Prototype of a Flash game like Floaty Light

Do we really need another “move a ball in some way from A to B avoiding C” game?

Noooooooo… but it seems two or three people still like this kind of games, so the new torture branded Game Garage is Floaty Light.

Just kidding, of course.

I made this prototype using the gravity and speed as described in the Flash game creation tutorial – part 1 post, the collision detection as shown in the Create a flash draw game like Line Rider or others – part 2 post and the control system already seen at A new player control concept, with only a minor change.

As said, nothing new, but it’s an interesting concept anyway

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_root.attachMovie("ball", "ball", _root.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:50, _y:50});
_root.attachMovie("wall", "wall", _root.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:240, _y:200});
_root.attachMovie("arrow", "arrow", _root.getNextHighestDepth());
moving = false;
gravity = 0.01;
xspeed = 0;
yspeed = 0;
precision = 24;
radius = 15;
Mouse.hide();
arrow.onEnterFrame = function() {
	this._x = _xmouse;
	this._y = _ymouse;
	dist_x = ball._x-this._x;
	dist_y = ball._y-this._y;
	total_dist = Math.sqrt(dist_x*dist_x+dist_y*dist_y);
	if (total_dist>300) {
		total_dist = 300;
	}
	total_dist = (300-total_dist)/500;
	angle = Math.atan2(dist_y, dist_x);
	this._rotation = angle*57.2957795;
};
ball.onEnterFrame = function() {
	if (moving) {
		dir = arrow._rotation;
		xspeed += total_dist*Math.cos(dir*0.0174532925);
		yspeed += total_dist*Math.sin(dir*0.0174532925);
	}
	yspeed += gravity;
	this._x += xspeed;
	this._y += yspeed;
	xspeed *= 0.99;
	yspeed *= 0.99;
	for (x=1; x<precision; x++) {
		spot_x = this._x+radius*Math.sin(x*360/precision*0.0174532925);
		spot_y = this._y-radius*Math.cos(x*360/precision*0.0174532925);
		if (wall.hitTest(spot_x, spot_y, true)) {
			xspeed = 0;
			yspeed = 0;
			this._x = 50;
			this._y = 50;
		}
	}
};
_root.onMouseDown = function() {
	moving = true;
};
_root.onMouseUp = function() {
	moving = false;
};

Let’s play it!

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10 Responses

1. Jack Hopkisn says:

   May 7, 2008 at 7:54 pm

   awesome work!
   btw, why did you use 0.0174532925 where you could have used radians?

   Reply
2. JDog says:

   May 7, 2008 at 9:47 pm

   Thats really good ! I think of it more as a clone of Nitrome’s Hot Air !

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3. Maniac says:

   May 9, 2008 at 9:17 pm

   It’s nice, but…How do you give the game “lives”, time-based scoring, and a game-over screen when you run out of lives? O_o?

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4. Quintus says:

   May 10, 2008 at 10:58 pm

   Your Cewl! :D

   Reply
5. Amy says:

   May 14, 2008 at 12:57 am

   It’s good but how do you make it go to different levels and add lives etc?

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6. Nate says:

   May 17, 2008 at 7:36 pm

   @Amy

   He does this on purpose, you are supposed to do that stuff yourself, he doesn’t want to just give you a game, your supposed to work on it!

   Reply
7. gartman222 says:

   May 17, 2008 at 8:24 pm

   i have an idea for a game. (mumbles)

   Reply
8. Amy says:

   May 24, 2008 at 10:49 pm

   Im a newbie at coding, i can normally figure it out myself but this type of game confuses me alot.

   Reply
9. JulianDoom says:

   June 9, 2008 at 5:20 am

   Very similar to this:
   http://ripe-cheese.deviantart.com/art/BALL-MAZE-BETA-47144115

   Reply
10. Eduardo Brito says:

    May 3, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    hello I am Brazilian, he was seeing his site and I liked a lot, I adored the tutorial!

    Reply