Question about Space Style Effect(Solved)

Started by Dualnames, Fri 22/02/2008 21:15:13

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Dualnames

Ok, I'm working on a space styled game(HHGTG). And I spent the whole day trying to make an awesome scroll effect(see your default screensaver with those stars passing through the screen) and I was wondering is this possible in AGS and what will the code be? I tried using Akumayo's Particle Engine but I couldn;t reach the similar effect or close to it.
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Radiant

Certainly.

The easiest way is probably to do a parallax - make three background layers, the front two of which are mostly transparent (except for the stars) and scroll them in the background at different speeds. That'd give you a spacey effect.

Oh wait, that "exploding inward" screensaver? Ah, that's a particle engine, definitely. The trick lies in enlarging (and speeding up) the particles as they live longer.

Galen

I think he mean't that they should come towards the player.
Make some particles in the middle of the screen, shoot em out a random directions, start em small and scale them up as they move (is this possible atm?) if you can't, use 1px sprites.

Dualnames

Crazy excellent idea.. will try it.
Worked on Strangeland, Primordia, Hob's Barrow, The Cat Lady, Mage's Initiation, Until I Have You, Downfall, Hunie Pop, and every game in the Wadjet Eye Games catalogue (porting)

Gilbert

Well I did make something similiar some time earlier, it was just for testing purpose.

Get it here and see if that helps, compile it with V2.72.

Dualnames

That helps... Thanks to all.(Mostly Gil)
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