Dodge X
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So this time I decided to go bonkers and try a whole new set of tools and an entirely new language :-)
May I present:
The game is written in Javascript in a trial version of Webstorm. https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/
I used the following site to learn javascript: https://javascript.info/
And to learn just enough WebGL I checked out this site: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGL_API/Tutorial/Adding_2D_content_to_a_WebGL_context
and since everything else was new to me, I decided to try out distance field rendering:
http://www.iquilezles.org/www/articles/distfunctions/distfunctions.htm
(The graphics for level 4 are heavily inspired by Inigo Quilez demo Slisesix)
SPACE - start the game
W/S/A/D - guess...
1 - Turn off shadow algorithms
2 - Only turn off reflected light algorithm
3 - Turn on all shading algorithms
4 - Use the FPS counter to automatically determine which detail level to use.
B - Skips a level
C - Will kill you
The rest of the instructions are on the title screen. Good luck! ;-)
As you might've guessed. Since this game uses naive unoptimized distance field rendering, you have to have a pretty good grafix card for it to work.
Since I've hardly ever seen anyone try this before I would be really happy if you mention what the FPS counter said and what graphics card your computer has.
The game works in Firefox & Chrome.
It most definitely doesn't work in Edge or Internet Explorer.
I have no idea if it works in Safari or Vivaldi...
* Nvidia GTX 960m : 18 fps
* Intel HD Graphics 530 : 9 fps
* AMD Radeon r7 series 200 : 5 fps
* And about 0.5-2.5 fps on a 5 year old low-end 32-bit windows tablets internal Intel HD graphics.
May I present:
Dodge X!
The game is written in Javascript in a trial version of Webstorm. https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/
I used the following site to learn javascript: https://javascript.info/
And to learn just enough WebGL I checked out this site: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGL_API/Tutorial/Adding_2D_content_to_a_WebGL_context
and since everything else was new to me, I decided to try out distance field rendering:
http://www.iquilezles.org/www/articles/distfunctions/distfunctions.htm
(The graphics for level 4 are heavily inspired by Inigo Quilez demo Slisesix)
A couple of buttons worth mentioning:
SPACE - start the game
W/S/A/D - guess...
1 - Turn off shadow algorithms
2 - Only turn off reflected light algorithm
3 - Turn on all shading algorithms
4 - Use the FPS counter to automatically determine which detail level to use.
B - Skips a level
C - Will kill you
The rest of the instructions are on the title screen. Good luck! ;-)
As you might've guessed. Since this game uses naive unoptimized distance field rendering, you have to have a pretty good grafix card for it to work.
Since I've hardly ever seen anyone try this before I would be really happy if you mention what the FPS counter said and what graphics card your computer has.
The game works in Firefox & Chrome.
It most definitely doesn't work in Edge or Internet Explorer.
I have no idea if it works in Safari or Vivaldi...
Graphics performance on a couple of different cards:
* Nvidia GTX 660 : 25 fps* Nvidia GTX 960m : 18 fps
* Intel HD Graphics 530 : 9 fps
* AMD Radeon r7 series 200 : 5 fps
* And about 0.5-2.5 fps on a 5 year old low-end 32-bit windows tablets internal Intel HD graphics.