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[agj]

The start of a new game world (hopefully).

Wow, that is such an involved 'game over' sequence.

[Ravey]

I can't program, so I just TIGer Paint'd the draw function. Here's some sort of pirate ship:

Code:

-- Startup code goes here
function init()
end

-- Update loop goes here
function update( delta )

--bg
draw( 0.273, 0.24, 0.71, 0, 0, 320, 200 )
draw( 0.305, 0.45, 0.49, 0, 65, 320, 70 )

--ship
draw( 0.305, 1.00, 0.27, -60, 15, 70, 10 )
draw( 0.305, 1.00, 0.27, -20, 25, 110, 10 )
draw( 0.305, 1.00, 0.27, 0, 35, 110, 10 )
draw( 0.305, 1.00, 0.27, 55, 15, 40, 30 )
draw( 0.305, 1.00, 0.27, 5, -10, 5, 60 )
draw( 0.263, 0.12, 0.94, 5, -10, 45, 34 )
draw( 0.305, 1.00, 0.27, 5, -28, 49, 2 )
draw( 0.305, 1.00, 0.27, 5, -35, 15, 7 )
draw( 0.305, 1.00, 0.27, 5, -45, 1, 10 )
draw( 0.305, 0.45, 0.49, 9, -47, 7, 5 )
draw( 0.305, 1.00, 0.27, -45, -6, 5, 32 )
draw( 0.263, 0.12, 0.94, -45, -4, 30, 11 )
draw( 0.305, 1.00, 0.27, -45, -10, 34, 2 )
draw( 0.305, 1.00, 0.27, -45, -17, 15, 7 )
draw( 0.305, 1.00, 0.27, -45, -27, 1, 10 )
draw( 0.305, 0.45, 0.49, -41, -29, 7, 5 )
draw( 0.305, 1.00, 0.27, 55, -16, 5, 32 )
draw( 0.263, 0.12, 0.94, 55, -15, 30, 11 )
draw( 0.305, 1.00, 0.27, 55, -21, 34, 2 )
draw( 0.305, 1.00, 0.27, 55, -27, 15, 7 )
draw( 0.305, 1.00, 0.27, 55, -37, 1, 10 )
draw( 0.305, 0.45, 0.49, 59, -39, 7, 5 )

end

[Massena]

On a side note, could we get circles?

[Farbs]

I can't program, so I just TIGer Paint'd the draw function. Here's some sort of pirate ship:

Code:

-- Startup code goes here
function init()
x = 0
y = 0
t = 0
end

-- Update loop goes here
function update( delta )

-- timing
t = t + delta

-- movement
x = ( ( t * -0.05 ) % 1 ) * 500 - 250
y = math.sin( t * 1 ) * 2 + 10

--bg
draw( 0.55, 0.24, 0.71, 0, 0, 320, 200 )
draw( 0.4, 0.45, 0.49, 0, 65, 320, 70 )

--ship
draw( 0.1, 1.00, 0.27, -60+x, 15+y, 70, 10 )
draw( 0.1, 1.00, 0.27, -20+x, 25+y, 110, 10 )
draw( 0.1, 1.00, 0.27, 0+x, 35+y, 110, 10 )
draw( 0.1, 1.00, 0.27, 55+x, 15+y, 40, 30 )
draw( 0.2, 1.0, 0.5, 5+x, -10+y, 5, 60 )
draw( 0.263, 0.12, 0.94, 5+x, -10+y, 45, 34 )
draw( 0.15, 1.00, 0.27, 5+x, -28+y, 49, 2 )
draw( 0.15, 1.00, 0.27, 5+x, -35+y, 15, 7 )
draw( 0.15, 1.00, 0.27, 5+x, -45+y, 1, 10 )
draw( 1, 0, 1, 9+x, -47+ math.random()+ y, 7, 5 )
draw( 0.2, 1.00, 0.5, -45+x, -6+y, 5, 32 )
draw( 0.263, 0.12, 0.94, -45+x, -4+y, 30, 11 )
draw( 0.15, 1.00, 0.27, -45+x, -10+y, 34, 2 )
draw( 0.15, 1.00, 0.27, -45+x, -17+y, 15, 7 )
draw( 0.15, 1.00, 0.27, -45+x, -27+y, 1, 10 )
draw( 1, 0.45, 0.49, -41+x, -29+ math.random()+y, 7, 5 )
draw( 0.2, 1.00, 0.5, 55+x, -16+y, 5, 32 )
draw( 0.263, 0.12, 0.94, 55+x, -15+y, 30, 11 )
draw( 0.15, 1.00, 0.27, 55+x, -21+y, 34, 2 )
draw( 0.15, 1.00, 0.27, 55+x, -27+y, 15, 7 )
draw( 0.15, 1.00, 0.27, 55+x, -37+y, 1, 10 )
draw( 0.66, 0.45, 0.49, 59+x, -39+ math.random()+y, 7, 5 )

-- water line
draw( 0.4, 0.45, 0.49, 0, 82, 320, 70 )

end

end

Now with animation! Programming is easy, see? I added hue too, not sure about it.

I thought about circles but decided against 'cos part of the goal of the project is to have a minimal api. Also I figure it'd look bad in most situations, it'd dilute the aesthetic, and it'd reduce the impact of the creative restrictions.

[Massena]

I thought about circles but decided against 'cos part of the goal of the project is to have a minimal api. Also I figure it'd look bad in most situations, it'd dilute the aesthetic, and it'd reduce the impact of the creative restrictions.

Hear hear, that's probably for the best.

[Ravey]

That's pretty cool Farbs, it doesn't look too difficult... I'll have to come up with something easy and give it a shot.

[Farbs]

I made a 1hr boss shmup this morning in competition with Eva-Jolli and Mr Podunkian:
http://www.farbs.org/tickytacky.html?title=Crapshoot&location=http%3A//www.farbs.org/garbage/Crapshoot.lua

I'm still not sure what's stopping the distributed gameworld from happening. I've spent ages thinking about games that could link to or from nyarla's driving piece, but I keep hitting creative blocks. I wonder if creating with this is still too hard.

My reference points are the Spore creature editor, TIGer Paint, plasticine, and that cool flash music toy where you drag notes immediately onto a sequencer grid. With all of these you can poke them a bit to create something complete but not finished -> a picture, a tune, a blob creature. In contrast, the simplest action in TT (draw a rectangle) does not leave you with a complete game. You just get a rectangle on the screen. In fact, it takes a few lines of code just to get something responding to user input. Then you add win and/or lose conditions, then you add feedback response to these conditions, and then you have a complete (but probably unfinished) game. It's almost an hour's work in itself. I've created a few non-interactive animated scenes in TT and I've found the process much more enjoyable, probably because I've been creating the scene right from the start.

I'm not sure I want to create another klicknplay environment though, and I certainly don't want to make people write code in crazy visual languages... I think the way forward is to create simple template games that can be easily modified. A shooter with pluggable enemy behaviours and bullet patterns, a platformer with spikes, an explore-em-up... things like that. I'm still not sure it'll be enough to get other people interested, but if I can at least get myself working on this again I think it'll be a win.

[increpare]

if you're looking to modularize behaviour, how about having custom scriptable entities and then a more wysiwyg editor?  (like a more extensible version of omniludicon)

[Farbs]

I'm not sure... will check out omniludicon.

New 1hr game: Dance Dance Business Saga (thanks VGNG)

[increpare]

I could make the legs go really far apart.

[Farbs]

You can also make them cross over, or stand on top of each other :D The game alternates which leg you're controlling with each keypress, so really they move completely independently.

[increpare]

You can also make them cross over, or stand on top of each other

More versatile than I had anticipated: I'm impressed.