Untitled 3D Ball-Rolling Game

Scrubz

@Spacemario Thanks! I definitely plan to finish this for the contest.

I don't know if I'll be able to explain the rotation math very well, but the code is super simple.

c = controls( 0 )
tilt.n = normalize( camera.u )
tilt.c = { c.lx, -c.ly }
tilt.p = {
	tilt.c.x * tilt.n.y + tilt.c.y * tilt.n.x,
	tilt.c.y * tilt.n.y - tilt.c.x * tilt.n.x
}

camera.u is the difference between the camera and the ball from a top-down view (x and z axes).

tilt.n takes the place of the sin() and cos() of the camera angle.

tilt.c flips the vertical component of the left stick to match the 3D scene.

tilt.p is where the actual rotation happens.

Spacemario

@Scrubz This is great, thanks for such a simple, clear explanation, I really like it!

Scrubz

I was going to post this update yesterday, but I unfortunately lost most of the code and had to resort to a backup from about 5 days prior. I spent all day yesterday re-implementing everything I had lost.

Anyway, I’ll continue to embed my Twitter posts even though that feature is currently broken. For now, you can check out my Twitter account for updates: @Scrubz_FZ.

Second special pin and respawning: twitter.com/Scrubz_FZ/status/1375947734738472960

Scrubz

I haven't completely committed to this name, but I've made a title screen concept: twitter.com/Scrubz_FZ/status/1378417038914371591

Not quite sure what to put in the background...

LucasJG25

Really nice work. I've been following you on twitter for quite some time now. Indeed you're pretty experienced in making games. Glad to have you in the Fuze community! Welcome!!

vinicity

That’s an awesome title screen! Your whole game looks incredible!

PickleCatStars

Yeah, that’s rad :D

Scrubz

Ramps and pause screen demo: twitter.com/Scrubz_FZ/status/1379801248157872129

PickleCatStars

If and when this goes up for download, I am gonna be replacing those pins with animals and people.

Scrubz

I've made some minor visual updates. This includes:

a couple new particle effects
fading platforms close to the camera
making platforms that obstruct the ball transparent
and shadows

twitter.com/Scrubz_FZ/status/1382040264664055815

vinicity

Looks great! Very polished!

Scrubz

New intro and outro animations: twitter.com/Scrubz_FZ/status/1384751732706611203

Jaywalker

You have such a nice feel for animations. Really like your style

Dave

@scrubz This is looking unbelivably good.. You have a brilliant sense for this. I second what @jaywalker said! This is consumate, professional work.

AndyG1985

Absolutely amazing!

Scrubz

I'm getting dangerously close to release! Menus are done; level design is done enough. All I have left is sound design and a few minor tweaks.

Updated title screen and level select: twitter.com/Scrubz_FZ/status/1386181014549012480

joyrider3774

@Scrubz the new screens look really good. I wonder about the level select where it shows previews of the levels. Did you save screenshots of these images in the file or do you actually render those realtime ? Or do you load all levels once at startup and draw it to an array of images you keep in memory to be used in the level selector ?

Scrubz

@joyrider3774 Your last guess is pretty much exactly what I did.

Slydog

Loving this game! Very polished.
I like your opening title screen. Is that done with 3D letters, scaling the y-axis using an elastic easing function?
Or done in 2D somehow (using drawQuad?)? Either way, impressive!

Scrubz

@Slydog Many thanks!

I made the title screen with a combination of 3D and 2D graphics. I figured out a way to import custom 3D models and I used that method to create the letters. Before the game starts, I render each letter to an image and attach each image to a sprite. In the main loop, all I did was scale the sprites using physics.