Lets have fun?

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May 21 2015, 5:03 pm (Edited on May 21 2015, 5:08 pm)
Hey there,
It's been awhile since I've been on BYOND.Been busy with college, work and sports... Missed you all! :3

I felt a little rusty and decided to program a little bit, made this little demo that generates shadows and water reflection with overlays. (Could turn it into a library if anyone wants)

Demo


Anyways that's not the point of this topic! I really really really miss BYOND's contests and I checked to see if I missed anything since I came last time and...no...nothing happened!! So I've been thinking of starting a "Make a game in a week" contest or something like that just to liven up things here!

Would anyone be interested? Suggestions on the theme? Special rules?
May 21 2015, 5:07 pm
We missed you too! (Also, those Shadows are pretty sweet). As for more contests, I would love to do one, so yeah, I'm 110% for it
May 21 2015, 6:48 pm
The shadow-to-reflection is a bit jumpy. Looks great otherwise, though.
May 21 2015, 7:23 pm
I'm sorry, but we've reached our fun allotment on BYOND. We'll have to budget for more in the future.
May 21 2015, 7:49 pm
In response to WorldWideDuelist
WorldWideDuelist wrote:
We missed you too! (Also, those Shadows are pretty sweet). As for more contests, I would love to do one, so yeah, I'm 110% for it

NNAAAAHHwrote:
The shadow-to-reflection is a bit jumpy. Looks great otherwise, though.

Thank you! I've been messing with it a bit more and got a few people asking me to release it as a library! I even got someone paying me a membership! (Thank you Zagros! :) )
The shadow generated now works on 99% of icons big and small! I just need to clean it up a bit and comment the codes!
Shadow

As for the event. I'm still waiting for more responses! I really hope BYOND isn't THAT dead. There used to be so many entries in past contests!! I'll see what I can come up with!
May 21 2015, 8:14 pm
Yes library please and welcome back Amir :)
May 21 2015, 8:34 pm
In response to Kidpaddle45
I was wondering if it'd be possible with shadow generation to simulate a change in sun position for the generated shadows because this looks great and should be a lib.

As far as game in a week goes I can't icon only program so I could help out by programming game in a week but not really fully create one.
May 21 2015, 8:52 pm
The shadows can change directions but it needs a lot of changes in angle rotation, pixel_x and pixel_y offset.
With the setup I have now it worked with all objects I tested. I'm gonna try and make it so the Generate_Shadow() proc can generate shadow in a preset angle maybe.

Like this: Generate_Shadow(Middle) or Generate_Shadow(West)

Can't guarantee it's gonna be in the first version of the lib.
As for the contest, there could be teams allowed and you could easily team up with someone else. + Games aren't solely judged by the art. ;)

May 22 2015, 12:41 am
In response to Superbike32
Superbike32 wrote:
I was wondering if it'd be possible with shadow generation to simulate a change in sun position for the generated shadows because this looks great and should be a lib.

As far as game in a week goes I can't icon only program so I could help out by programming game in a week but not really fully create one.

There we go. Got it working.
Time to clean this up and turn it into a library.

Library
May 22 2015, 1:06 am
Get some 360 movement on them shadows now.
May 22 2015, 1:06 am
In response to Kidpaddle45
It looks like you're applying a rotation matrix for the shadows. You should try shear instead, so you might not have to worry as much about making it match up at the base.
May 22 2015, 9:41 am
I PMed you Kaiochao!
Bringing this back on topic.
May 22 2015, 6:14 pm
Wish I had saw this way earlier, I already had something like this.

It relies on a method ter13 pointed out to make shadows. From that point on, it's just a matter of warping the matrix. It took a bit of fiddling to get working properly, but its pretty much the same result. I only use it on my players though, not buildings or anything.



That water is pretty sexy though. I'd be interested in the mirror effect as there are some things I'd like to use it for myself.

May 22 2015, 8:16 pm
Welcome back! You've been missed. That shadow & reflection thing looks awesome, BTW, so I'm all for it being a library.
May 22 2015, 8:29 pm
In response to Avidanimefan
Is that dynamic day/night with player shadows?
May 22 2015, 8:34 pm
In response to Superbike32
Yes, it's related to the night and day system I implemented in my game. As the day passes the shadow changes to accommodate the time of the day.
May 22 2015, 11:12 pm
Library released!
Shadow Generator:


Back on topic... Again!~
May 23 2015, 7:53 am
IS THAT A MAPLESTORY PIG