Dang Moles Game

goldenxp · Post by **goldenxp** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 1:51 pm

I'd like to share the first thing I built with ZGE.
No moles and no usable hammers yet. I'm modeling everything in ZGE which is quite the trip.

Post by **Kjell** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 2:02 pm

Great choice for a first project. ZGE is perfectly capable of doing everything you want in a whac-a-mole game with ease. In case you do happen to run into any problem / obstacles, feel free to ask for help.

Good luck ~
Kjell

diki · Post by **diki** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:11 pm

it's looking pretty good already, especially the grass. just wondering: did you let the framrate run free, or is the geometry using a lot of faces? it currently requires the attention of an entire core on my processor :)

goldenxp · Post by **goldenxp** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:23 pm

That's interesting. The frame rate is set to SyncedWithMonitor. It's not a lot of polygons. The grass is a series of stacked planes (Nets) with transparency based on procedural noise.

Post by **VilleK** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:08 pm

Yeah, the grass looks real nice. It only takes 2-3% cpu time on my computer, but if you are using RenderNet combined with an RenderVertexExpression that uses the noise-functions then that can be quite performance heavy if the net is made of many vertices.

jph_wacheski · Post by **jph_wacheski** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:08 pm

I like it, yup the grass does look good! If the nets are all at the same z could you not just compute the transparency mixing in the actual texture inplace of doing it realtime? using bitmap load perhaps,. ..

panurge · Post by **panurge** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:17 pm

nice project, and

If the nets are all at the same z could you not just compute the transparency mixing in the actual texture inplace of doing it realtime?

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Anyway, i noticed that the camera slighly moves when you change the selected point (just a single pixel shift): was it meant for some reason?

goldenxp · Post by **goldenxp** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:10 pm

Thanks for the feedback everyone.
The Net has an X and Y count of 3 and there are 4 of them. The noise is built with a BitmapExpression and textured onto the nets. There is no vertex displacement occurring so it shouldn't be too intensive.
The camera moves slightly so the motion has a little more impact. It's purely cosmetic; I feel it is better compared to a static camera. Is it bothersome? It probably will not be too noticeable once there is action going on in the game.
Thanks