Working with “fake” 3D in 2D. The shadow is made from polygons, that stretch from the occupied tile in the light direction. Fading the color of the far vertices simulates ambient light.… Læs Mere

Got a nice functional AI driver now First test is with ONE parameter: Stay in the middle of the road! She has no idea of where to go yet 🙂 Next up is spiking this with a little sense of direction…   –     Testing the many parameters the AI will read    … Læs Mere

Preparing for AI, and crash/on off track detection in general. Because PaperRacers is inherently grid based, the common approach of making zones ( see Alex Brooks video below) can probably be exchanged for a dot based system. Dot grid creation and detection of dots on the track are in. Now to see if I can come up… Læs Mere

Wired my SVG Monkey2 SVG reader for loading of racetracks. Dialogs/Widgets injects messages to the main input object, allowing them to emit AppEvents. like Back, ToggleMute etc.… Læs Mere

The PaperRacers Reloaded Design document calls for avatars Micromachines style:   Chose and named these guys, to get some ideas flowing, Something to provoke style choices.… Læs Mere

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After a long time on the shelf, I’m finally picking up development of PaperRacers. I’ve had the basic idea of how I’d like to approach it, and a rough gameplay plan ready in my head for quite some time now. I’ve settled on Mark Siblys fantastic Monkey 2 ( http://monkeycoder.co.nz/ ) as the development language and platform.… Læs Mere