DEVLOG 3.5

I didn’t really add much just cleared up some code and made the pause system better (I tried to add a blur effect and failed so its just a text box now :P). However I plan to try some new things rather than working forever on this test project, as it is incredibly cumbersome to work in Java. I want to learn python, which I have minimal experience in (even though its the most popular language, I know). End.

DEVLOG 3 - Project Repo

Additions

• greatly improved graphics
  • ball has shading
  • boxes have a design and shading
• changed wall placement style (ROTATION!)
  • created new class for the selection
  • selection box is always visible
  • change width/height with scroll wheel and holding alt/shift
  • change rotation by scrolling normally
  • checks if colliding with ball to prevent illegal placements
  • left click to place wall
• game updates 5 steps per frame
  • this helps prevent glitches through thin walls
• added some comments in the code to make it clearer

Plans

• Try to improve lighting / shadows
  • currently colors and shadow positions are preset
  • also means more vector math!!!
• add an objective
  • currently planning to make a puzzle to guide a ball into an endzone with minimal walls/bounces

DEVLOG 2

Additions

• added the ability to place your own walls
• can speed up/slow down ball with left/right
• added github repo
• added compatibility to rotate walls, collision not updated yet
• added anti aliasing

Plans

• change wall placing mechanism to allow rotation
• allow new balls to be added
• some main goal of the game?

DEVLOG 1
using java to make a game (flame me all you want)
-started with making a ball bounce along the screen
-added separate collision shape object to allow rectangular walls to be put anywhere
-added ball class to allow multiple balls at once
-added pause functionality (no visual indication yet however, only movement stops)

-plan to add dynamic wall placement as the game is running using the mouse