Comments on: Jetpack Physics Test http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/2009/07/16/jetpack-physics-test/ A chronicle of the development of a video game Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:26:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Robert http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/2009/07/16/jetpack-physics-test/comment-page-1/#comment-2036 Robert Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:33:27 +0000 http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/?p=87#comment-2036 I love the physics, Adam, but I'm sorry that I couldn't find any problems with it besides the ones the others pointed out! It's nice to see so much progress being made upon returning from camp. I think gravity switches would be cool, and maybe having something come up in the game sometimes where you can collapse a couple bricks or stones or maybe even a whole row. I love the physics, Adam, but I’m sorry that I couldn’t find any problems with it besides the ones the others pointed out! It’s nice to see so much progress being made upon returning from camp. I think gravity switches would be cool, and maybe having something come up in the game sometimes where you can collapse a couple bricks or stones or maybe even a whole row.

]]> By: Adam http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/2009/07/16/jetpack-physics-test/comment-page-1/#comment-1996 Adam Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:20:46 +0000 http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/?p=87#comment-1996 Tim: Hmm that's odd. I didn't notice that. Well it's kind of cool looking at least. Yes there's a nice little function in Flash to generate perlin noise. Tim: Hmm that’s odd. I didn’t notice that. Well it’s kind of cool looking at least.
Yes there’s a nice little function in Flash to generate perlin noise.

]]> By: Tim K http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/2009/07/16/jetpack-physics-test/comment-page-1/#comment-1987 Tim K Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:10:45 +0000 http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/?p=87#comment-1987 If you collapse everything, then push R, it infinitely resets (and regenerates clouds over and over) If you collapse everything, then push R, it infinitely resets (and regenerates clouds over and over)

]]> By: DrMelon http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/2009/07/16/jetpack-physics-test/comment-page-1/#comment-1976 DrMelon Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:44:29 +0000 http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/?p=87#comment-1976 Absolutely LOVED the original. Keep it up! Absolutely LOVED the original. Keep it up!

]]> By: TheCube http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/2009/07/16/jetpack-physics-test/comment-page-1/#comment-1966 TheCube Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:44:10 +0000 http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/?p=87#comment-1966 Caught wind of this on TIGsource, I remember playing Jetpack when I was a kid. Don't think we ever bought it though, so I guess I was stuck with the shareware version. In any case, very cool, very exciting stuff. Good to see. Caught wind of this on TIGsource, I remember playing Jetpack when I was a kid. Don’t think we ever bought it though, so I guess I was stuck with the shareware version. In any case, very cool, very exciting stuff. Good to see.

]]> By: Tim K http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/2009/07/16/jetpack-physics-test/comment-page-1/#comment-1964 Tim K Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:28:04 +0000 http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/?p=87#comment-1964 Looks great! I only get slowdown with a LOT of balls on the screen, or with the cool collapsing feature. Is the background fractal noise/cloud image dynamically generated? Looks great! I only get slowdown with a LOT of balls on the screen, or with the cool collapsing feature.

Is the background fractal noise/cloud image dynamically generated?

]]> By: Adam http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/2009/07/16/jetpack-physics-test/comment-page-1/#comment-1957 Adam Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:25:54 +0000 http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/?p=87#comment-1957 Actually we have a facebook fan page, which I think is about the same as a group. That's the problem with no sidebar on this blog. We need the room for SWF's, but there's not much room to cram links without it getting cluttered. I've found a place to stuff the link in the header. Actually we have a facebook fan page, which I think is about the same as a group. That’s the problem with no sidebar on this blog. We need the room for SWF’s, but there’s not much room to cram links without it getting cluttered. I’ve found a place to stuff the link in the header.

]]> By: Bem http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/2009/07/16/jetpack-physics-test/comment-page-1/#comment-1956 Bem Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:06:55 +0000 http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/?p=87#comment-1956 Nice work! Even if it does end up looking like this, I'd be over the moon! Nice work! Even if it does end up looking like this, I’d be over the moon!

]]> By: Alex http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/2009/07/16/jetpack-physics-test/comment-page-1/#comment-1953 Alex Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:27:12 +0000 http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/?p=87#comment-1953 how many people do you have on this mailing list? You should start a facebook group. Definitely some networking power there. I'll join, and invite my 500 and some friends, and the 1200 people in my group. Everybody needs jetpack. haha how many people do you have on this mailing list? You should start a facebook group. Definitely some networking power there. I’ll join, and invite my 500 and some friends, and the 1200 people in my group. Everybody needs jetpack. haha

]]> By: Adam http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/2009/07/16/jetpack-physics-test/comment-page-1/#comment-1950 Adam Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:17:31 +0000 http://www.jetpackhq.com/blog/?p=87#comment-1950 I don't see why gravity couldn't be customized per-level. Or even controlled by a switch in-level. Probably something that should be used sparingly. As for the level collapsing, that's just a toy, I have no plans for a real level to do that. At least not all of it. This many moving objects should never happen in a real game. I don't anticipate more than ~50 at once. Dan: Ha, I'm surprised anybody noticed that. The moving platform is currently a hack - it doesn't have proper motion in the world, I'm simply setting its position every frame, so it doesn't behave quite like a normal moving object should. I don’t see why gravity couldn’t be customized per-level. Or even controlled by a switch in-level. Probably something that should be used sparingly.

As for the level collapsing, that’s just a toy, I have no plans for a real level to do that. At least not all of it. This many moving objects should never happen in a real game. I don’t anticipate more than ~50 at once.

Dan: Ha, I’m surprised anybody noticed that. The moving platform is currently a hack – it doesn’t have proper motion in the world, I’m simply setting its position every frame, so it doesn’t behave quite like a normal moving object should.

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