The actual physics processing is done in _integrate_forces, but I set the flags to turn thrust on/off outside of that. I think this is where the discrepancy in the time-step is causing me problems.
I switched from 'add_constant_central_force()' to 'apply_central_impulse()' and it appears to have fixed it, but now I need to figure out how to integrate the "burn duration" slider back in. (it was just an await() to reset the constant force, but I didn't want to move that into _integrate_forces())
oh geeze, I found the bug that pulls it to the right.
The rocket physics is pretty basic. I don't do anything hand-rolled. Its just a rigidbody physics object that I apply some force to and let the physics engine handle the rest. But, I also applied a constant force to it so the player doesn't slow down too much for the longer levels. The problem is, I forgot to rotate that constant force in the direction of travel. It doesn't fix the determinism, but its still something.
Your upgrade menu is very well done. It has a very good sci-fi feeling with the popup animations. It wouldn't let me pan around until after I had purchased something each round, but that didn't prevent me for getting all of the upgrades eventually.
The start was very slow, but once I got the first speed and health upgrades it was smooth sailing.
Yeah, I should have spent a little more time tweaking the controls. Or just had someone play-test it during the jam to show me it was a problem worth spending time on (It's my first jam, so, live and learn). I already implemented 2 of your suggestions for a post-jam upload. I may do the last one just to learn text boxes and how validating input works in godot.
I have no idea how to fix the non-determinism. I stripped down the code to bare bones and couldn't find where it was coming from. It just pulls to the right; which is noticeable in a game that relies on a bit of precision. I may try reproducing it on a blank project to see if it's me or the physics engine.
Thanks for playing my game, I appreciate the feedback
That was pretty cool. One of the few games I played more than a couple of rounds of.
The wolves don't seem to obey the movement restrictions of the tiles, which prevents players from playing defensively. I was also able to place the wolves that I drew well behind me, so those ones weren't a problem.
That's actually a pretty good solution. I tried making the sliders longer, but it only helped so much. The angle slider only really needs to go from 0 to 90 and not -90 to 90, so that would have helped a lot there too
This was really cool. I found fuel a little hard to come by though. I think that probably could have been mitigated by having less drag on the ship when floating between worlds. get players thinking about fuel conservation and planning where to fly.
Took me a while to figure out breaking the ice wall by slamming next to it. It gave me some portal vibes though, which was nice. Now I want to go replay that game again.
Thanks! I wanted to put in some kind of planet atmosphere looking effect to show where the gravity was, but it ultimately got cut in favor of more levels.
