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[eigenbom]

Choose your weapon! Shovel, pickaxe, axe, battle axe, flail, hammer, sword, crossbow, diresword, or autobow.

[Kurt]

I'll only be happy if the metal ball of the flail swings and has gravity.

[poe]

Cookieface or eyebrows?

[eigenbom]

kurtss: you expect too much from me!
poe: kookie face

[gimymblert]

after kookieman can't wait for megaman and superman
but the cream is eigenbomman

[happymonster]

Not so keen on the weapons myself, looking forward to more exploration type stuff.

[:^)]

I'll only be happy if the metal ball of the flail swings and has gravity.

Read that as

"I'll only be happy if the metal ball of the flail swings and has depravity."

the first time. ha

[eigenbom]

Update: Lots more work done: enemies now attack and chase you, objects can be attached to walls (see torches and arrows below), focus direction of humanoids can be different to walking direction (so e.g., you can be walking left but facing and shooting right).





Update2: Works on slopes too, that was a bit trickier..

[jO]

hahahahahaha thats awesome!

[Quarry]

How hacky did it end up being

[eigenbom]

How hacky did it end up being

I actually spent a bit more time on it so it wasn't too hacky. An item in the world can be one of three types: projectile, free, or attached.

When a projectile item like the arrow collides with the world geometry I get a callback from Box2D. I then do a quick raycast to get the precise point of intersection, and from that determine the block that the projectile hit. The arrow projectile is then removed and an 'attached' arrow item (a static body) is created at the right position and attached to the block. The system keeps track of blocks that things are attached to, so that when the blocks are destroyed the attached items are unattached and become 'free' items (dynamic bodies). Attached items can also inhabit spaces, so e.g., you can't place a block in the space where a torch is. Also you can mouse-over an attached item to target it and then hit it; once it's health is zero it is destroyed and spawns the free version of itself.

So it took a couple of days but the whole approach is general enough to be used for other things down the line, like wall-mounted levers, grenades that explode on impact, or more complex scripted things like a projectile that drops fire or spiders on impact or something.

[eigenbom]

Turned 32. Worked a little on Moon, Strange, and Charmed.

[Belimoth]

Very nice, I especially like what you've done with Charmed.

[eigenbom]

cheers bel, i originally was trying for faceted but it evolved into that. i have to be careful to stick to my simple aesthetic and not to make things too complex. Would also be cool to have Strange's eye follow you around..

[Belimoth]

Yeah, and/or blink once every few minutes.

[eigenbom]

ooh that could be cool..

[Franklin's Ghost]

Turned 32. Worked a little on Moon, Strange, and Charmed.

Those look really nice and go well with the moonman aesthetic. Like the blink and follow idea.

And happy 32nd birthday, you beat me by a few days. Turn 31 on wednedsay.

[happymonster]

Happy Birthday! Like the new moons..

[Ashkin]

Agh, the thought of that moon staring down at me... Creepy. Especially if its eye started darting everywhere crazily, having a seizure, when you use your moon powers. And suddenly a bunch of other eyes opening on it and aaaaaaaagh

[rundown]

What will the eye focus on? The player? Would be fun to feel like you're being watched!