{"id":875,"date":"2013-04-27T13:57:28","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T12:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/27\/still-not-sure-where-im-going\/"},"modified":"2013-04-27T13:57:28","modified_gmt":"2013-04-27T12:57:28","slug":"still-not-sure-where-im-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/27\/still-not-sure-where-im-going\/","title":{"rendered":"Still not sure where I’m going…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Progress has been steady and on schedule so far:<\/p>\n

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Currently, there\u2019s particles, and they follow the mouse cursor (or any attractors I define, the code is general)\u2026 It took me some measure of tweaking the parameters until I got something similar to the behavior I wanted\u2026 Ended up by defining the force applied to the particles as \u201cforce=delta_v\/sqrt(dist)\u201d, instead of the classical gravity-like \u201cforce=delta_v\/sqr(dist)\u201d\u2026 The particles are more reactive this way\u2026 Also added a \u201cdrag coeficient\u201d to the particles, so they lose about 25% their energy each animation iteration\u2026 This will avoid them just shooting off screen in some fringe cases\u2026<\/p>\n

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I can setup the attractors to affect only some colors (currently it\u2019s just a RGB mask, but that might change).<\/p>\n

Although it\u2019s fun moving the particles around, I\u2019m not sure if this will make an actually fun game\u2026 But to test that, I need to add the \u201clevel\u201d, in a form of a maze of sorts\u2026 I expect I\u2019ll have some other attractors and moving walls on that, but everything\u2019s open at the moment\u2026<\/p>\n

I never thought how \u201cminimal\u201d is the complete opposite of what I usually think of in terms of game design (although I guess it\u2019s a good way to design things: start with something big and subtract until you\u2019re left with just some core mechanics, then you can add stuff back\u2026 I think it might avoid excessive padding in the game)\u2026<\/p>\n

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Progress has been steady and on schedule so far: Currently, there\u2019s particles, and they follow the mouse cursor (or any attractors I define, the code is general)\u2026 It took me some measure of tweaking the parameters until I got something similar to the behavior I wanted\u2026 Ended up by defining the force applied to the […]<\/p>\n

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