Re: [Super-tux-devel] Stalactite bad guy [patch]

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 03:35:54AM +0000, Ricardo Cruz wrote:
> When the stalactites hit the ground, maybe there should be an animation, not 
> just a static image. Should be added in future for all bad guys.

In BoboBot, I also have a stalactite enemy (it doesn't shake, though).
When it hits the ground, it shatters into little ice-cube fragments.

Imagine if it were made of glass, it would do the same.


I haven't looked, but I'd like to suggest that the stalactite (and broken
ice) images have some level of transparency (more towards the center, none
on the "V"-shaped edges), which would allow the background to show through.


If we were being REALLY fancy, we could hand-code a blur routine that would
actually give more of a glass effect.  But, since the graphics will be
relatively small, blurring is relatively expensive, and it will eventually
all be moving so fast, I don't think it's worth it...

-bill!
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