Re: [Super-tux-devel] Quick test

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

On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 12:51:22AM +0100, Ricardo Cruz wrote:
> 
>  Well, I don't think those flamming would be very nice to implement (at least, 
> in the SDL frontend), because we had either to have lots of different angles 
> from it or rotate it during the game...

No!  Just do it like in Super Mario Bros!  Use a bunch of little round pieces.
:^)

e.g.:

   o
    o
     o
      o
  =====o=====

and:

       o
       o
       o
       o
  =====o=====

are both made out of 5 of the same sprite ("o") :^)


I mean, they could be animated (pulsating, flaming, etc.), but they don't
need to rotate, and we CERTAINLY don't need to make 360 degrees of some
200x200 shape. :^)  Just 1 degree of a small 16x16 or 32x32 shape. ;^)
(Like we have now!)


I do admit that sometimes having a 'safe spot' is good, e.g.:


       o


       x      <-- tux can stand there (maybe ducking) and not get hit
  =====o=====


But I still kind of like the 'flames shooting out' idea, so perhaps we can
have two kinds of rotating fireballs in the castles?

-bill!