Programming – Week 3

This week I’ve learned how to create classes using header and cpp files.
This is an example of a header named Student
class Student
{
public:
Student(std::string name, int age);

int GetAge();
void SetAge(int newAge);

std::string GetName();
void SetName(std::string newName);

private:
int age;
std::string name;
};
The keyword ”public” describes what functions and variables are accesable from outside the class. All ”private” variables and functions are only accesable inside the class.
Student(std::string name, int age)    is the constructor of the class. The constructor works like a […]

Programming – Week 3

This week I’ve learned how to create classes using header and cpp files.
This is an example of a header named Student
class Student
{
public:
Student(std::string name, int age);

int GetAge();
void SetAge(int newAge);

std::string GetName();
void SetName(std::string newName);

private:
int age;
std::string name;
};
The keyword ”public” describes what functions and variables are accesable from outside the class. All ”private” variables and functions are only accesable inside the class.
Student(std::string name, int age)    is the constructor of the class. The constructor works like a […]

Programming – Week 2

This week we worked with pointers in C++. You create a pointer by adding a
” * ” at the end of the data type. Pointers works just like the name describes, it points towards a memory address instead of a value. To access a variables memory address you add ” & ” in front of the variable name. To access the value of a pointer you can use ” * ” in front of the pointer variable.
This is an example […]

Programming – Week 2

This week we worked with pointers in C++. You create a pointer by adding a
” * ” at the end of the data type. Pointers works just like the name describes, it points towards a memory address instead of a value. To access a variables memory address you add ” & ” in front of the variable name. To access the value of a pointer you can use ” * ” in front of the pointer variable.
This is an example […]

Programming – Week 1

This weeks assignments was a bit to easy because I’ve been programming in C# before. I decided to give myself an assignment, Tic Tac Toe.
By creating this game i learned new syntax such as std::string and system(”cls”). I also learned how to create a two dimensional array. In C# you could create one using the datatype and then [ ] for normal array and [ , ] for a two dimensional.
I learned that in C++ you create arrays by typing the […]

Programming – Week 1

This weeks assignments was a bit to easy because I’ve been programming in C# before. I decided to give myself an assignment, Tic Tac Toe.
By creating this game i learned new syntax such as std::string and system(”cls”). I also learned how to create a two dimensional array. In C# you could create one using the datatype and then [ ] for normal array and [ , ] for a two dimensional.
I learned that in C++ you create arrays by typing the […]

Basic gameplay, collectibles and changes to hazards

I’ve continued further on with SlashR. Some small changes have been  made to hazards. Both the arrow trap and ”stone fall” now has a trigger box that triggers when the player enters it. The arrow trap will only start shooting in intervals if the player is within the trigger, the same thing applies to when the stones are released to fall.
Marcus has finished the graphics for the three hazards so I replaced my placeholder graphics and i think it looks awesome. All of the hazards […]

Basic gameplay, collectibles and changes to hazards

I’ve continued further on with SlashR. Some small changes have been  made to hazards. Both the arrow trap and ”stone fall” now has a trigger box that triggers when the player enters it. The arrow trap will only start shooting in intervals if the player is within the trigger, the same thing applies to when the stones are released to fall.
Marcus has finished the graphics for the three hazards so I replaced my placeholder graphics and i think it looks awesome. All of the hazards […]

My First Jam! 03 October

My First Jam is an event at my University and it works by getting a theme and making a game in a group in about 6-8 hours, this time everybody worked in GameMaker. Me a second year student and some friends from my class was working together in a group of six. The theme everybody got was ”Addiction X”. We started with brainstorming some ideas for a game with addiction. We came up with some different stuff but decided on […]

Hazards – Spikes and arrow trap

Today went very well, I started working on the hazards of the game and decided to start with spikes.
Spikes is just what it sounds like, a set of connecting spikes that damages the player when he enters them. Because the spikes has no solid hitbox I added a pushback to the player so he doesn’t just fall through them and take damage. The reason for not having a solid hitbox is that the player would be able to stand on top […]

Wall sliding!

Today I was busy doing other stuff and therefore I did not have much time to program. But I managed to squeeze in some time and finish the last variable for the players basic movement, wall sliding. The player now slides down slower if he is touching a wall, in comparison to just falling faster with gravity. The sliding works by applying an small upwards force when the player is touching a wall and has a negative velocity value on Y-axis.
I […]

Wall jumping!

Today I continued on Project SlashR. I decided to work on the player and his movement. I deleted the code for the movement I did last time because it felt a little bit wonky. This time I chose to handle all movement of the player with forces. When I move the joystick left and right I apply a force in that direction and when I’m not using the joystick I apply force in the opposite direction to stop the player.
Using only forces like in real life I […]