hi im benr,come to my forum later then we can talk

Okay, I've finished implementing friction and restitution. I'll be posting Engine Prototype 05 tomorrow. Right now I'm too tired to do anything...

: D

Ha, I just redid my restitution code, and it feels a lot better now. I think. It's hard to tell.

Anyway, I noticed a few issues with friction, and I'll try fixing that up now before I release the prototype.

Update:
Yikes, this friction stuff is taking a long time. It will probably be another hour or two before I finish it...

you know, ever since i first joined, i posted here. You've done great job, man. hope that you'll be able to finish this.

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you know, ever since i first joined, i posted here. You've done great job, man. hope that you'll be able to finish this.

Thank you. I hope so too. :)

Anyway, the forums were down yesterday so I couldn't post this, but now here you go:



Also posted on the Dejeweled Development Blog.

The physics engine seems legit, I'm glad that you are following through with this project.

wow that was the funnest prototype youve done so far :D, great work as always

Thank you both, I appreciate the support. :)

By the way, I just made a new update to the prototype - it now has more realistic friction, proportional to the normal force so objects will slow down more the harder they are pressed together. There is also static friction now, so objects can balance on each other for a while before sliding down.

You can try it and see if you notice any difference - Engine Prototype 05. You may have to refresh the page if you tried it earlier, to make sure you load the newest version of the file. :)

That's awesome. Good work, Axcho.
What's next on your list?

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That's awesome. Good work, Axcho.
What's next on your list?

Thank you. Well, next up would be some reorganization and optimization - using object pools and spatial hashing to speed up the collision detection and such. To test that out I'll make a prototype where you can create a lot of objects that all collide together, to push the limits of the engine that way.

And after that I'm going to tackle continuous collision detection, so objects won't pass through each other even when they are moving fast. That will help a lot with the realism and such.

I just released another update to the prototype, by the way, fixing some issues with static friction and making the kinetic friction calculation somewhat more efficient. :)

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Wow!

I can't wait to see the finished product.
Oh, I have a question.
When you finish this game, will you require the people to buy it?
(I never saw that this question was answered yet)

The game will be free to play, probably with preloader ads like most Flash games.

The worst we'll do is have special items or something that you can buy for small amounts of money, but we haven't decided on that yet. We might also do something like Fantastic Contraption, where you can pay extra to participate in the level-sharing community on the website or something. But for Dejeweled, sharing contraptions would most likely be free for everyone. We'd probably come up with a different sort of special feature that would be worth paying for. Any suggestions? :)

i got an idea for the paying thing, you can pay for scripting engine access (kinda like interactive buddy, except that was free) and get a sandbox where you can draw anything and it collides with the guy

Very well done, axcho. I have tried your latest Engine Prototype- 05 and I'm quite impressed. I hope you keep working on this and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Will there be a kind of an 'Upgrade Shop' where you can improve your building materials? I.E: For the girders you start out with wood, then go to tin, concrete, iron, steel, etc.?