Universal Layout 1.1
Nov 9, 2010 Mapping Tool 0 commentsVersion 1.1 of Universal Layout, compatible with OOK v0.01 (Physics Demo) and OS X 10.5+
[ook] Once I Owned a Kestrel Windows, Mac, Linux game
OOK, Once I Owned a Kestrel, is now being revamped. Previously, it was to be released solely on iPhone and iPad. Now, iPhone, iPad, and other mobile devices are dropped and it will be primarily a desktop project. Welcome to the new OOK. Enjoy.
OOK Is an EV clone for the iPhone. EV stands for Escape Velocity and is a series of games distributed by Ambrosia SW. Unlike the EV series, OOK will be fully 3D. Its universe will have a different environment, too. The universe of EV focuses on jumping from solar system to solar system. Contrary to EV, OOK will focus on intra-system interactions. Traveling through the system will take time, and jumping between systems requires the use of a jump gate called an SAR (Subspace Accelerator Ring). Join me in my journey through space and follow the creation of this game. Join the forum, contribute, and possibly earn yourself a place in the credits and a free copy of the game. Again, this is an iPhone game.
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Latest News: The Procedurally Generated OOK Galaxy (And the joys of shaders)
0 comments by teh1ghool on Mar 20th, 2013
Since the last update I have done a number of things. First off, the physics is 100% working, entities are more well defined, and basic controls are functioning. You can now fly around empty space no-problem. I also defined some basic spawning functions as ease-of-use utilities. Nothing fancy there. One last small thing I did was created a bit more of the resource loader so that I could start adding ships with the aid of the developer mode I mentioned previously.
The two more interesting things that I have done include figuring out how to procedurally generate the galaxy and using shaders to create a simply parallax effect for the space background...
In the past I created the space background by rendering a bunch of polygons and shifting them depending on the player's coordinates. To create a parallax effect (see here) I rendered a couple different layers with different offsets. However, now that I have added support for GLSL shaders, I realized that I could simplify things. With only one polygon and one texture, by retrieving texels of two different parts of the image each offset by the players position differently I was able to create the same effect. The shader is super basic with excellent results. Already using shaders has paid off!
Now the fun stuff. I explored the web a bit for equations to graph the curve of a galaxy. I found just the equation:
Quote:r(t)=(s*a)/(1-a*tan(a)*log(t/a))
s=scale
a=angle or amount of spin
s=scale
a=angle or amount of spin
Simple enough, right? Yep. I used JavaScript initially with an HTML5 canvas so that I could play with the settings until they looked right. I then generated point clouds along the line. Finally, I spawned points around each point to represent planets. The final result, plus some eye candy (drop shadows):
Notice that each star is represented by a 2px by 2px dot, while each planet around it is represented by a 1px by 1px dot. You may be wondering why star systems are overlapping. "WHAT THE HELL!?" It would be ridiculously big if I represented the galaxy at its actual scale in the browser, so for the visual representation I scaled it down and scaled up the star system size a bit. The final product, once I convert it to C, will be far larger with systems highly spaced out.
Finally, I would like to note that galaxies consist of billions to trillions of stars. OOK is not that big of a game. I will not be generating a trillion stars. This will have to suffice.
Stay tuned.
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OOK 0.01 Physics Demonstration
Nov 9, 2010 Demo 1 commentThis is the first pre-release of OOK - Version 0.01 (OS X 10.5+)
Universal Layout 1.0
Nov 3, 2010 Mapping Tool 0 commentsUniversal Layout is OOK's mapping tool. It allows one to create, destroy, and move, systems, planets, and more.
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You say there are physics... and I see you modeling... Will this be 3D?
I feel dumb now... This was struck out in the top BTW!
Please make this for Windows! I wanna at least try it ._.
No worries, it will be for Mac, Win, and Lin! I'm still working out how to compile with GNUstep on those platforms, but eventually I'll get it. ;)
Thanks for the confirmation!
I look forward to playing this! :D
OOK was delayed due to my finishing an important work project as well as debugging some odd memory leaks. Everything is back on track, and OOK no-longer tries to steal all of my computer's RAM. Update shortly.
I have 2 feelings, 1.) DAMN, and 2.) yay, it won't BSoD me while playing!
OK, this game is OOK
clever :P
Coming up - I'm currently coding the resource manager which will let me keep track of the physics world and all objects as well as retrieve all/certain objects for use in the radar and more. The resource manager will be the hub of everything (the Model in MVC, i believe) and hopefully the only global variable in the main C file. Most of the code will be Objective-C, but the main file will be C. This should let me make sure that the resource manager is accessible from anywhere in the program.