GP32 Attack Wave Maker ?!

[bfg]

Do you remember Shoot'em up construction Kit on C64,ST or Amiga ?! There was a tool in it to define attack wave for a space ship for example.

Is there a tool on PC to define a PATH for a sprite with the mouse for example, and who generate a C structure to reuse in a program ?! I've searched a long time on the net, and found nothing ...

Any idea ? (Or shall i develop it ?!).

 

[Pirotic]

can't say i know of any im afraid, the mouse cursor probably wouldn't be ideal anyway unless you smoothed it out.

im not sure what the standard method is but i tend to create an array with cords and a timeline, and then just calculate where it should be at any one point based on the cords. its a pretty effective method and to create a simple pattern only requires a few points.

i take it your talking about the enemy ship movement patterns?

 

[synkro]

I have/had the problem. there is already a solution for that BulletML, all you need is an XML parser. There are also ways to use geneticaly enhanced patterns:

ABA Games

BulletML

BulletsMorph

In my shootergame for the GBAX2004 is just use a sinus and cosinus pattern (LUTs) for some more facy enemy waves

 

[bfg]

I have/had the problem. there is already a solution for that BulletML, all you need is an XML parser. There are also ways to use geneticaly enhanced patterns:

ABA Games

BulletML

BulletsMorph

In my shootergame for the GBAX2004 is just use a sinus and cosinus pattern (LUTs) for some more facy enemy waves

XML Parser ... Ouch !

I'll read your link after my job, it's seems interesting ...

 

[bfg]

can't say i know of any im afraid, the mouse cursor probably wouldn't be ideal anyway unless you smoothed it out.

im not sure what the standard method is but i tend to create an array with cords and a timeline, and then just calculate where it should be at any one point based on the cords. its a pretty effective method and to create a simple pattern only requires a few points.

i take it your talking about the enemy ship movement patterns?

Yes i 'm talink about ennemy ship movement pattern ...

My idea was to draw a "line" with the mouse like in deluxe paint, and it record the movement for every pixel draw ... But if there's a tool who already do that, that should be cool ..

 

[PeDRoRist]

aaah Aba Games...
I'd really like too see Kenta Cho porting his shmups over to the GP32
(After all he's already been coding for the Palm)

I'd kill to play rRootage or Noiz2sa on my beloved GP

 

[Takashi]

I've been working on porting Noiz2sa, since that isn't OpenGL-based, simply pure SDL... but parts of bulletml parser aren't compiling correctly under VC6, and some modifications are needed to the code before I can start (or see if it's possible) the port.

 

[synkro]

I've been working on porting Noiz2sa, since that isn't OpenGL-based, simply pure SDL... but parts of bulletml parser aren't compiling correctly under VC6, and some modifications are needed to the code before I can start (or see if it's possible) the port.

nice to hear! bulletML on the GP32 would be great!

rRootage is the best! I love that one...

 

[manu_pkp]

In my shootergame for the GBAX2004 is just use a sinus and cosinus pattern (LUTs) for some more facy enemy waves

Wheee! Just what I wanted for my GP32.. a nice shoot'em'up! Frantic stuff? Million sprites on the screen?

 

[synkro]

In my shootergame for the GBAX2004 is just use a sinus and cosinus pattern (LUTs) for some more facy enemy waves

Wheee! Just what I wanted for my GP32.. a nice shoot'em'up! Frantic stuff? Million sprites on the screen?

well, wait and see... but I had trouble beating my own levels