Quote from: Grimbarian on July 01, 2012, 09:10:51 AM

Quote from: 3DSimulant on July 01, 2012, 03:00:22 AM

What will happen when people sign in but not get finished in time?  Any kind of public humiliation? 

I suggested putting these people in the stocks and throwing rotten fruit at them (supplied by hypokill  )

OK, put me on your list!

Why? are you making a game about throwing rotten food at riot control police during a Vietnam peace riot?

@ Grim

I think we need a round up list of entrants so everyone can give a game outline
cards on the table time folks

Though I think I'm biting off WAY more than I can chew, I am going to try 3d version of asteroids (of a sort). And this is without knowing what a quaternion is or how its used and with only a basic understanding of orbit and how to simulate it... should be a good learning experience.. here's the rough draft of an outline for this project....

Slackeroids

Play - Easy, Medium, Hard
Instructions - How to play
Options - video and sound keyboard?
Credits - where due

10 levels to re-establish launch, landing and communications. AND the Aliens are COMING!
So far only little scout ships, they get better every 3 levels, and level 10 all of em attack!

You start with just ONE ship at the space station, it can build only one more but it will take time, lots of time!
Clearing some of the asteroids can allow for a launch attempt, but time must be given between each attempt.

One day to clear, one for each launch, three for build.

Sun - something to look at as you orbit around the earth

Moon - something else to look at as you orbit around the earth

Earth - something to look at while you orbit it

Space Station - where you start, where one more ship can be built, place to dock in between levels, will grab ya
     if you slow down too much (see below)

Torus (Orbit) all orbits must cross equatorial plane but can be any combo of circle ellipse tilted plane and all
     should remain inside torus, the ship going too high (too slow) docks with station, going too low (too fast) lands on earth.
     asteroids that go too slow will hit earth years later (minus points) asteroids going too fast crash to earth NOW,
     big loss of points.

1st Person Camera point of view for game, perhaps a static(ish) display with a rear view mirror

Asteroids different sizes speeds/orbits/planes opposite direction from player, and each full of more asteroids!

Enemy Ships - 4 the first just fires randomly at either the player or an asteroid or the earth (more points loss)
the second tries to slow the asteroids down and shoot the player
the third tries to speed the asteroids up and shoot the player
the final one just tries to shoot the player!

Bullets - maybe one size bigger and maybe up to two more ports?
If I can wrap my mind around the quaternion thing and orbital mechanics (simulated) I think the rest will fall into place. Any advice/pointers anyone can give to solve those two problems?

You can count me in.

Thanks Hypokill, hoping to have a free roam playable without missions up for comments in the next week or so

Now that sounds impressive! Going to be a great example to show all future members to the forums who say they are going to make gta clone. Hope you pull this off as i'm really looking forward to this!

Oh also some slacker a quaternion is basically a special variable specifically for position using xyz

OH! I thought that was vector3, now I'm even more confused... quat lead me to believe there would be four of something inside...

Thank you 11Dogs, now I think I get it, vector is for coords, xyz, quaternion is for angle of xyz with a fourth for rotation? I'm almost getting it, did some research today, but not really finding anything that is making my addled brain absorb it... I guess I'm at my comfort zone... fiddle around with it 'till I get it to do what I want!