After seeing how to create a revolute joint, it’s time to use them to create motors. Box2D already has everything we need to create such motors. The script is the same as the one I showed you in Box2D joints: Revolute Joint, and you just need to add the lines I am going to show … Box2D joints: Revolute Joint – Building motors
During the weekend I played with the blog header. In my opinion bloggers understimate the power of a rich header, and in most cases you will see only the blog title and description. I am going to show you what I did on my header, why I did it and how can you do it … New blog header: how did I make it
The game structure is getting more and more complete… now, according to the comments to Designing the structure of a Flash game – AS3 version – Part 2, you are able to return to main menu from level selection screen, level passed screen, and level failed screen. Here it is the new diagram: Moreover, I … Designing the structure of a Flash game – AS3 version – Part 3
Do you still think a minimal logo is better than a cartoonish one for an indie PROgrammer? Try to make a better cake with Nike swoosh… A lot of people said I look too much like a woman in the logo. I had two options: the first was adjusting the logo. I opted for the … Improve your brand with a logo – part 2
After introducing Distance Joints, it’s time to learn something about Revolute Joints. A Revolute Joint attaches two objects by “pinning” them together at an anchor point which they may revolve around. The most interesting thing, that I will cover in another post, is the capibility of making motors out of Revolute Joints. Yes… motors… engines… … Box2D joints: Revolute Joint
You are all invited to play SamePhysics, my first Box2D game. It’s a small milestone because it’s my first Box2D game. The game is the remake of SameGame, just using Box2D to manage the blocks. It’s not the greatest game of the year, but developing a full Box2D game made me acquire the experience to … SamePhysics – My first Box2D game
Box2D is getting more and more popular among developers, and I am proud to have the permission to publish the first source code for a complete Box2D game. The author is Esteban Gallardo, author of Free Creation Games. The game is called Phyballs And this is the source code. I have to say, this is … Phyballs: when Arkanoid meets Box2D – Full source code
Only a day after Drawing boxes on the fly in Box2D I got three submissions for drawing circles on the fly. I will list all of them, and I found interesting how different Flashers obtained the same result in quite the same way. The first to send the routine was Vitaliy Berov: This is the … Drawing circles on the fly in Box2D
Box2D is getting more and more popular among Flash developers, but it still lacks of adeguate tutorials and documentation about making games with it. Andrew McGrath from Gamersgarden released a great tutorial about drawing boxes on the fly on Box2D. Every detail of the script is fully commented, so you won’t miss anything, and you … Drawing boxes on the fly in Box2D
One of the most interesting Box2D features are joints. Joints are used to constraint two bodies together in various ways and allow you to create very complex objects such as ragdolls and motors. At the moment, Box2D features six different joint types: Distance, Gear, Mouse, Prismatic, Pulley and Revolute joint. In this post, we’ll learn … Box2D joints: Distance Joint
When you are running a blog for some time, you will have more and more contents to display, and the same space where to make them fit. That’s why a lot of latest WordPress themes feature tabbed navigation to save space. This screenshot refers to Linoluna theme, but there are thousands more using this kind … Adding tabs easily in your WordPress theme
I added some new features to Designing the structure of a Flash game – AS3 version game template and wanted to share the result with you. Now the diagram is a little more complex, and it still lacks of some important features such as savegames and high scores. Let’s look at the new diagram (if … Designing the structure of a Flash game – AS3 version – Part 2
