Finally got the spinning crate sorted thanks to some pointers from very helpful Twitter user @grayhaze.
Seems obvious when you think about it but really the cube should get wider whilst it spins, not narrower as I had it (unless the perspective was ridiculously exaggerated). Another good tip from @grayhaze was to try drawing things from the top when approaching problems like this – if I’d have done that in the first place I wouldn’t have wasted anything like as much time.
So with that in mind I was able to create a ‘flat on’ spinning crate without having to add any perspective – and it doesn’t look like a page turning!
Next task was to actually make the weapon swap happen which, whilst pretty straightforward, involved a lot of setting up of additional classes and code restructuring so was fairly time consuming – note the way the weapon attachment on the jetboard changes in the GIF on the right.
I’m glad this has been put to bed now. Now I need to do some proper work on the enemies which is going to involve even more code restructuring (groan) so you may well not hear from me for a while…
Dev Time: 1 day
Total Dev Time: approx 24.5 days
It Should Get Wider, Stupid!!
Weapon Exchange Sequence Finally Done
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