Hasbro’s 1960 game Think-A-Tron, which you can buy here.
ASCII Level
At risk of giving too much away: a level for our interactive game badges, printed via ASCII from the Arduino. The final game will have no visual interface, just a vibrating motor for feedback.
Collision Detection Functions for Processing Released!
UPDATE: these functions have been updated and moved to GitHub
Released today, version 0.9 of my 2d collision detection functions for Processing!
While some tools already exist, like the excellent Box2D, the source code is not easy to understand and the implementation is a bit complex. Other examples (equally great), like the line-line collision in the toxiclibs collection, use vector math which isn’t great for us “creative programmers” (ie: those like me who got bad grades in high school math).
Instead, these tools can be used as simple, one-line commands to determine whether two objects have collided. Designed for simple games and interactive systems, they are intended to be building blocks for larger projects.
Functions include:
- Point/Point
- Point/Rect
- Point/Ball
- Rect/Rect
- Ball/Ball
- Ball/Rect
- Point/Line
- Line/Line
- Ball/Line
Maxwell’s Demon Game
Screenshots from the games I made yesterday for games++, the 12-hour game jam we hosted at Drift Station.
Inspired by Maxwell’s Demon, a thought-experiment with a box, separated by a wall with a hole in it and one side filled with gas. The experiment asks the question of why does the gas “know” to go through the other hole and fill the second chamber so that it is dispersed evenly?
Written in Processing, the source code is here.
“3d Slider” as Interactive Problem-Solving
Peg solitaire
Peg solitaire, all the rage in the early 19th century, is a deceptively simple game where an array of 33 holes and 32 pegs or marbles. Pegs can jump another, only into an unfilled slot. The game is won when all but one peg has been removed.
A great online version here.
Image via Wikipedia user Júlio Reis.