Defining Awesome

Reasons for ditching Box2d physics:
1. It’s too complex, I don’t even need stuff like friction, its useless. I’m not making a physics game, it seems like all the physics game out there now are crappy Flash games (using Box2D). I’m not interested in that.
2. Slow ragdolls. I can write much faster code.
3. Too unpredictable – I need the movement to be less physics like, more like say Prince of Persia 1. This will come in handy for better network sync and bot movement.

I’m rewriting my own physics engine – postulate #4 To get things done, plan and and do only what is needed

I’m fed up with Box2d. I realized I started rewriting it while customizing it. I’ll just ditch it and write my own physics engine.

A realization that we came up with Eric. I’ll explain these later, I’m really coding right now.
#3 Don’t do what a computer can do for you

Postulate #2: The best way to learn and become a master is to invent everything on your own.

I’m gathering postulates that I know are True so they will guide me in my journey:
My 1st postulate “True art will defend itself alone”

I started working on Bot AI again. I have it all sorted out now. Will post some effects soon.

I’ve been having some awesome insights lately. Some ideas I’ve been thinking about lately:
1. http://ping.fm/eJVxk 2. http://ping.fm/WWbhV 3. http://ping.fm/wRrYG 4. http://ping.fm/w8e7e

Video of environmental effects in Link-Dead. The Dust Processor uses a cellular automaton to produce the effects (no particles were used).

As you know Link-Dead is a game set in a not so far future. There’s a war going on for many years. Hardly anything is left. Cities are just rubble and dust.

The Dust Processor is something I invented to achieve a certain look and feel I want for Link-Dead. The best known present imagery for projecting that is the 9/11 WTC look.

This is what I’m aiming for.

DP doesn’t use any particles. It is basically a cellular automaton used for simulating environmental effects with my custom designed texture blenders. A glimpse of it are the fog effects seen on previous videos. I’ll be posting a video of the DP running on the weekend.