Show HN: Lunar lander-type game with computational fluid dynamics
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#2Author here.
It started as a technical demonstration for fluid dynamics in the web browser. Then I saw the js13kgames competition and the decision was made to make a game out of it. A game in which the fluid mechanic counts. The decision for the Lunar Lander genre then was quiet easy.
Does someone know more games then the two I mentioned in the README (Plasma Pong and Pixeljunk Shooter) with more or less realistic fluid dynamics?
Re: Show HN: Lunar lander-type game with computational fluid dynamics
#3Author here. It started as a technical demonstration for fluid dynamics in the web browser. Then I saw the js13kgames competition and the decision was made to make a game out of it. A game in which the fluid mechanic counts. The decision for the Lunar Lander genre then was quiet easy. Does someone know more games then the two I mentioned in the README (Plasma Pong and Pixeljunk Shooter) with more or less realistic fl…
Maybe one of the more interesting technical aspects is the usage of WebAssembly here. I used Emscripten, so the main part is written in plain C. But I threw away all the JavaScript overhead and used just the plain size optimized wasm file. This was easier than expected.
Re: Show HN: Lunar lander-type game with computational fluid dynamics
#4Author here. It started as a technical demonstration for fluid dynamics in the web browser. Then I saw the js13kgames competition and the decision was made to make a game out of it. A game in which the fluid mechanic counts. The decision for the Lunar Lander genre then was quiet easy. Does someone know more games then the two I mentioned in the README (Plasma Pong and Pixeljunk Shooter) with more or less realistic fl…
Really cool stuff! Both technically and on the game design side
> Does someone know more games then the two I mentioned in the README (Plasma Pong and Pixeljunk Shooter) with more or less realistic fluid dynamics?
A friend of mine, Thomas ten Cate, tried but eventually shelved a project to make a fluid-dynamics based game tha he called Archimedes[0]. Before he moved on to other projects he blogged about it[1]. Does that count?
Re: Show HN: Lunar lander-type game with computational fluid dynamics
#5Can you explain the expf_fast function?
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#6This is great! I made it all the way to 8, but couldn't win :)
I like the idea of having to examine wind streams to plot your way through the map. This is an awesome tech demo, would be keen to see something more polished & fleshed-out.
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#7Awesome!
I encourage you to add it to the science-based games list https://github.com/stared/science-based-games-list
Re: Show HN: Lunar lander-type game with computational fluid dynamics
#8Author here. It started as a technical demonstration for fluid dynamics in the web browser. Then I saw the js13kgames competition and the decision was made to make a game out of it. A game in which the fluid mechanic counts. The decision for the Lunar Lander genre then was quiet easy. Does someone know more games then the two I mentioned in the README (Plasma Pong and Pixeljunk Shooter) with more or less realistic fl…
Really cool stuff! Both technically and on the game design side > Does someone know more games then the two I mentioned in the README (Plasma Pong and Pixeljunk Shooter) with more or less realistic fluid dynamics? A friend of mine, Thomas ten Cate, tried but eventually shelved a project to make a fluid-dynamics based game tha he called Archimedes [0]. Before he moved on to other projects he blogged about it[1]. Does…
Well, only the games/projects count which I would add to the readme. And sorry, I have to say no here.
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#9Cool!
Can it run faster? This might need more roomy levels and stronger thrust, but faster speed would mean more feedback for a better feel of the physics.
Re: Show HN: Lunar lander-type game with computational fluid dynamics
#10Author here. It started as a technical demonstration for fluid dynamics in the web browser. Then I saw the js13kgames competition and the decision was made to make a game out of it. A game in which the fluid mechanic counts. The decision for the Lunar Lander genre then was quiet easy. Does someone know more games then the two I mentioned in the README (Plasma Pong and Pixeljunk Shooter) with more or less realistic fl…
You might be surprised that a lot of phones can run this at a decent frame rate. Adding mobile touch support could be good. It runs the start screen well on my Nexus 6P.