central (GBA), PSF Central (PS/PS2).
Also available for download is Cave Story music, which is playable using OrganyaView (click on the icon located at 2004, Music), all of Nifflas' music, and Wings 2 music.
Zophar's Domain is a great source for game music. It doesn't seem to be updated anymore, but it is probably the best place to get NSF (NES) and SPC (SNES) files. There are also various sites dedicated to certain formats: USF Central (N64), GSF Central (GBA), PSF Central (PS/PS2).
Also available for download is Cave Story music, which is playable using OrganyaView (click on the icon located at 2004, Music), all of Nifflas' music, and Wings 2 music.
September 13, 2007
August 29, 2007
side scroller physics
I was working on porting my collision detection stuff from C++ to C#:
It's a simple AABB colliding with line segments using SAT for collision detection and response. I added friction so it's not sliding around everywhere, but this kind of physics doesn't seem appropriate for this game. I'm going to try to make it work more like old side scrolling SNES games, where the movement is more predictable and easier to control.
Also I made a little particle physics test. It's surprisingly easy to implement this kind of system:
It's a simple AABB colliding with line segments using SAT for collision detection and response. I added friction so it's not sliding around everywhere, but this kind of physics doesn't seem appropriate for this game. I'm going to try to make it work more like old side scrolling SNES games, where the movement is more predictable and easier to control.
Also I made a little particle physics test. It's surprisingly easy to implement this kind of system:
August 12, 2007
August 02, 2007
old programs
I came across my old programming stuff from highschool. These are some of the more interesting examples.
QBasic
Behold, my first game!
Some silly ASCII animations:
I was a Star Wars junkie back then. This was made with the drawing commands:
Fake scandisk with animated progress bar:
Connect Four. No AI or win detection though:
Turing
A little tile based program with an animated player-controlled character and collision detection. I came up with an interesting method of faking the tile transparency so the tree tiles would overlap the character properly. The tiles were stolen from various SNES games but I made the sprites myself, including walking animations:
Obligatory Pong clone:
The Maya were another one of my obsessions. This program takes a date and calculates the Mayan long count date from it, then displays it in Mayan numbers:
Visual Basic 6
A clone of Flying Pictures which is a clone of Flipull. Graphics are from Gundam Wing:
Some tile map editor, more stolen tiles:
Paint program:
A clone of that slime volleyball game, no scoring and no collision with the net though. Background stolen from Gundam Wing: Endless Duel:
A game I made with my friend Michelle. We had to do a "who wants to be a millionaire" type game. Yep, Gundam Wing was yet another one of my highschool obsessions. The graphics were made by me and I animated Heero; he blinks, moves his eyebrows, shifts his eyes, and looks like he's talking while the text is appearing. It's a pretty cool effect:
I wanted to make an RPG but never got past the tiling graphics/animated character/collision detection stage. The sprite in the middle is mine:
QBasic
Behold, my first game!
Some silly ASCII animations:
I was a Star Wars junkie back then. This was made with the drawing commands:
Fake scandisk with animated progress bar:
Connect Four. No AI or win detection though:
Turing
A little tile based program with an animated player-controlled character and collision detection. I came up with an interesting method of faking the tile transparency so the tree tiles would overlap the character properly. The tiles were stolen from various SNES games but I made the sprites myself, including walking animations:
Obligatory Pong clone:
The Maya were another one of my obsessions. This program takes a date and calculates the Mayan long count date from it, then displays it in Mayan numbers:
Visual Basic 6
A clone of Flying Pictures which is a clone of Flipull. Graphics are from Gundam Wing:
Some tile map editor, more stolen tiles:
Paint program:
A clone of that slime volleyball game, no scoring and no collision with the net though. Background stolen from Gundam Wing: Endless Duel:
A game I made with my friend Michelle. We had to do a "who wants to be a millionaire" type game. Yep, Gundam Wing was yet another one of my highschool obsessions. The graphics were made by me and I animated Heero; he blinks, moves his eyebrows, shifts his eyes, and looks like he's talking while the text is appearing. It's a pretty cool effect:
I wanted to make an RPG but never got past the tiling graphics/animated character/collision detection stage. The sprite in the middle is mine: