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Re: Missile Game

#21

Post by The28thDuck »

yreg wrote: post #20

> This game runs in desktop browser only as computer mouse is required for precise control What if I have a mouse connected to my phone?

I wonder if phones have cursor support. Obviously they have to for touch-based text editing, but it feels different. Touch screens inherently have dead zones with no input, a cursors position persists. I imagine there are a couple of gotchas if you were to try to implement this yourself. Fun to think about.

Re: Missile Game

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Post by geor9e »

the__alchemist wrote: post #16

Color or shading would go a long way towards telling obstacle from hole-in-obstacle.

You say that as if shading is a feature to add. Shading is the default for 3D libraries, so this developer went to extra effort to toggle on cell-shaded mode to remove it on purpose.

Re: Missile Game

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Post by geor9e »

rrr_oh_man wrote: post #2

> Sorry... This game runs in desktop browser only as computer mouse is required for precise control Meh. :‘(

Did you really expect to get very far in the game anyway with just arrow keys toggling constant-velocity motion?

Re: Missile Game

#26

Post by thehours »

cgijoe wrote: post #24

Why does it start on level 9 by default? Also, this really could use an "invert Y-axis" setting.

> This game is one of the tests for the pilot to demonstrate the Eye-hand coordination. As a pilot, you are controlling a missile / flighter aircraft to pass through the obstacles as much as you can. Generally a qualified pilot can survive in level 9 up to 100 obstacles.

Doesn't answer *why* it starts at level 9, but level 9 appears to have some significance.

Re: Missile Game

#27

Post by sgtnoodle »

The28thDuck wrote: post #21
yreg wrote: post #20

> This game runs in desktop browser only as computer mouse is required for precise control What if I have a mouse connected to my phone?

I wonder if phones have cursor support. Obviously they have to for touch-based text editing, but it feels different. Touch screens inherently have dead zones with no input, a cursors position persists. I imagine there are a couple of gotchas if you were to try to implement this yourself. Fun to think about.

Android does, at least.

Re: Missile Game

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Post by yonrg »

lumenwrites wrote: post #28

Oh, I've recently made a similar game in godot: https://youtube.com/watch?v=8f6Q64ihHm0 You can play it here: https://gotm.io/godotacademy/flight And download the project files here: https://godotacademy.gumroad.com/l/endless-flight

Seem to be fun. But I can never play this with not inverted y-axis
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