Author Topic: Ideas for maps (Read 35311 times)

Aino · « **on:** March 04, 2011, 03:18:00 AM »

OK, I just want to make a topic about it, dunno if there already is one...

But everyone can visit here and post their imagination, maybe I will make the maps(or maybe some of the other map makers?) So you might get what you desire

So reply your map ideas

annikk.exe · « **Reply #1 on:** March 04, 2011, 05:29:51 PM »

Pong, Space Invaders, etc..

Totally possible. :>

Widget · « **Reply #2 on:** March 04, 2011, 09:00:18 PM »

The map I was having a shot at, with each player on a separate planetary system, is effectively abandoned now. It was far too much to fiddle about with as a total novice and I wouldn't be able to do it justice with the mechanics even if I did finish laying everything out.

Aino · « **Reply #3 on:** March 04, 2011, 11:56:04 PM »

pong sounds interesting to work on, might start in it soon...

Aino · « **Reply #4 on:** March 06, 2011, 09:15:44 PM »

Is there any function/code for tracking mouse movement?

Like GetMousePosX or GetMousePosY?

annikk.exe · « **Reply #5 on:** March 07, 2011, 01:50:06 AM »

Nope, but there's OnMouseLeftDown(x,y). So you could make it that the slider only moves when you're holding down the left or right mouse button.

Just keep a camera position command inside your While GameRunning() loop to prevent the camera from actually moving. :>

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 07, 2011, 02:01:01 AM »

Have a look at my rallypoint v2.X file, that has a drag thing in it. Cannibalise all you want, that's why I release stuff. Just credit me if you use it please?

Aino · « **Reply #7 on:** March 07, 2011, 03:20:38 AM »

It's just to use the y part of everything

And the drawing stuff too, but I am busy with game developement for C Sharp(C#)...

AWS · « **Reply #8 on:** March 09, 2011, 12:58:01 AM »

Quote from: Widget on March 04, 2011, 09:00:18 PM

The map I was having a shot at, with each player on a separate planetary system, is effectively abandoned now. It was far too much to fiddle about with as a total novice and I wouldn't be able to do it justice with the mechanics even if I did finish laying everything out.

shame... sorry to hear that dude.
im taking a long ass time with my level unfortunately, but if youve abandoned your idea of that general layout then maybe i can work on my take on it.

a long way off though...

hope all's well with everyone's efforts.

aws

Widget · « **Reply #9 on:** March 09, 2011, 02:02:15 AM »

By all means, I'd love to see what someone could make of it. I'm just too much of a perfectionist to've been satisfied with the very crude version that was taking shape.

Aino · « **Reply #10 on:** March 09, 2011, 03:04:41 AM »

Quote from: Widget on March 09, 2011, 02:02:15 AM

By all means, I'd love to see what someone could make of it. I'm just too much of a perfectionist to've been satisfied with the very crude version that was taking shape.

I'm also too much of a perfectionist, shame :/ I hate it, cause I can't finish my proj., but sometimes I just force myself to look at it as beatiful and finished

Maybe I can set foot on the project soon, C# was too easy to learn, and I have all the programming experience already

Aino · « **Reply #11 on:** March 16, 2011, 09:30:23 PM »

I'll start making pong, with an asteroid as the ball

Aino · « **Reply #12 on:** March 17, 2011, 10:04:01 PM »

Ok, so now as I started making pong(It's really looking good allready(but no roid ball :/)) I need to know how to bouce stuff, I know the angle will become the angle it entered plus itself, or you get the point? If not:

So... How do I do that with coordinates(I know annikk have done it, but I don't want to dig into his code to find the answer. And for good reason, the code is too advanced on first look xD)

Aino · « **Reply #13 on:** March 17, 2011, 10:07:24 PM »

Uhhm, solved it xD

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if BallX+(Scale*Scale) >= MapEndX then
	BallVX = 0-BallVX
elseif BallX-(Scale*Scale) <= MapStartX then
	BallVX = math.abs(BallVX)
end
if BallY+(Scale*Scale) >= MapEndY then
	BallVY = 0-BallVY
elseif BallY-(Scale*Scale) <= MapStartY then
	BallVY = math.abs(BallVY)
end

Might help some other peps

Avaguard · « **Reply #14 on:** March 18, 2011, 12:18:35 PM »

LONG TIME dont know if its already been thought of: a level thats huge where you would have a certan number of asteroids in 1 area and to move long distances you ues a asteroid with super range to another well its kinda like this: but now that i think about it ...they all gota be behind darn

Aino · « **Reply #15 on:** March 18, 2011, 09:32:16 PM »

Simple made

Do a for loop in the LevelSetup() and put a big roid, if you want that. Then you put a for loop again which is the amount of extra roids

then they meust be ranhdomly placed around the main one, which is randomly put in vast distances around the map

That is the simple map design, else the stuff will be tougher

Aino · « **Reply #16 on:** March 19, 2011, 02:51:24 AM »

Allready made a little code, want me to publish it?

Avaguard · « **Reply #17 on:** March 20, 2011, 11:01:25 AM »

aww ur so nice

but das okay it was an idea i dont know if i could ever make it ^_^

Aino · « **Reply #18 on:** March 20, 2011, 11:52:26 PM »

I got one problen, the stars as I wanted to call them, is supposed to have a large sending distance while all the other should not have, but it doesn't seem like it is like that :/... Wait, got a plan

Aino · « **Reply #19 on:** March 21, 2011, 12:59:55 AM »

Fixed the "problen"(problem*) and soon I hope for beta testing, it turned out quite good

Avaguard · « **Reply #20 on:** March 25, 2011, 01:27:46 AM »

okay i just thought of a king of the hill map it would be good if it was multiplayer: all u have to do is control all three big black steroids (black as in to mark) before the other three colors do ..... of course the programing might not be easy but aie there an idea: in witch it would a make a crazy Handel to defend and attack

Aino · « **Reply #21 on:** March 25, 2011, 02:09:12 AM »

Might be easy to make if I get more information or details

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 25, 2011, 02:18:12 AM »

Nah, shouldn't be too hard...

Could be interesting, and it'll help me get back into coding.

Avaguard · « **Reply #23 on:** March 25, 2011, 02:48:29 AM »

VERY well : it would be a map that has three large asteroids with many smaller ones loafed around [its bigger than it looks lol ] (UL have to make so u can see all and everything) each are covered by grays all u have to do is control it for it to be yours (plant it) its a 1 way asteroid so if u went there with an army they cant come back (i think that would make bigger battles) in any case i guess if u just control all three u win (but you would have to defend from 4 other factions(why an i saying factions)..........OF COURSE feel free to edit my idea or ask add some in here's a better look [ this is an example if u do make it i would recommend to shake it up or some thin} putting the infected AI engine is some thing i wouldn't recommend.

Aino · « **Reply #24 on:** March 25, 2011, 02:54:29 AM »

That gave me great inpritation:) I'll think I'll add some kind of cool chain effect that gets more intense the closer you are to achieve victory, it will chain across all three asteroids

Aino · « **Reply #25 on:** March 25, 2011, 03:54:55 AM »

Maybe not :/

Avaguard · « **Reply #26 on:** March 25, 2011, 04:02:32 AM »

awwwww well its out there

Aino · « **Reply #27 on:** March 25, 2011, 04:17:11 AM »

mhm, haven't started yet :/ But thanks to you learnt about :

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(math.cos(GetGameTime()*math.pi)*(i*100)) and

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(math.sin(GetGameTime()*math.pi)*(i*100)) where i is the "thing" you want to set position at, it makes like a... I don't know what it is called in english, but some kind if radar-refresh?

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function LevelSetup()
	
	--Globals
	Globals.G.Asteroids = 0
	Globals.G.EnemyFactionsMin=0
	Globals.G.EnemyFactionsMax=0
	--A black background for the best effect...
	SetBackdropColor(0,0,0)
	
	a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(0,0,0.1,0.1,0.1)
	a.Owner = 1
	a:AddSeedlings(50)
end

function LevelDraw()
	for i = 1,30 do
		DrawSprite(1,math.cos(GetGameTime()*math.pi)*(i*100),math.sin(GetGameTime()*math.pi)*(i*100),1,1,1,1,100)
	end
end

function LevelLogic()
	
end

for those who really would like to see the awesomeness

Aino · « **Reply #28 on:** March 25, 2011, 04:19:34 AM »

Pilchard, lets do it both, see how it turns out?

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #29 on:** March 25, 2011, 05:58:15 AM »

Quote from: Aino on March 25, 2011, 04:17:11 AM

...some kind if radar-refresh?

I think it's called a "sweep beam" or "sweep bar". Don't know for certain.

Aino · « **Reply #30 on:** March 26, 2011, 01:19:00 AM »

Gonna make a TD type of map, what should the rewards be? The way i belive would be simple to do it it make the seedling pass by VERY slowly, so your trees have the possability to even attack them. But mentioning it again, what should the rewards be for winning a round?

Aino · « **Reply #31 on:** March 26, 2011, 07:34:50 AM »

So... Now I'm gonna do a third attempt to make an AI, it is gonna quick expanding and defensive... Or what should it be? Maybe calling it Alien AI cause of the mpa I am going to introduce it in

Aino · « **Reply #32 on:** March 26, 2011, 11:22:33 PM »

God, I've made the basics of it corectly I belive, but it won't send any seeds x.x

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function LevelSetup()

	--Globals
	Globals.G.Asteroids = 0
	Globals.G.EnemyFactionsMin=2
	Globals.G.EnemyFactionsMax=2
	Globals.AI.GraceTimer = 9999999
	
	-- One asteroid, for testing purposes
	a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(0,0,1,1,1)
	a.Owner = 1
	a:AddSeedlings(50)
	
	for i = 1,20 do
		a = AddAsteroid(math.cos((i/10)*math.pi)*(10000),math.sin((i/10)*math.pi)*(10000))
		a.MoveAble = false
	end
	
	Empire = 2	--Which AI empire should the AI control?
	Numroids = -1
	SelectedRoid = 0
	Priority = {}
	No_Priority = false
	
	AAIInit()
	
end

function LevelLogic()
	
	while GameRunning() do
		AAIEngine()
		
		coroutine.yield()
	end
end

function AAIInit()
	
	for i = 0,100000 do
		if GetAsteroid(i) ~= nil then
			
			Numroids = Numroids + 1
			Priority[i] = 0
		
		else
		
			break
			
		end
		
	end
	
end

function AAIEngine()
	
	--Switches between the roids, randomly >.<
	SelectedRoid = math.random(0,Numroids)
	Numneighbours = -1
	Neighbour = {}
	
	--Now as we have the selectedroid here, begin making conditions for priorities to be set...
	--First if the roid is attacked, what do we do? We set the priority to zero, so the neighbours know that: "OMGosh, that roid is attacked, help it!"
	if GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):GetNumSeedlingsExcluding(Empire) > GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):GetNumSeedlings(Empire)/4 and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid).Owner == Empire and Priority[SelectedRoid] > 0 then
		
		Priority[SelectedRoid] = 0
		
	end
	
	if GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):GetNumTrees() < GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid).TreeCap and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):GetNumTrees() >= 1 and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid).Owner == Empire and Priority[SelectedRoid] > Numroids*2 then
		
		Priority[SelectedRoid] = Numroids*2
		
	end
	
	if GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):IsVisible(Empire) == false and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid).Owner ~= Empire and Priority[SelectedRoid] > Numroids*4 then
		
		Priority[SelectedRoid] = Numroids*4
		
	end
	
	if GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):GetNumTrees() == 0 and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):IsVisible(Empire) == true and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid).Owner ~= Empire and Priority[SelectedRoid] > Numroids*6 then
		
		Priority[SelectedRoid] = Numroids*6
		
		if GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):GetNumSeedlings(Empire) > 15 then
			
			GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):PlantDefenseTree(Empire)
			
		end
		
	elseif GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):GetNumTrees() > 0 and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):IsVisible(Empire) == true and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid).Owner ~= Empire and Priority[SelectedRoid] > Numroids*8 then
		
		Priority[SelectedRoid] = Numroids*8
		
	end
	
	--Now cheack if all of the priorities are still correct, so we can decide if we want it to refresh or not...
	
	--Are we still attacked?
	if Priority[SelectedRoid] == 0 and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):GetNumSeedlingsExcluding(Empire) == 0 and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid).Owner == Empire then
		
		Priority[SelectedRoid] = Numroids*10
		
	elseif Priority[SelectedRoid] == 0 and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid).Owner ~= Empire then
		
		Priority[SelectedRoid] = Numroids*10
		
	end
	
	if Priority[SelectedRoid] == Numroids*2 and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):GetNumTrees() == GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid).TreeCap and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid).Owner == Empire then
		
		Priority[SelectedRoid] = Numroids*10
		
	end
	
	if Priority[SelectedRoid] == Numroids*4 and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):IsVisible(Empire) == true and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid).Owner == Empire then
		
		Priority[SelectedRoid] = Numroids*10
		
	end
	
	if Priority[SelectedRoid] == Numroids*8 and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):GetNumTrees() > 0 then
		
		Priority[SelectedRoid] = Numroids*10
		
	end
	
	if Priority[SelectedRoid] == Numroids*8 and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid).Owner == Empire then
		
		Priority[SelectedRoid] = Numroids*10
		
	end
	
	if Priority[SelectedRoid] == Numroids*2 and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):GetNumSeedlings(Empire) > 10 and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):GetNumDefenseTrees() < 1 then
			
			GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):PlantDefenseTree(Empire)
			
	elseif Priority[SelectedRoid] == Numroids*2 and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):GetNumSeedlings(Empire) >= 10 then
			
			GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):PlantDysonTree(Empire)
			
	end
	
	Yes_Priority = false
	No_Priority = false
	
	--Scanning for every empire, so everyone can see the status for the roid...
	for i = 0,Numroids do
		if i ~= SelectedRoid then
			
			--Figuring the distance between the two roids...
			Xdif = GetAsteroid(i).position.X - GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid).position.X
			Ydif = GetAsteroid(i).position.Y - GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid).position.Y
			Dist = math.abs(math.sqrt(Xdif*Xdif+Ydif*Ydif))
			
			if Dist >= GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid).SendDistance+GetAsteroid(i).Radius then
				
				Numneighbours = Numneighbours+1
				Neighbour[Numneighbours] = GetAsteroid(i)
				
				
			end
			
		end
	end
	
	for i = 0,Numneighbours do
		
		
		
		if Priority[SelectedRoid] > Priority[Neighbour[i].ID] and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid).Owner == Empire then
			
			Priority[SelectedRoid] = Priority[Neighbour[i].ID]+1
			GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid):SendSeedlingsToTarget(Empire, 1, Neighbour[i])
			Yes_Priority = true
			
		elseif Priority[SelectedRoid]~=0 and Priority[SelectedRoid]~=Numroids*2 and Priority[SelectedRoid]~=Numroids*4 and Priority[SelectedRoid]~=Numroids*6 and Priority[SelectedRoid]~=Numroids*8 and Priority[SelectedRoid]~=Numroids*10 then
			
			No_Priority = true
			
		end
	end
	
	if Yes_Priority == true and No_Priority == true then
				
		No_Priority = false
				
	end
			
	if No_Priority == true and GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid).Owner == Empire then
			
		Priority[SelectedRoid] = Numroids*10
			
	end
	
	GetAsteroid(SelectedRoid).Name = Priority[SelectedRoid]
	
end

Btw, that generator in the top there generates a ring

There might be alot wrong in the code, I don't know :/

dragoonreas · « **Reply #33 on:** March 27, 2011, 12:19:41 PM »

Is there any reason you made your own generator to make an asteroid ring rather than using the built-in function?

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-- Description:	Adds an asteroid ring containing numAsteroids asteroids, centred around coordinates (x, y), with radius centreRadius, and spreading asteroids out over a ring thickness of beltWidth game units.
-- Return Type:	nil
-- Function Prototype:
AddAsteroidRing(int numAsteroids, float x, float y, float centreRadius, float beltWidth)

Aino · « **Reply #34 on:** March 27, 2011, 08:12:56 PM »

Nope, no big reason... I belive :/

When you use a generator like AddAsteroidRing() then the game seems to skip those roids when it comes to checking them for neighbours and stuff, I got no idea why but maybe with the system I use now it might work

What I got a problem with now is the SendSeedlingsToTarget() function....

Aino · « **Reply #35 on:** March 27, 2011, 10:27:09 PM »

YAY! figured out

Made a simple mistake when it came to calculating distances for neighbouring, So it counted all the asteroids OUTSIDE the checked asteroid's senddistance as negihbours and thoose who were inside were not neighbours xD

Aino · « **Reply #36 on:** March 28, 2011, 12:03:22 AM »

To let you guys know a littlebit about my map(which will be called Hostile Sector) will be about you, in the middle of a four-ways cross:

Where you later in-game will be constantly raged by the enemy(which is my new AI, the Alien AI

and you need to solve the puzle(the weaknesses of the enemy) to dig deep into their system and knock dwon theit seedling spawners... That Image isn't totally correct though, the enemies will expand from the seed spawners to the center.

Aino · « **Reply #37 on:** March 28, 2011, 02:21:30 AM »

Made an AI in two days

Now to the map, I've figured how it will look like

Avaguard · « **Reply #38 on:** March 29, 2011, 08:17:28 AM »

AWESOME

Aino · « **Reply #39 on:** April 08, 2011, 02:23:09 AM »

Nee-eed Ide-as, I'm bored as hell >.<

Aino · « **Reply #40 on:** April 09, 2011, 07:15:42 PM »

Ok, I've finally figured what to make (I got the idea from a program("How the universe works") for Discovery Science...) and the main thing about this game is collision...

Plot:

You are a living atom(sounds strange yeah xD) and you main goal is to collect more Protons,Neutrons and Electrons in the beginning... Later you will crash into other Atoms and you must resist the big guys!

Later in the game you will become bigger and bigger, eventually you will be an asteroid/comet... and you grow and grow and maybe you become a planet... At this scale gravity will also be present and coliding cannot be resisted... Later on you might become a star and can think of thet damn long journy you have been through... Though the game never ends untill you get devoured by something bigger then you xD

Aino · « **Reply #41 on:** April 09, 2011, 08:01:39 PM »

Gotta ask, has there been a recent update or something? Caue everytime I am going to replay a custom map and it has been slightly changed since last play, it still use the old settings: WHAT SO EVER! and it is growing so crappingly annoying that I'm soon dying >.<

EDIT: And it's impossible for me to play the same map twice without the map having errors, but it really doesn't have errorx x.x

Aino · « **Reply #42 on:** April 10, 2011, 02:08:29 AM »

Ok, got a new idea(thanks to Pilchard, the idea was actually just rooting my head slowly as I wen't to eat... I thought of a normal map with some roids, the roids attribs will increase the more seedlings you hvae over time, when you have under a certain amount the attrib will decrease... I'll start and see how it ends up...

Aino · « **Reply #43 on:** April 10, 2011, 06:20:38 AM »

I'll make a god game, don't know if anyone wants a dev blog for this, but it is as normally gonna be a Eufloria mod

But back to the "mod game"... It'll be a god game, you have a population made of dots(as normal xD) which will gather, build and kill for you...

So... Where to start, oh ye; I really hope for people signing up for beta testing, if you're interested in beta testing... But I can't promise anything!!!

Aino · « **Reply #44 on:** April 10, 2011, 10:06:40 AM »

Gotten quite far, though there is tons of more codes to do before atleast trying to do a working beta-testing. The game has no problems yet and isn't lagging with 350 entities... Finally I got a project that will take some time. And I won't be that bored so much... ...

Aino · « **Reply #45 on:** April 10, 2011, 09:41:05 PM »

Ok, it will be a startegy/city builder game I think... Atleaset a RTS game