A fast, easy to use, free, and community supported 2D game engine
Just started to develop my second iOS game with Cocos2D and Box2D for the first time. It took some while to get Box2D running and to understand the basic principles. I wrote a first prototype for my upcoming game and got the procedural terrain working. Technically the terrains is just one b2Body with a bunch of b2Fixtures. These fixtures are added and removed in realtime as needed.
Anyway here is a video which shows the terrain generation.
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it looks good.
thanks @riq
finally i got the terrain renderer / mesh working. triangle strips could be so easy if you understand them... i limited player's speed also. now i need some fancy gameplay, yay.
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Cool, how about obstacles to jump above?
Hey thanks for your comment :)
Definitely. Maybe little creeks, stones, shrubs and so on. I'm thinking about a time limit too where you have to catch items to get some extra time ( mice, food, etc ).
Not sure about the controls at the moment. Currently you have to touch down to gain speed. My base idea was a one-button game. Thinking about gestures at the moment with a minimum base speed.
swipe right = faster base speed / short boost in speed
swipe left = slower
swipe up = jump
Some days later...
I got the first obstacles into the prototype: Stones
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Implemented a cloud layer which moves at a fixed rate at the moment. need to tweak it later.
https://twitter.com/bigrob154/status/173878920532344833
http://yfrog.com/kez5cvp
edit
just uploaded a new snapshot video on youtube, moving clouds. yay!
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Just a quick update:
- Implemented the player w/ ground detection (box2d sensor).
- Jump works as expected, only when on ground.
- Player has now a minimum base speed.
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btw: i hope it's okay to update my thread here unless i don't spam it every hour or so :)
The update is looking good!
I wanted to suggest that you consider not using the stripey ground in your final game. The stripey ground is so identifiable as a hallmark of Tiny Wings, so I think it will scream "clone" to potential buyers. Your game is obviously a lot different, so the "TW clone look" probably isn't what you're after. Just a thought.
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Check this video, same concept, not endless.
@Dragyn thank you for your feedback
@lorenzoac7
What do you want to say to me, besides "promoting" your own game in my dev thread?
If you want to give some feedback you're very welcome.
thanks for your feedback @nninio :)
the obstacles should have a penalty when hitting them, currently there is no real penalty for the player ( way less speed, need to think about that too ).
the jump is constant atm, but it's a nice idea to make it more dynamic. need some collectible items / power-ups as well.
man i wanna be a full-time game developer not only in my spare spare-time.
After long time another update.
I played with the control scheme and implemented a swipe control for the player.
Tab: Jump a little and move forward
Swipe: Push forward (x) and Jump (y)
There is also a new video on youtube which shows the latest build in action.
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I like the direction this is going....
May I suggest (and I realize how hard it is to change original game design) you implement a challenge like.. something's chasing you (similar to Temple Run's monkey system when you hit the wall) or there's more and more down-hills which makes you go faster, and then there's gaping holes in the terrain you need to jump over or something....
Something that makes the user go "AGHH, dang it, I need to pay closer attention next time", where they get the feeling of a challenge and wish to do better next time
Not saying you aren't already thinking of it... but for it to become big it basically has to have a few key things like:
*Challenge (shouldn't be too hard considering the stuff you already have in the game itself)
*Fun (yet to be proved)
*Simple (seems like you got it so far)
*Looks n Sounds good (no sounds in the later prototype videos, but i'm assuming you're going to get good sounds with those crisp graphics)
Like I said I love where it's going, I just think needs a bit more than to it than "unlimited free-running"... there's tons of those out there already and most of them get boring, fast. Keep up the good work and try to keep us informed on the progress
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