Trying to figure out the snowflake PGM

pianofire

The tutorials and help are all built in but can also be found here https://fuzearena.com/help There is also a pdf version here https://fuzearena.com/forum/topic/394/here-is-a-pdf-version-of-the-fuze-help-please-download-and-let-us-know-what-you-think

Martin

I'll have to go through that video - looks interesting, especially since I'm currently a programmer for my sins.

kendog400

@kendog400 In python you would see class, in lua you would see function setup(), in Fuze just initialize, (I think)...

Dave

@kendog400 The closest thing to classes in Fuze is structures. An example structure type delcaration:

struct myStruct
    str name = ""
    int active = 0
    vec pos = {}
    array stats = []
endstruct

myStruct newArray[10]
// The array "newArray" has 10 elements, each one a structure with properties as declared in the type definition

To create a function:

function myFunction( values )
    // stuff you want to do
return anythingYouWant
// return void if nothing needs to be returned

Apologies if this isn't helpful @kendog400 - I wasn't sure exactly if this is what you wanted.

I'm afraid to say that there really isn't an equivalent in Fuze for Classes. However, using a combination of structures and user created functions, I'm sure there will be a way to make what you want to happen!

kendog400

Very helpful ! Its good to know that computer langagues are evolving and you have to constantly be on top of your game. I would like my own programs to have comments on every line, and every little nick-nack. It would also be good to know where you can change values to have different effects, this would make things more interesting....

Dave

Noted. I will be updating the comments in my demo programs in a future update!

spikey

@kendog400 Did you actually manage to do a snowflake? Would enjoy to see one in FUZE.

vinicity

@spikey said in Trying to figure out the snowflake PGM:

@kendog400 Did you actually manage to do a snowflake? Would enjoy to see one in FUZE.

Here you go, @spikey !

Catalogue link:
https://fuzearena.com/catalogs/view/3912

spikey

@vinicity amazing, thanks for the hint.

vinicity

It was a fun little project to do!
To reflect and transform the image into the snowflake’s arms, I found it easiest to use sprites.

The program starts to slow down a lot after a while, but you can’t really tell since the image is rather static. I was thinking of adding a hash table to speed up the collision detection.

Instructions: press A to start a new snowflake! ❄️