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Twisted Demon
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Posted: 9th Apr 2004 01:21
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Im new to dark basic, and am wondering what do you consider the easiest game to make, i would have thought maybe asteriods???
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CattleRustler
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Posted: 9th Apr 2004 01:43
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pong would be easier than asteroids IMHO


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Twisted Demon
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but doesnt pong involve physics and AI, makin it hard??
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Scouseknight
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Posted: 9th Apr 2004 02:59
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I would tend to agree that Pong would be easier than Asteroids - think about the asteroids breaking apart, the hyperspace, the shooting, and the space ships that appear all requiring physics and AI - you can get away with a basic Pong game with no physics at all - and if you make it two player only (which is how Pong should be played) then there is no AI at all to consider.

Go on - you know it makes sense - go for a Pong game first

If you do want a single player Pong game then the AI can be simply determing where the bat has to move to intercept the ball and making it move that way.



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Posted: 9th Apr 2004 03:25
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there is a 3d pong tutorial in an older thread somewhere - search the threads for PONG


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the_winch
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Posted: 9th Apr 2004 03:40
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Chris Knotts pong tut http://developer.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=22030&b=7 that CattleRustler mentions. Worth spening a couple of minutes reading even if you do go for asteroids.

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Sparda
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Posted: 9th Apr 2004 06:43
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There's not a whole lot of AI used in pong. For my pong, I took the difference of the paddle's position and the ball, then made the paddle move a portion of the difference. Depending on how "good" the AI is, you can change the size of the portion.

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Twisted Demon
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thanks everyone for the speedy replies. i actually started on a pong game, i have all the screen borders, paddles and the ball drawn, i was having trouble with the ball movement tho, i couldnt make it bounce off the walls, which is why i gave up.
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Posted: 9th Apr 2004 14:14
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you need to look at colision then, however, for practice you could do a astroids type game, with a ship that moves to hit a ball around, no hard phys there

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Posted: 9th Apr 2004 14:44 Edited at: 9th Apr 2004 14:55
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