The Probe

[Traveler]

Yeah, I think that would work quite well. It's not an uncommon icon in games. The blue frame around the spanner doesn't really fit imo though (color-wise).
I toyed in Lightwave for a bit and came up with this animation. Here is the animationstrip: .
The light reflection is perhaps a bit strong in this one, but I can change that if you want to.

[paul_nicholls]

Thanks for the tip, and especially the animation

Not sure I want to make the spanner spin, but neat!

cheers,
Paul

[code_glitch]

Can I just say, that this also works a treat on wine 1.3.6 on ubuntu 10.10. Frankly, I think every pascal program so far is turning out to work VERY well. Clocked around 50fps with 20-35% cpu usage. Nice work.

[paul_nicholls]

Can I just say, that this also works a treat on wine 1.3.6 on ubuntu 10.10. Frankly, I think every pascal program so far is turning out to work VERY well. Clocked around 50fps with 20-35% cpu usage. Nice work.

Thanks for the feedback code_glitch, much appreciated

cheers,
Paul

[paul_nicholls]

Hi all,
I am wanting to add into The Probe some sort of liquid/goop/acid, etc. that will over time damage and then destroy crystals/rocks/the probe? that are touching it.

I could just put into the game liquid as static 32x32 tiles (possibly animated) like the rest of the tiles in the game, but it would look silly if the ground got blown up underneath it and the liquid didn't fall, or an object exploded in it, destroying some of the liquid - leaving a hole.

Thinking about it, I want to have an outlet somewhere and have liquid coming out of it.

The liquid should fall down, and fill up tile squares once it has hit the bottom.

So I guess I might need to use particles?

Any ideas?

EDIT: I guess if I didn't use particles, I would want to do something similar to boulder dash rocks! in this video:



See 1:02 minutes onwards for the first bit of falling water...

cheers,
Paul

[paul_nicholls]

Here is another screenshot of boulder dash rocks! water:

boulder dash rocks! water.jpg

cheers,
Paul

[WILL]

Hey, your video didn't post Paul. Was it YouTube or something else?

Liquid and/or Goop = Awesome visual effect! I love water in games and demos to be honest. Something about the semi-artificial effect in the visuals that's just really beautiful to see on the screen.

You could mix in particles for the falling water and perhaps some kind of water/goop effect on the squares/tiles that contain the water/goop.

[paul_nicholls]

Hey, your video didn't post Paul. Was it YouTube or something else?

Liquid and/or Goop = Awesome visual effect! I love water in games and demos to be honest. Something about the semi-artificial effect in the visuals that's just really beautiful to see on the screen.

You could mix in particles for the falling water and perhaps some kind of water/goop effect on the squares/tiles that contain the water/goop.

Hey WILL, yeah the video is YouTube, and I can see + play it just fine...

I will have a go at particles for the falling water + some tile drawing and see how it goes

cheers,
Paul