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It is quite common to want to rotate one point relative to another the location of another point. This math recipe looks at exactly this process. Just the math angle = (angle ) * (Math.PI/180); // Convert to radians var rotatedX = Math.cos(angle) * (point.x – center.x) – Math.sin(angle) * (point.y-center.y) + center.x; var […]
GameDev math recipes: Rotating one point around another point Read More
This recipe looks at how to rotate one sprite relative to another point. In this example, we rotate a jet sprite to face the position of the mouse. Mouse over the application to your right to see how the centred sprite follows the mouse cursor. You may need to tap the screen to focus […]
GameDev math recipes: Rotating to face a point Read More
This tutorial series will be a progressive journey through the Moai SDK. To a certain degree, each is a “micro” tutorial, covering a different aspect of Moai. Each tutorial builds on the last and when taken as a whole, once completed, you should have all of the information you need to successfully make […]
Moai tutorial series: The adventures of an intrepid programmer in the lands of Moai Read More
One area of Blender that is often over looked, or people are downright unaware of, is its video editing capabilities. Hidden behind the 3D functionality we all know and love, under a layer of yes… sometimes confusing UI, lives a remarkably capable NLE ( non-linear editor ). In this tutorial I am going […]
Tutorial: Simple video editing using Blender 2.6x Read More
Eclipse has this annoying habit of using the JRE instead of a JDK you have installed. It isn’t immediately obvious what is happening until you attempt to build a project. For example, I just move some PlayN source to a new laptop and when I try to compile I get: [ERROR] Failed […]
Telling Eclipse to use the JDK instead of JRE Read More
Want to create a game using C++ and SFML? This is the perfect place to start! This tutorial series will follow the creation of a simple game in C++ from the very beginning till the end, a micro-version of the overall purpose of this site. C++ is an evolving language standard and a great […]
Game From Scratch C++ and SFML Edition! Read More
I have decided to take a quick detour from my primary game development, to illustrate how to create a more simplistic 2D game using C++. I am going to cover it over a number of posts, each building on the last and if you follow along, hopefully at the end you will be well […]
Game From Scratch C++ Edition The Introduction Read More
Alright, code time! In this part we are going to setup the general framework for our application. Pang! is going to be state driven, which means at any given time the game is in exactly one state. It is by changing states that we control program flow. It also makes certain tasks like […]
Game from Scratch C++ Edition Part 2 Read More
This part is sadly rather dull, there will be absolutely no coding but it is a necessary evil. In this part we are going to configure your development environment to work with SFML. If you already know all about how to set Visual Studio up, or are working in a different IDE, feel free […]
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