New demo uploaded: Pool Table Simulator

[lamb-duh]

Pool Table Simulator

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Play a game of pool on your commander X16. Click inside the light green circle to hit the white ball around the table.

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  lamb-duh
  
  
  


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  12/23/20
  
  
  


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[desertfish]

A 2d physics multi-object collision engine on an 8 bit system, that's actually pretty darn nice even though it's not entirely realistic behavior.  I always find it fun to play around with anything having physics simulation.  It's always more fun when it's less realistic !

[lamb-duh]

48 minutes ago, desertfish said:

A 2d physics multi-object collision engine on an 8 bit system, that's actually pretty darn nice even though it's not entirely realistic behavior.  I always find it fun to play around with anything having physics simulation.  It's always more fun when it's less realistic !

haha, I agree that non-realistic physics can be lots of fun, but this is more broken-physics than cartoon-physics! I'm pretty happy with how it turned out though, very surprised how much I could pack into a frame. When I started I wasn't even sure if I'd be able to get two or three balls bouncing at 60fps. By the time I got all the physics more or less working on 16 balls it still wasn't missing frames, and I managed to pack the whole thing 5 times into *most* frames. (it misses some frames when there's lots of collisions, but I haven't found it to be particularly noticeable).

The physics engine does a lot better when you turn down the velocities and the friction, but then it's not fast enough to feel anything like pool. There's a lot that could probably be done to make the physics engine more efficient though.

[Xiphod]

Hey trying to find the original developer of this, to dust it off and revise for the newer R45 ROMs.

Looks pretty slick, and had mouse support? Neato.