I Need Help Please!!!!

[programmer1337]

it isnt rocketscience, and if you think we arent helping you enough go to the submissions or tutorials look for a simple pong game, it should get you to what you need to do

[Tony]

Dreadnought has a good layout for the game loop. Start filling it out

code:

<variables and stuff here> loop   < clear screen > - cls   < change positions of objects > - need to keep track of current position (x,y) and properties (velocity; you can work with it as velocity_x, velocity_y [b]or[/b] speed + angle; whatever math is easier is up to you)   < draw objects at their new positions > - Draw.Oval(...   < time delay to regulate framerate > - delay(some_value) is an easy start, Time.DelaySinceLast makes it smoother, but you can figure that one out later, when you have time end loop

[Mark0213]

Thanks,
loops
string
integers
delays
cls
setscreen graphics
drawfilloval
drawfillbox
moving a single ball going in one path
alternate colours

[Mark0213]

Tony, i would do it, but whats velocity x,y, and speed and angle?

[Mark0213]

Where would i find submissions again, sorry

[mirhagk]

well what do those words mean?

EDIT: also mark, note that you can edit your last post. This is preferable to posting several replies in a row

[Mark0213]

OMG this is soo hardd, im trying my best! i just need to understand how ... forget this, i give up i cant make a whole bunch of balls move at the same time, i have to face that im garbage at turing and i'll never figure it out

[Tony]

Mark0213 @ Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:16 pm wrote:

Tony, i would do it, but whats velocity x,y, and speed and angle?

as in, definitions?
Velocity -- speed and direction of motion.
Speed -- change in position, over time.
Angle -- direction in which an object is moving, typically measured in degrees or radians.

Edit: start with getting one ball to move. Second one would be similar. If you do it right (arrays), then you get the Third (and all other) ball for free.

[Mark0213]

No as in codes. Tony i was working on your program right? but when i used the first "ball" thing, and made several other copies it only made one of them move, what am i supposed to do with this?

[Tony]

ops, I made a mistake (edited my previous post now). Velocity is speed + direction. "change in speed or direction, over time." describes acceleration.

e.g.

code:

var velocity_x : int := 5

here we describe velocity just along the x axis.

If the ball is at position X, then the next X position would be X + velocity_x. 0 -> 5 -> 10 -> 15 -> ...

Don't worry about other balls for now. It will just confuse you. Focus on just one.