hey all,

after about 10 hours working, mostly last night (didn’t get started until saturday evening), here is what I have now..

Windsurfing !

it’s not super-pretty but I hope the controls will be smooth (anyone has ever played sail simulator ?).

Controls are: gamepad, left joystick: feet: turn/bank on x axis (+ lift on y axis), right joystick: hands: control the sail left/right and front/back.

From those simple control you should be able to control that board, approximately as in real life (to go towards the wind, bank feet + move sail to rear, etc.)

I’ll continue for the remaining hours, mostly to get the accurate position/attitude of the board on the wave and wake particles of course

– arif

hey all,

given the 2 comments on my windsurfing sim, I had to add keyboard commands in addition to the gamepad (which is still recommended!). See readme file in the archive.

Now it’s also compatible with the Xbox 360 controller, as well as the previously supported Logitech Dual Action (and probably many other dual joystick controllers. Also the provided lua DLL does not reference the release vc10 anymore – EDIT: the osg DLL still does ! but it’s not too a problem.

– The new file is at  : http://dl.free.fr/qpLMt33Pg (click on “Telecharger ce fichier” i.e. “download this file”)) . Is there a way to edit the compo entry to add this link and the linux version ?

– EDIT: install the VC10 runtime which is included in the archive (vcredist_x86) or get it from Microsoft here.

– go to bin/ and start ld17_arif.exe

I also updated a few lines of code to add water drag force (auto slow), but no change in the game (data, gameplay).

Later I’ll add jump, better left/right sail effect, wake particles, surfer position, balance, falling, and most importantly a better surfing wave !

As before, control the board/sail with the two joysticks, or S, F and the arrows. F6 to restart.

The original entry is at : http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-17/?action=rate&uid=1096

-arif

hi everyone ! I’m in Montreal, i’m indirectly working in the game industry, and here is my desk pic:

arif's desk for LD18

As for my setup (for the jam, probably):
– mini custom-made engine with Irrlicht, Lua, bullet physics, recast navigation, boost signals/function, openal/ogg vorbis.
– all that compiling on ubuntu lucid lynx. I can port on Win7 vc10 when done.

Good LD yo you all !