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FuzzYspo0N
17-06-2008, 04:32 PM
I cant actually say what exactly this is about exactly or what im using atm. lol i just know im looking to integrate ragdoll physics using verlet or other methods. im learning as i go tho, gimme some time to get a prototype :)

for now, u can try guess what the game will be about or like, using the title :)

DukeOFprunes
17-06-2008, 04:40 PM
Packmen = plural for pokemon? It's a game about pokemon? DEAD pokemon? Awesome!

FuzzYspo0N
17-06-2008, 04:52 PM
hahaha that would be incredibly funny, but no :) think humans (as i stated ragdoll) but yea :)

Thaumaturge
18-06-2008, 01:19 AM
This sounds interesting. ^_^

A Tetris-like game that involves ragdolls falling from the sky, with the player attempting to "pack" them in with minimal little empty space left?

A Klotski (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klotski)-like game in which one slides ragdolls around in order to allow one particular ragdoll to escape?

FuzzYspo0N
18-06-2008, 02:18 AM
haha those are great ideas thaumaturge. I actually want to enter two games in 19, i have thetime at the moment to push them, all very small scale but fun. This game actually has some great potential (pack men) which , if i can get the ragdolls to work properly, which im sure i can, i will have a really funny, fun game.

but i came up with a new idea, which is even more interesting imo, and its a different style of gameplay that i havent made in a while so i decided i want to make it. I might even pull this one out, if needs be cos the other is gonig to be randomly fun.
Keep guessing tho, if i get a few more guesses i will post my ideas i had for this game cos its really funny. watch for a new thread in about 10 min.

Thaumaturge
19-06-2008, 12:45 AM
Fair enough - although please do share the Pack Men idea now that you've had us guessing! :P

FuzzYspo0N
19-06-2008, 12:52 AM
well the other game is progressing so,

pack men was actually based on pinball.
Pinball with ragdolls, and a interesting map architecture that allows for pushing people down as well, making ppl fill the bottom. packing the guys, when the bottom fills enough there was a tetris effect which a pac man character eats all the bodies making those pacmen ghosts, and then you get another life to play with.
The aim is to keep yourself up in the air, without hitting the bodies, of course ;p

i lold

Thaumaturge
19-06-2008, 01:14 AM
*chuckles* That sounds as though it could be amusing indeed. ^_^

You say that the aim is to keep yourself in the air - is the player a rag doll? If so, are the bodies knocked to the bottom player bodies, or are they found in or introduced into the environment?

FuzzYspo0N
19-06-2008, 01:35 AM
imagine a mall, from a side cutout view as the pinball table.with flippers on the levels, each level, and then u can only use one level of flippers at a time. each level has a number of "pedestrians" standing around on the side, walking up and down etc and are waiting. Then u get a force action (rmb and lmb for direction) which affects ur guy "into"certain places, but its pretty square so u can use the flippers to knock down the largely elastic ragdoll pedestrians, and yes , u are a ragdoll, making it tricky

Thaumaturge
19-06-2008, 03:01 AM
Aah, I see - that sounds as though it could be quite fun. ^_^