Side Scroller Moon Lander MOD!

[fo0k]

I have always loved the original (80's) genre of the lander/moon lander games.. simple rocket thruster fun..
also played the new 'unmechanical' the other day which prompted this.

so I thought I would try it in '42. maybe 20 hours work at present.

http://youtu.be/rBdjUbCtUTw?hd=1 (got a little laggy on the vid convert but not present in-game)




So far the results are good.. side scrolling allows for a lot more fakery of the lights too!

could be setup to complete the course in a time limit and also needing to collect fuel along the way...

You control the ship with just 2 buttons.. left and right rockets.. either on mouse buttons or just map whatever keys you are happy with I guess. Could include guns..

Currently it is just a test craft and tunnel.. (should be possible to have AI bots waiting at 'fuel depots'.. they could run up and fix you! heheh)

I have some (but surprisingly little..) collision issues at times (the ship is held between 2 invisible planes) but I think some springs on the corners of the ship should solve it. edit- 8 springs on all corners has made this solid as a rock - previously was just mesh on mesh keeping the ship between the planes but now the springs keep it nice n smooth.. during testing a few bumps would previously knock the ship out of the planes.. but now.. I have just spent 10 mins trying as hard as possible to crash, spin and generally upset the ship... but to no effect - remember soldat? - could be used for similar as well as space stuff..)

It is a lot of fun.. have tried a few different ship setups from heavy and slow through to fast and responsive..

[Swaffy]

That looks very creative. Well done, I have no clue how you did that.
Must have been hard to accomplish.

If you want ambient background music, try looking up a band called Hammock.

[fo0k]

yeah that kinda thing would be good for the background

just suggested something in the youtube chat about having multiple tracks playing seamlessly in background but would be tied to areas and objects around the map.. that way when you go somewhere 'scary' for example.. the ambient track would continue but a second 'harmonic.. layer would fade in with it.. changing the ambience..

not sure if possible to have a track playing 'always' like that though if not audible.

[Swaffy]

I guess it would act in a similar fashion how radios play music in this game, but the object would not be visible or have a collision mesh. Then have many of these "radios" placed in their correct areas.

[fo0k]

could do this kind of thing too.. (also a fave oldie of mine)

Super Sprint Arcade Game


Can anyone tell me how to use the gravitymodifier.. on a vehicle..? tried it but no effect. perhaps not possible

[Swaffy]

We need an Asteroids mod.

Oh, try making the Mass 0.

[fo0k]

yeah all these oldies could be achieved I think.. even space invaders..

so long as a decent fixed 2d/side scroll is possible.. which is is with this technique then the engine could be used for a bunch of new things.

zero mass sadly just stops things moving completely.

[Swaffy]

Wait, so Katyusha rockets attached to a Zero mass vehicle will do nothing?

[fo0k]

hmmm.. you have moved the goal posts a bit there..

Im just saying the vehicle would not move. rockets on the vehicle have their own separate attributes.

[Swaffy]

Okay, that makes sense. Yeah, you'd need an attached object to move it. Or a collision.