Planet Generator

[Davidobot]

Just a basic planet generator. Might use it in a future project.

Controls:
Z - Toggle Shader
Space - Generate new planet

Runs LOVE 0.9.0

[jjmafiae]

it could be awesome if you decreased the size of the pixels on the planets, but great job!

[Davidobot]

it could be awesome if you decreased the size of the pixels on the planets, but great job!

They are pretty small, it's just the tiles are 64x64.

[bekey]

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[Davidobot]

Permission to use this in gravinull? That'd be great to fake balls in 2D.

Sure!

[ArchAngel075]

Great stuff!
Why does this remind me of Starmade haha....

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Actually is it possible to change the direction the balls spin in? like an angle?
Be amazing because this is EXACTLY what I would need for my upcoming remake of InsanityEngine for LOVE 0.9.0!

Permission to use for said remake if the direction change is possible?

[Davidobot]

Great stuff!
Why does this remind me of Starmade haha....

Thank you!

Actually is it possible to change the direction the balls spin in? like an angle?
Be amazing because this is EXACTLY what I would need for my upcoming remake of InsanityEngine for LOVE 0.9.0!

You can try to, I included a new version of the generator where you can mess around with the shader.

Permission to use for said remake if the direction change is possible?

And sure!

[ArchAngel075]

I have tried making the spheres "roll" in another direction, yet I can't find out what exactly controls the direction...
Any advice on where to look or can you perhaps point me at what I should change to change the direction of roll?

[Germanunkol]

Any advice on where to look or can you perhaps point me at what I should change to change the direction of roll?

It's in the shader code at the top of main.lua. There are two lines, defining number x3 and number y3.
The x3 is modified by the time value, which makes it scroll along the x-axis. For a first try, simply change the + to a - infront of time: that way it scrolls in the other direction.

If you also want to turn into the y direction, add the mod function to that line as well. Then modify the y3 value by time, just like above. For example:

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		   number x3 = mod(p2.x / (pi2) + 0.5 - time, 1.0);
		   number y3 = mod(p2.y / (pi2) + 0.5 - 2*time, 1.0);

[ArchAngel075]

Amazing!
Ive managed to tweak everything to now use player keys UHJK as WASD keys to direct the ball

I also found where position is handled.

My only concern is the direction totally relies on the v.time variable.
My goal is to be able to get an angle and convert it "into" v.time so that the angle the ball rolls in is changeable to a greater degree.

For instance, take the ball position and mouse position, get the atan2, or angle between them and make the ball roll with that angle - essentially roll towards the mouse.

The reason for this is im interested in the graphics style of BaboViolent and its simple yet functional character models.

If anyone is keen i can upload the modified .love with the changes ive made