[WIP]Lua Adhoc project/smash bros style game

[waywardson]

Hi everyone i am working on a smash bros style game... it will have adhoc capabilities and is coded in Lua::
here is a video of my progress so far ...
(the blue block represents the player on the other psp)
i am open to suggestions on anything ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzFhdCM7lGs

enjoy

[xXChromeXx]

Originally Posted by waywardson

Hi everyone i am working on a smash bros style game... it will have adhoc capabilities and is coded in Lua::
here is a video of my progress so far ...
(the blue block represents the player on the other psp)
i am open to suggestions on anything ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzFhdCM7lGs

enjoy

This looks awesome

[Anti-QuickJay]

Looks very good.
Keep up the great work.

[dan369]

Nice, Have You got a Single Player Tournament mode in mind?
Player Character Selection.
Make the Square something else lol (i know your gunna change it lol)
Collision Between Both Player's
Apart from That Really Nice

[FaT3oYCG]

looking good, i started making the same game but as usual got bored, make a lobby sort of thing that the players join, each player presses start to change their mode, ready/not ready, and make sure you send the settings for which player should use which sprite in the lobby. send the players x and y co-ordinates to the other psp and not adjust the blocks x and y because the other psp sent that, it works better that way.

that probalbly doesnt make sense lol but i hope you sort of understand what im saying.

basically send all the basic information before the game starts. i.e. what character each player has chosen.

[waywardson]

Originally Posted by dan369

Nice, Have You got a Single Player Tournament mode in mind?
Player Character Selection.
Make the Square something else lol (i know your gunna change it lol)
Collision Between Both Player's
Apart from That Really Nice

yeah all that will be added ... this thread was started to demonstrate the adhoc..:]
all in due time:P

[wicked_fable]

That is pretty cool waywardson. I hope you can get this finished before getting bored with it.

Would it be possible to see the code for this? I would love to see how this works exactly as I have not even begun to work on any wi-fi things yet.

[waywardson]

Originally Posted by wicked_fable

That is pretty cool waywardson. I hope you can get this finished before getting bored with it.

Would it be possible to see the code for this? I would love to see how this works exactly as I have not even begun to work on any wi-fi things yet.

sure here is the adhoc function used in that vid:::
(note that it is verry crude at the moment as i was just tessing if id be able to do this..)

function adhoc()
--initiating adhoc
if Adhoc.getState()==0 then 
	adhocstate="OFF"
	if pad:r() and not oldpad:r() then Adhoc.init() Adhoc.connect() end
elseif Adhoc.getState()==1 then
	adhocstate="ON" 
	if pad:r() and not oldpad:r() then Adhoc.term() end
end
screen:print(0,30,"ADHOC:"..adhocstate,white)
if adhocstate=="ON" then
---sending data
outdata = "X"..player.x.."Y"..player.y.."N"..name.."L"
Adhoc.send(outdata)
--receiving data
indata=Adhoc.recv()
	xpo=string.find(indata, "X")
	ypo=string.find(indata, "Y")
	npo=string.find(indata, "N")
	lpo=string.find(indata, "L")
	if xpo==nil then
	else
--player 2 x
	p2x=string.sub(indata,(xpo+1),(ypo-1))
	tonumber(p2x)
--player 2 y
	p2y=string.sub(indata,(ypo+1),(npo-1))
	tonumber(p2y)
--lobyname
	lobyname=string.sub(indata, (npo+1),(lpo-1))
	end
end
end

[Mraellis]

Looks like a great start waywardson. Good luck with this. The psp needs a good adhoc fighter brew.

[xXChromeXx]

Will it be WiFi or just psp to psp?

[waywardson]

Originally Posted by xXChromeXx

Will it be WiFi or just psp to psp?

as of now just adhoc (between two psp's near by)

[FaT3oYCG]

lol wifi would be so laggy, psp to psp will be great tho, you could even smash smash bro's and have 8 players if you coded it right

[MiKeY188]

Originally Posted by FaT3oYCG

lol wifi would be so laggy, psp to psp will be great tho, you could even smash smash bro's and have 8 players if you coded it right

That would be awesome!

GL and hope to see a release.

[wicked_fable]

Thanks for letting us check out that adhoc function. It actually doesn't look as hard as I expected it to be, though, I can't say anything for when you are finished with it.

Keep up the good work. I can't wait to try this out. Ha, this is one [WIP] thread I'll definitely be checking back on.

[TurtlesPwn]

"lol wifi would be so laggy"

lol youve never played wedge racer

[lukespalding]

Originally Posted by waywardson

Hi everyone i am working on a smash bros style game... it will have adhoc capabilities and is coded in Lua::
here is a video of my progress so far ...
(the blue block represents the player on the other psp)
i am open to suggestions on anything ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzFhdCM7lGs

enjoy

WOW that is mint i'm so loving it i want to play it now
Keep up the good work dude

Luke
PS:if you need a beta tester give me a bell, id be delighted to help

[Da_MerV]

Mmmm looks delicious. Questions for you: more than 2 players? less than 2 players? is the collision map hard coded? how does your collision system work? will you have multiple arenas? will you have a dynamic camera (focus moves)? what other ssb features do you plan (character select screen etc)?

If you need any coding help, PM me, always willing to help out.

[slicer4ever]

hmm, i wonder why you used a blue block to represent the other psp, probably could have just blitted the same char over, but anywho looks nice, also as DA_merv asked, is the collision map hard-coded, or have you already begun working on a map loader?

[wicked_fable]

Originally Posted by slicer4ever

hmm, i wonder why you used a blue block to represent the other psp, probably could have just blitted the same char over, but anywho looks nice, also as DA_merv asked, is the collision map hard-coded, or have you already begun working on a map loader?

I was wondering the same as well, but it is possible he just didn't get around to it as to make it look proper he would need to make it animate which I presume takes a little more work.

[FaT3oYCG]

or maybe he has only made the sprite for one character so used a blue block for the example so we could tell the difference more easily. i would hope that the collisions will be based on collision maps that can be loaded into the game, such as F for floor and A for air space etc. so people can easily make a map.

it might look something like this.

FFAAAAAFF
AAAAAAAA
AAAFFAAA
AAAAAAAA
FFFFFFFFF

but that is just a suggestion.

[Nielkie]

Ascii maps FTL.

Anyway, nah. This kind of game is more suited to be object-based. Tile maps would just limit its flexibility.

[waywardson]

Originally Posted by FaT3oYCG

or maybe he has only made the sprite for one character so used a blue block for the example so we could tell the difference more easily. i would hope that the collisions will be based on collision maps that can be loaded into the game, such as F for floor and A for air space etc. so people can easily make a map.

it might look something like this.

FFAAAAAFF
AAAAAAAA
AAAFFAAA
AAAAAAAA
FFFFFFFFF

but that is just a suggestion.

yeah at the moment i have only one character so i didnt want to confuse the two... it was normal link but i recolored him to shadow link :P (looks cooler as shadow link!!!)
but i will get more characters in there :]

[Da_MerV]

So what about the collision map? Or any other of my questions?

[Slasher]

Originally Posted by Nielkie

Ascii maps FTL.

Anyway, nah. This kind of game is more suited to be object-based. Tile maps would just limit its flexibility.

Are you kidding me? Tile maps are perfect for being object based. I think it would suit this style of game perfectly.

[FaT3oYCG]

Originally Posted by Slasher

Are you kidding me? Tile maps are perfect for being object based. I think it would suit this style of game perfectly.

that is what i thought, you could simply make it so that a player can stand on a certan letter of an ascii map e.g. F for floor like i said, and just interperet the F with a floor tile, you can even use multiple letters, i was messing arround with ascii maps before just to see how i could get them to work it isnt very good but here is what i got.

Download: http://www.psp-networks.ath.cx/files...p_gen_test.rar

i was just basically testing the logic behind what i thought, i strongly advise noone to use that code as its crap becuse as i said i was just testing it.

[xXChromeXx]

Are there any good tile map tutorials?

[Da_MerV]

Originally Posted by xXChromeXx

Are there any good tile map tutorials?

I vaguely remember a pacman themed one. But why don't you just code your own. I did that for Let's Roll! and it turned out to be pretty fast. It was hard coded to 8x8 maps but you could easily change it to anything, even dynamic.

[FaT3oYCG]

i just made another one that would maybe suit this sort of game more, i only spent half an hour on it including making the images but for anyone who wants a look

Download http://psp-networks.ath.cx/files/dow...gen_test_2.rar

it would be good if this game was created like this because it would make it easy for people to make their own maps.

[Da_MerV]

Originally Posted by FaT3oYCG

i just made another one that would maybe suit this sort of game more, i only spent half an hour on it including making the images but for anyone who wants a look

Download http://psp-networks.ath.cx/files/dow...gen_test_2.rar

it would be good if this game was created like this because it would make it easy for people to make their own maps.

I just took a look at your code. That would waste a HUGE amount of ram. Its making a copy of a tile for every position. Also, thats not an ASCII based tile generator, its built off a table, which also means it might be a bit more difficult to edit or create your own. And it has no collision detection. But I'm not trying to flame you, clean it up and you can make your point. waywardson has some problems with his code too.

[xXChromeXx]

Originally Posted by Da_MerV

I vaguely remember a pacman themed one. But why don't you just code your own. I did that for Let's Roll! and it turned out to be pretty fast. It was hard coded to 8x8 maps but you could easily change it to anything, even dynamic.

I don't understand tile maps??? Thats why im asking for a tutorial or even an explanation??