Tumblr (3.0; @dovebomb)http://dovebomb.com/<p>Colliding penguins has turned out to be more complicated than I initially thought.</p> <p>There are two different types of collisions: one where penguins are moving into the same space and one where two penguins are facing and each is trying to get to the space that the other occupies.</p> <p>What should happen to the penguins after they collide? Should they reverse directions? What if it is not a head-on collision (i.e. they are both moving into the same cell, one moving vertically and one moving horizontally)?  Reversing directions doesn’t make sense for a realistic collision, but anything else could be confusing from a gameplay point of view.</p> <p>What should happen if multiple penguins collide from different directions?</p> <p>What should happen when penguins of different sizes collide?  Should a big penguin push a small penguin, instead of reversing direction?</p> <p>There is also the possibility of collisions that result in a traffic jam - one penguin in the collision should reverse direction, but can’t because that would mean a head-on collision with another penguin in that direction.</p> <p>For now, I want to simplify things so that the result of a collision can easily be predicted by the player.  A few ideas:</p> <ul><li>all collisions are ‘fatal’ and the penguins stop.  This would mean that collisions could not be part of a puzzle’s solution, so I’d prefer to avoid this for now.</li> <li>collisions involving more than two penguins are fatal (easy to remember)</li> <li>size of penguins in the collision does not matter (easy to remember, but it might look a bit unbelievable).</li> </ul>http://dovebomb.com/post/13822736514http://dovebomb.com/post/13822736514Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:25:20 +1100ppp<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luofwvTxMD1r49gs1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://dovebomb.com/post/12812836278http://dovebomb.com/post/12812836278Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:55:43 +1100<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu9t6kNWnA1r49gs1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Penguin stand-ins</p>http://dovebomb.com/post/12453616285http://dovebomb.com/post/12453616285Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:18:20 +1100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltgtchSe931r49gs1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Misoshiru bowls for Sarah and I, “I eat a lot” and “I like shower”.</p>http://dovebomb.com/post/11768960639http://dovebomb.com/post/11768960639Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:31:29 +1100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt39lxDHLr1r49gs1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://dovebomb.com/post/11465339753http://dovebomb.com/post/11465339753Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:56:21 +1100