WebOS Camera Patch: Advanced Camera Configuration

UPDATE 2: What was formerly the Self-Timer and Burst-Frame patch has been replaced.  To maintain compatibility with older camera patches, the new patch combines the following patches into a single Tweaks-supported patch:

• Video camera flashlight
• Capture with volume-key
• Shutter sound
• Self-Timer and Burst-Frames

Design Diary: Shiva 3D – Camera Implementation for 2D in 3D

This post is part diary and part tutorial.

I will cover:

• 2D in 3D camera basics
• Camera view extent detection
• Fitting the camera view to contain certain objects
• Special FX

Designer Diary: Shiva AI Navigation – Dynamics vs Translation

I am going to cover some of the more technical aspects of our game design in this post.

AI Navigation – Dynamics vs Translation

The design for our first level has enemy ships (Drones) spawning from 6 locations on the screen.  At first, our only criteria for the drones was that they be on a collision course with the satellite.  In this model, we were using setTranslation to calculate the drone position every frame.  For arc’d shots, we would have the drone follow the path of a circle.

4 spawn points in the corners of the screen, 2 on the mothership.

Diary of an Indie Game Developer

Dear Diary,

A little over 3 months ago, my brother and I were sitting around the man-cave throwing ideas around.  We were strongly impressed by the concept of a game like Angry Birds only in outer space where orbital physics would be used to slingshot projectiles around planets.  After much sleep deprivation, school-girl giddiness and white-board scribblings, we embarked on the journey of indie game development.