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# 2021-08-14 |
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I took to heart the recommendation to grab a paper notebook and collect ideas. |
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My first move was digital, though. |
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I looked for inspiration: |
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- [thesaurus][thesaurus] |
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- yielding `area`, `arena`, `capacity`, `distance`, `field`, `location`, |
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`slot`, `spot`, `territory` and `zone` as synonyms as well as `time`. |
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- [Dribbble][dribbble] |
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- [Cosmic][cosmic] made me think on negative space or whitespace as a |
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mechanic |
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- [Space explore][explore] reminded me on some CSS page I ran into months ago |
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(You can find similar ones by searching for „futuristic” or „VR UI” it |
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seems) |
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- [Sketchbook squad][sketchbook] was a game I used to play on Firefox OS back |
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in the days. It's actually the idea I want to try out this year. |
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- [Flickr][flickr] was not yielding much. |
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- [Space.][space] draw my attention to it. It could be something about |
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respecting the comfort zone of others. |
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- DOS games. It inspires me to see, what previous engineers did with limited |
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resources available to them. Next to DOS games, you can find ideas in early |
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handheld console games. [Qix][qix] is something, I loved to play. |
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- [Unsplash][unsplash] |
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- Creative Commons search did not resulted in anything I consider interesting |
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to share. |
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- [Freesound][freesound] could inspire me with finding sounds that fit to a |
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game. |
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## Today's achievement |
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I researched and found a minimal physics engine: |
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[commit diff 711cdbe41b29e66b4a6346b0754f1a38bed7057a to 05f095effadbca272b831300498762e87c191781][diff] |
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![screenshot from 2021-08-14][screenshot] |
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### Game ideas |
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Following are keywords, that crossed my mind during research: |
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- S.P. Ace (a cards game?) |
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- Sketchbook Squad-like game: an astronaut running out of energy and jumping |
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- Timelapse (goes in the direction of [ReflectoLabs Inc][reflectolabs] |
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- Space Available (shrinking world; filled with a substance or similar) |
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- Paintball with some obstacles (WebGL?) |
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- Qix (multiplayer, one providing sound turned into EQ, the other moving line) |
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- Free fall or gravity 0 as a mechanic |
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- Office Space (looking at The Situation) |
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- Optical illusions (M.C. Escher) |
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- Viewpoint related game (ala [Track not Found ?!][track]) |
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- Triangulation (determining position in space) |
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- Disk Space (like the joke of two sys admins SSHing into each others machine |
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and deleting files in turn until one server crashes) |
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- Vacuum in glass (interesting physical effects) |
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## Next steps |
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I decided to go with the Sketchbook Squad-like idea for now. That made me |
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search for a physics engine. The [resources][resources] page listed |
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[Mini2Dphysics][physics] here. |
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For the Paintball idea, I would need some form of [raycasting][raycasting]. |
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I defer that to later. |
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In the evening, I studied the code and ported it over to my entry (with |
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JSDoc annotations and tests). |
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### Codewise |
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- [ ] See ToDos from [yesterday][yesterday]. |
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- [ ] Implement more parts of the physics engine. |
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- [ ] Consider using Nunjucks for interpolation to simplify post-processing. |
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[cosmic]: https://dribbble.com/shots/15008838-Cosmic |
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[diff]: https://jaenis.ch/hobbies/coding/repos/ryuno-ki/js13kgames-2021/compare/711cdbe41b29e66b4a6346b0754f1a38bed7057a...05f095effadbca272b831300498762e87c191781 |
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[dribbble]: https://dribbble.com/search/space |
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[explore]: https://dribbble.com/shots/14374431-Space-explore |
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[flickr]: https://flickr.com/search/?text=space |
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[freesound]: https://freesound.org/browse/tags/space/ |
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[physics]: https://github.com/xem/mini2Dphysics/ |
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[qix]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qix |
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[raycasting]: https://xem.github.io/projects/raycast.html |
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[reflectolabs]: https://itch.io/jam/gamedevjs-2021/rate/1013449 |
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[resources]: https://js13kgames.github.io/resources/ |
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[screenshot]: ./2021-08-14.png |
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[sketchbook]: https://www.orangepixel.net/2013/05/18/sketchbook-squad/ |
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[space]: https://flic.kr/p/85Y8Lj |
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[thesaurus]: https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/space |
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[track]: https://xem.github.io/articles/js13k20.html |
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[unsplash]: https://unsplash.com/s/photos/space |
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[yesterday]: ./2021-08-13.md |
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