ITS_Mike







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Level 3Programmer Coins Work! - Gamedev Livestream « Reply #60 on: November 19, 2013, 09:24:46 AM »



Last Thursday I ran into a bit of a problem where coins would be attracted to you just fine, but would enter into orbit around your plane in certain situations. I tried using the did fix the orbiting problem, the coins had too much momentum and would swing around the player before finally hitting him. I eventually solved the problem by setting the coin's velocity directly rather than using forces. I would like to get it working with forces, but this will work well enough





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I will once again be live streaming the game's development today! I will be working on adding in a coins counter and making it so that collecting coins gives you extra lives. I plan on streaming from now till 5:00PM PST, with an hour break for lunch at 12:00PM PST. Hope to see you there



Twitch.tv Live Stream Coins are finally working!Last Thursday I ran into a bit of a problem where coins would be attracted to you just fine, but would enter into orbit around your plane in certain situations. I tried using the Seek Steering Behavior and while itfix the orbiting problem, the coins had too much momentum and would swing around the player before finally hitting him. I eventually solved the problem by setting the coin's velocity directly rather than using forces. I would like to get it working with forces, but this will work well enoughI will once again be live streaming the game's development today! I will be working on adding in a coins counter and making it so that collecting coins gives you extra lives. I plan on streaming from now till 5:00PM PST, with an hour break for lunch at 12:00PM PST. Hope to see you there Logged Twitter - Facebook - YouTube

ITS_Mike







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Level 3Programmer Dithering w/ CRT Shader - Gamedev Livestream « Reply #61 on: November 21, 2013, 10:07:43 AM »



I made the clouds partially transparent, on the suggestion of See the screenshot below for yourself





I will admit though that it looks slightly better in motion.





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Sorry for the lack of a livestream yesterday I plan on streaming today though! From now till 12:00PM PST, and possibly another stream aftwards I'll be working on the weapon upgrade system, so it should be fun!



Twitch.tv Live Stream After getting the coins and their counter implemented, I started adding in a new enemy type: The battleship! I needed to implement high/low priority sprites in order to make them appear below the clouds, which wasn't too bad, but as the additional feature list kept growing (they are not simple to implement unfortunately) I decided it would be best to scrap them. We (the development team and investor) may decide to add them in later, but for right now they are on the cutting room floor.I made the clouds partially transparent, on the suggestion of @Uhfgood on Twitter, and I think it turned out quite well! I used dithering, since the old arcade/console hardware doesn't seem to have supported alpha blending. Normally, GreyKnight (the artist) and myself are not really big fans of dithering, since it tends to looks quite ugly. However, dithering was developed for CRT displays (since those were pretty much the only display type at the time) and when used in a game with a CRT shader, it actually doesn't look too bad. But that's my opinionSee the screenshot below for yourselfI will admit though that it looks slightly better in motion.Sorry for the lack of a livestream yesterdayI plan on streaming today though! From now till 12:00PM PST, and possibly another stream aftwardsI'll be working on the weapon upgrade system, so it should be fun! Logged Twitter - Facebook - YouTube