Impressive. Most impressive.
by James Randall · 02/19/2006 (4:00 pm) · 5 comments
Bought myself a copy of Torque 2D yesterday afternoon. I have a few game ideas that I think would be suitable for the download market and have been looking at engines to use as I really can't see the point of reinventing the wheel for games that aren't too technology dependant.
Spent the rest of yesterday going through the tutorials (excellently written by the way - just watch out for references to the deprecated setGroup) and today had a go at writing something of my own to learn a bit more.
After 6 hours I have a nice little three level Breakout style game with a couple of twists - like some blocks falling with gravity rather than disappearing.
I've written small games like this before using C++ and SDL but this was much easier, much quicker and more pleasant. I think I'll find myself sticking with Torque for my future games.
I'll post the code eventually when I've learned a bit more - being such a newbie with Torque I'm not convinced my code would be the best for others to learn from!
Spent the rest of yesterday going through the tutorials (excellently written by the way - just watch out for references to the deprecated setGroup) and today had a go at writing something of my own to learn a bit more.
After 6 hours I have a nice little three level Breakout style game with a couple of twists - like some blocks falling with gravity rather than disappearing.
I've written small games like this before using C++ and SDL but this was much easier, much quicker and more pleasant. I think I'll find myself sticking with Torque for my future games.
I'll post the code eventually when I've learned a bit more - being such a newbie with Torque I'm not convinced my code would be the best for others to learn from!
#2
chrislabombard@hotmail.com is my MSN addy
02/19/2006 (5:18 pm)
if you want a fellow T2Der to chat with or discuss code problems, look me up on MSN :)chrislabombard@hotmail.com is my MSN addy
#3
Anyway, it's really nice to hear newcomers comments, more so when they're positive. I guess it shows we're on the right track if you can get at least a basic game out in so short a time.
Welcome to the community and look forward to seeing some of your work.
Good Luck,
- Melv.
02/19/2006 (5:40 pm)
The "setGroup()" thing was unfortunatley missed in the doco when we updated everything, sorry for the confusion. So much is changing (for the better) recently that mistakes like that were bound to happen. Anyway, it's really nice to hear newcomers comments, more so when they're positive. I guess it shows we're on the right track if you can get at least a basic game out in so short a time.
Welcome to the community and look forward to seeing some of your work.
Good Luck,
- Melv.
#4
-Jase
02/19/2006 (11:16 pm)
Thats awsome; I'm glad to hear good things about T2D/TGB. I'm planning to pick me up a copy sometime soon(hopefully).-Jase
#5
I finished the breakout game that day. It has a couple of niggles (such as the ball sometimes bouncing at right angles) which I could fix if I had time but it was a learning exercise and I've learned what I needed to!
I'll post it up here tonight along with the (somewhat messy - I was hacking away trying to understand T2D) source tonight.
James
02/22/2006 (1:08 pm)
Thanks everyone for your kind welcome.I finished the breakout game that day. It has a couple of niggles (such as the ball sometimes bouncing at right angles) which I could fix if I had time but it was a learning exercise and I've learned what I needed to!
I'll post it up here tonight along with the (somewhat messy - I was hacking away trying to understand T2D) source tonight.
James
Torque Owner Anders Linder-Noren