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Platformer with physics

Platformer with physics

2004-03-07       - By Jonas Beckeman

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I've just started writing a generic platform game engine, a project
which is going to be a test for my C#/Director environment as well as
some Shockwave games.

To get started quickly, I run a Havok simulation in the background that
handles the physics. Of course, I'll have to move away from that
solution when porting, but I think I'll use it a while. I haven't used
Havok before, and there's one problem with my current simple setup.

Some properties of what I've got now:
* Levels built from bezier curves, converted to mesh
* Allow for Sonic-like gameplay (running in loops etc)
* Balls and boxes that can be moved around, slide on slopes.

Using standard Havok, moving boxes over edges makes them tip and tumble,
which doesn't feel very platform-game-like. I'd like them to stay until
their whole base is over the edge, then drop without rotating. I've got
some ideas, but they'll probably take me quite a while to evaluate.

Anyone solved such a problem? Anyone that is a few hundred dollars from
a solution? I can specify further if someone's interested.

/Jonas

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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
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just <span class=SpellE>started</span> <span class=SpellE>writing</span> a <span
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class=SpellE>engine</span>, a <span class=SpellE>project</span> <span
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class=SpellE>some</span> <span class=SpellE>Shockwave</span> games.<o:p></o:p><
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
New"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>To get <span class=SpellE>started</span> <span
class=SpellE>quickly</span>, I <span class=SpellE>run</span> a <span
class=SpellE>Havok</span> simulation in the <span class=SpellE>background</span>
that <span class=SpellE>handles</span> the <span class=SpellE>physics</span>.
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/span>,
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class=SpellE>I'll</span> <span class=SpellE>use</span> it a <span class=SpellE
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</span></font></span><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
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class=SpellE>used</span> <span class=SpellE>Havok</span> <span class=SpellE
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and <span class=SpellE>there's</span> <span class=SpellE>one</span> problem
with my <span class=SpellE>current</span> simple <span class=SpellE>setup</span
>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
New"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=SpellE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Some</span></font></span><font size=2
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<span
class=SpellE>properties</span> of <span class=SpellE>what</span> <span
class=SpellE>I've</span> got <span class=SpellE>now</span>:<o:p></o:p></span><
/font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
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<span class=SpellE>Levels</span> <span class=SpellE>built</span> from <span
class=SpellE>bezier</span> <span class=SpellE>curves</span>, <span
class=SpellE>converted</span> to <span class=SpellE>mesh</span><o:p></o:p><
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
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<span class=SpellE>Allow</span> for <span class=SpellE>Sonic-like</span> <span
class=SpellE>gameplay</span> (<span class=SpellE>running</span> in loops <span
class=SpellE>etc</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
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Balls and <span class=SpellE>boxes</span> that <span class=SpellE>can</span> be
<span class=SpellE>moved</span> <span class=SpellE>around</span>, slide on <span
class=SpellE>slopes</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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class=SpellE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Using</span></font></span><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
standard <span class=SpellE>Havok</span>, <span class=SpellE>moving</span> <span
class=SpellE>boxes</span> over <span class=SpellE>edges</span> makes <span
class=SpellE>them</span> <span class=SpellE>tip</span> and <span class=SpellE
>tumble</span>,
<span class=SpellE>which</span> <span class=SpellE>doesn't</span> <span
class=SpellE>feel</span> <span class=SpellE>very</span> <span class=SpellE
>platform-game-like</span>.
<span class=SpellE>I'd</span> like <span class=SpellE>them</span> to <span
class=SpellE>stay</span> <span class=SpellE>until</span> <span class=SpellE
>their</span>
<span class=SpellE>whole</span> <span class=SpellE>base</span> is over the <span
class=SpellE><span class=GramE>edge</span></span>, <span class=SpellE>then<
/span>
drop <span class=SpellE>without</span> <span class=SpellE>rotating</span>. <span
class=SpellE>I've</span> got <span class=SpellE>some</span> <span class=SpellE
>ideas</span>,
<span class=SpellE>but</span> <span class=SpellE>they'll</span> <span
class=SpellE>probably</span> <span class=SpellE>take</span> <span class=SpellE
>me</span>
<span class=SpellE>quite</span> a <span class=SpellE>while</span> to <span
class=SpellE>evaluate</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=SpellE><span class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Anyone</span></font></span><
/span><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> <span class=SpellE>solved</span> <span
class=SpellE>such</span> a problem? </span></font></span><span class=SpellE>
<font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
New"'>Anyone</span></font></span><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
New"'>
that is a <span class=SpellE>few</span> <span class=SpellE>hundred</span>
dollars from a solution? <span class=GramE>I <span class=SpellE>can</span> <span
class=SpellE>specify</span> <span class=SpellE>further</span> <span
class=SpellE>if</span> <span class=SpellE>someone's</span> <span class=SpellE
>interested</span>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
New"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier
New"'>/Jonas<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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