First post, Framework code

Summary:

This is the framework code we'll be using for the Asteroids project.

First post, Framework code

PiscesMike 04 Jan 2014 12:43

Greetings all!
Here's a couple links to the framework we're going to be using. If you have any questions, just shoot them at me. The write up is still being added to.

Code:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5moEgyck5X5VmhwcGtFREQ3Mkk/edit?pli=1

Write-up:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p0nw3QLuUn10KX8M8eBWOOoeBSqcHYMdactrPvuvshk/edit?pli=1

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Re: First post, Framework code

PiscesMike 06 Jan 2014 08:53

Salutations one and all!
Just a couple of notes real quick before Wednesday's first update. I was looking around the internet at images of the older version of Asteroids, and most all of them have a 'High Score' feature. Since this was something that was missing in our last game challenge I think I'm going to start with it on this round. To do that, and make it look reasonable, we're going to have to create our own font or find one out there that looks like the good old 8x8 DOS fonts. I'm leaning towards creating one from scratch, I think it would be a good experience for all of us here.
Secondly, the documentation for this project is just going to have to be a work in progress for the moment. I find I'm kind of a little burnt out on writing at the moment, so I'm going to concentrate my efforts on the coding for the time being. Of course, most of the code is heavily commented, and I will keep that part up. So you may not see many changes there for the time being, but it will be completed by the time we close this project.
Thanks again for following along, and looking forward to Wednesdays update!

-Kapla!

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Re: First post, Framework code

Emblis 06 Jan 2014 11:05

Good luck! :D

Re: First post, Framework code

PiscesMike 06 Jan 2014 11:16

Thanks Emblis!

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Re: First post, Framework code

PiscesMike 09 Jan 2014 18:50

Well, hmm I guess the site has decided to eat posts today as my last one has disappeared into the virtual nothingness. I'm not going to retype the entire post, at least not this second. The gist: running a little late on Wednesdays update, it'll be along shortly, and we'll be using a font I found online instead of creating one from scratch that would take forever and a year.

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Re: First post, Framework code

rbwhitaker 09 Jan 2014 18:55

Sorry to hear you're having problems. I didn't see any messages from Wikidot reporting any problems, so I don't know what's going on. This last one came through, though, so hopefully everything is working again. :)

Re: First post, Framework code

PiscesMike 09 Jan 2014 19:28

In hindsight, it may actually have been my fault. I was still waking up, and not paying attention, I may have hit 'Cancel' instead of 'Post'. When I was making the griping post, I caught myself about to do that 8-). For some reason, I keep thinking the first button is 'Post'…. a hangover from fiddling around too many boards, lol!

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Re: First post, Framework code

PiscesMike 10 Jan 2014 06:26

Howdy all!
Well, here's the first official version of the Asteroids clone. I'm kind of happy with the way it's turning out so far, but I have had the experience of playing around with the code a bit, and I can't take credit for the font. To have the goal of making it look like the original, I think it's turning out pretty well. This version has a title screen, and a high score screen. Controls are the standard up and down arrows to select options, enter to execute the selection (high score screen only for now), Q to exit the game from the title screen, and Esc to exit the high score screen back to the title menu. No music as of yet, and no gameplay, but that should be along soon. I did add an asteroid sprite that spins around, and a ship sprite, but that was only for me to try things out and don't appear in this version. I'll probably add some floating around in the background in all the screens later on to simulate the original.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5moEgyck5X5emt1RDM0TDk0ZFU/edit?usp=sharing

Enjoy, and let me know your thoughts!

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Re: First post, Framework code

Emblis 10 Jan 2014 13:11

Looks like a good start!

Although I would strongly recommend you to use delegates or inheritance to handle the game states and delegates to handle the input. It looks very ugly when you have so many if statements in the update call just to see if something was pressed. I would bundle it in an input handler, you can use mine for it :P

Mostly nitpicking but I can see the input handling getting very hard to follow if you expand the game.

Re: First post, Framework code

PiscesMike 10 Jan 2014 14:58

Thanks for the suggestion Emblis! I'll have to look into delegates a little more to understand how they work and what's going on!

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Re: First post, Framework code

PiscesMike 17 Jan 2014 13:35

Update coming at some point today. Working out a few bugs in the sprite class when the ship rotates. Noticed a little glitch back in the Breakout project, but since we weren't using it there I didn't take the time to correct it. I've also added a new 'base' class which is basically a wrapper for a sprite array. It's very similar to the BrickArray from the Breakout project, but has been more generalized for easier portability.

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Re: First post, Framework code

PiscesMike 17 Jan 2014 21:09

OK, update may not actually make it today. Although I've corrected the issue with the rotation, it has given rise to another issue. Namely, that once the ship is rotated, I need to be able to generate a trajectory vector that shows what direction the ship is going so that if the user presses the thrust button, the ship moves on the correct path. It's turning out to be a little trickier than i had anticipated. Anywho's still working on that, and I'll try to get something out soon.

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Re: First post, Framework code

PiscesMike 18 Jan 2014 20:22

Alrighty, here's an update. Finally got the trajectory issue resolved - for the most part. Caught some issues with some of the rotational math and then found out it was still generating a trajectory that is off by -90 degrees. (The ship moved to its left rather than straight ahead) I'm still not quite sure what is causing this, but I was able to work around it by simply correcting for it in the trajectory calculation. If anyone has ideas, I'm all ears. Link to the updated code:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5moEgyck5X5NzJ3Z1VjS3huOGM/edit?usp=sharing

Still haven't updated the documentation but it's link is available at the top of the page for reference.

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Re: First post, Framework code

PiscesMike 19 Jan 2014 02:20

Apparently I had some settings wrong on the folder. It has been corrected so that everyone has permission to download it. To download the entire zip file instead of each file individually, just select "File" at the top of the page and then "download"

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Re: First post, Framework code

PiscesMike 19 Jan 2014 13:26

Oh, and as a side note, this version just displays the ship, allows you to rotate it with left and right, and then you can apply 'thrust' with the up arrow. Space toggles fullscreen, and Esc exits back to the title screen. Also, it's kind of retarded, but I forgot to add code at this point which wraps the ship back around to being onscreen if you go out of bounds, so if you thrust off the side of the screen, it will shoot out and disappear. Bullets and wrapping coming in the next update. Since I was late on this one, I'll try to get it out a little sooner than Wednesday.

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"May the mercy of His Divine Shadow fall upon you." - Stanley H. Tweedle, Security Guard class IV, The League of 20,000 planets