pzyu/gip2017

GIP Game Jam 2017

gip2017's Issues

Twisting of tiles

Tiles will be able to twist in a 2 by 2 manner, either clockwise or counter clockwise.
Orientation of tiles should remain the same

Original	Clockwise Twist	Counter Clockwise Twist
A B C D	C A D B	B C A D

Look for sound assets

Effect	Source
Tile selection	-
Tile rotation	-
Player movement	-
Enemy movement	-

More to be added

Decide on controls

Perhaps more intuitive to keep all controls on the mouse, rather than having certain actions done on the keyboard, and some on the mouse.

Also a lot easier to port to mobile if necessary

Idea 1:

Action	Controls
Moving player	Left clicking on any adjacent tile
Twisting tiles	Dragging motion from any tile
Rotating tile	Right clicking on active tile

Idea 2:

Action	Controls
Moving player	WASD
Twisting tiles	Make 2x2 selection based on mouse position, then drag to twist
Rotating tile	Clicking twice to select a single tile, then rotate

Idea 3:

Action	Controls
Moving player	WASD
Twisting tiles	Selecting/dragging order of tiles
Rotating tile	Clicking on left/right arrows that hover over player

TileManager to generate map

5x5 map can be represented in a text file without the headers
A fixed path can be given by creating a path of 1s from the starting point A0 to end E4

	A	B	C	D	E
0	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0
2	0	1	1	0	0
3	0	0	1	0	0
4	0	0	1	1	1

Tiles with 1 can be assigned with a random tile that is connected to its adjacent tiles
Tiles with 0 can be assigned with any random tile

	A	B	C	D	E
0	║	╔	╩	╠	╬
1	╩	╬	╔	╩	╠
2	═	╠	╗	═	╔
3	╬	╔	╬	╔	╠
4	╩	═	╩	═	╗

Fixed path is still the same

Likewise, relics and enemies can be represented using characters in the desired coordinates

Tile rotation

Tentative bit manipulation to represent North East South West orientation
Only byte because there's no half-byte

For a pipe tile:

Style	Representation
Graphical	═
N E S W	F T F T
Byte	00110011

Dumbass byte rotation:
http://rextester.com/UTG73995

Create software architecture

Tile

• An individual tile, rotation functionality

TileManager

• Contains matrix of Tiles to keep track of position, twist functionality

Map

• Contains 1 TileManager, 1 Player, X Enemy

Logic

• Controls turns, and handle scores

Player

• Movement and Controls

Enemy

• Movement and pathfinding (ideally computed on enemy turn, so no waste in recalculating tentative board

Relics

• Collision to check if Player or Enemy has entered, then add score or spawn new enemy respectively

UI

• Updates graphics in game to match map, skills indicator

Controls

• Signal & events??

Movement

• Asks TileManager if movable, if so allow controller which can be either Player or Enemy to move

Create art assets

Art assets needed for:

Animated components	Placeholder
Player
Enemy
Relic

Static components	Placeholder
Pipe
Cross
T
Left corner
Dead end
Skills