Will of Nature is a game that has been made in roughly 14 days as a college project with 14 other students.
The game is about a waterdrop that has to manoeuvre through a series of levels where puzzles have to be solved to continue.
These puzzles are solveable by influences from different environmental effects to turn you into ice, or vaporize yourself in a cloud.
In this project I was the technical lead of 3 other programmers, with my main task of having an oversight of what was going on, deciding on implementation choices and bringing design choices/changes through for proper implementation. Next to a lead role I also spent time on general gameplay programming, animation and the effects.
Code Snippits
void Player::UpdateStateWater()
{
// Not every line of code is done by me.
XboxController * controller = Framework::GetApplication()->GetController();
Keyboard* keyboard = Framework::GetApplication()->GetKeyboard();
const bool leftkey = keyboard->GetKey(Keys::PlayerMoveLeft) ||
keyboard->GetKey(Keys::PlayerMoveLeftA)||
controller->GetLeftThumbStateXI() < 0;
const bool rightkey = keyboard->GetKey(Keys::PlayerMoveRight)||
keyboard->GetKey(Keys::PlayerMoveRightD) ||
controller->GetLeftThumbStateXI() > 0;
const bool jumpkey = keyboard->GetKey(Keys::PlayerJump)||
controller->GetButtonState(Keys::PlayerControlerJump);
const bool keydown = keyboard->GetKey(Keys::PlayerMoveDown) ||
keyboard->GetKey(Keys::PlayerMoveDownS)||
(controller->GetLeftThumbStateYI() < 0);
const bool keyup = keyboard->GetKey(Keys::PlayerMoveUp) ||
keyboard->GetKey(Keys::PlayerMoveUpW)||
(controller->GetLeftThumbStateYI() > 0);
const bool keydrop = keyboard->GetKey(Keys::PlayerDropItem) ||
controller->GetButtonState(Keys::PlayerControlerDrop);
mIsRainingDown = false;
// Only movement behavior in here
FVector3 disp;
//plant stuff
std::vector<Plant*>& plantvec = mLevel->GetPlants();
std::vector<Plant*>::iterator plantit = plantvec.begin();
Plant* CurrentClimbing = NULL;
bool ontop = false;
if (mPhysChar->isJump()==false)
{
for (; plantit < plantvec.end();++plantit)
{
Plant * currentplant = (*plantit);
if (currentplant->IsTouching(mPosition))
{
CurrentClimbing = currentplant;
break;
}
}
}
if (CurrentClimbing == NULL)
{
mPhysChar->ToggleGravity(true);
}
else
{
if (keyup)
{
mPhysChar->ToggleGravity(false);
disp.y += PlayerClimbSpeed;
mPlayerMesh->SetAnimation("MainCharClimb");
}
else if (keydown)
{
mPhysChar->ToggleGravity(false);
disp.y -= PlayerClimbSpeed;
mPlayerMesh->SetAnimation("MainCharClimb");
}
else
{
mPlayerMesh->SetAnimation("MainCharIdle");
}
}
if(Framework::GetApplication()->GetCamera() == mCamera)
{
if (leftkey)
{
disp.x = PlayerSpeedWater;
if(!jumpkey)
{
mPlayerMesh->SetAnimation("MainCharRun");
mAnimationSpeedModifier = .17f;
}
mGoingRight = false;
}
else if (rightkey)
{
disp.x = -PlayerSpeedWater;
if(!jumpkey && !mWasJumping)
{
mPlayerMesh->SetAnimation("MainCharRun");
mAnimationSpeedModifier = .17f;
}
mGoingRight = true;
}
else if(mPlayerMesh->GetCurrentAnimation() != mPlayerMesh->GetAnimation("MainCharIdle") && CurrentClimbing == NULL)
{
mPlayerMesh->SetAnimation("MainCharIdle");
}
if (CurrentClimbing == NULL && jumpkey)
{
mPhysChar->Jump();
}
if(CurrentClimbing == NULL && (mPhysChar->getStatus() == PhysXCharacter::CHAR_STARTJUMP || mPhysChar->getStatus() == PhysXCharacter::CHAR_JUMPING))
{
mPlayerMesh->SetAnimation("MainCharJump");
}
if(mPhysChar->getStatus() == PhysXCharacter::CHAR_STARTJUMP)
{
if(!sndWaterJump->IsPlaying())
sndWaterJump->Play(false);
}
if(mPhysChar->getStatus() == PhysXCharacter::CHAR_FALLING)
if(mPlayerMesh->GetCurrentAnimation() != mPlayerMesh->GetAnimation("MainCharJump"))
{
mPlayerMesh->SetAnimation("MainCharJump");
mPlayerMesh->GetCurrentAnimation()->SetTime(0.20);
}
if(mPhysChar->getStatus() == PhysXCharacter::CHAR_HITGROUND)
{
if(!sndWaterLand->IsPlaying())
sndWaterLand->Play(false);
mPlayerMesh->GetAnimation("MainCharJump")->Reset();
if(leftkey || rightkey)
{
mPlayerMesh->SetAnimation("MainCharRun");
mAnimationSpeedModifier = 0.17f;
}
else
mPlayerMesh->SetAnimation("MainCharIdle");
}
}
mPhysChar->setFriction(FrictionNormal); //.1f --> tweakable var
mPhysChar->Update(disp);
mPosition = mPhysChar->GetPosition();
mPosition.y -= 4.5f;
mPlayerMesh->SetPosition(mPosition);
mCamera->SetCameraSetting(ThirdPersonCamera::CAM_NORMAL);
// drop item ?
mHasDroppedItem = 0;
if(keydrop && mInventoryItem)
{
mHasDroppedItem = mInventoryItem->getItemType();
mLastDropped = getInventoryItem();
mInventoryItem->dropItem();
mInventoryItem = 0;
}
//If player has free inventory slot, update and find a collidable item
if(getInventoryItem() == 0)
{
Item* newItem = 0;
std::vector<Item*>& itemptr = mLevel->GetItemList();
std::vector<Item*>::iterator it = itemptr.begin();
for(; it < itemptr.end(); it++)
{
if((*it)->IsPickupable() && ((*it)->getItemType() == Item::ITEM_SEED || (*it)->getItemType() == Item::ITEM_WOOD))
{
float dist = (*it)->getDistance(GetPosition());
if(dist < 0)
{
newItem = (*it);
break;
}
}
}
//if we found a collided, do stuff with it
if(newItem != 0)
{
setInventoryItem(newItem);
newItem->GetParticle()->Hide();
sndItemPickup->Play();
}
}
//If ice, do stuff
if(mPhysChar->GetGroundType() == ICE)
{
gTrace("Player water entered Ice, converting!");
setPlayerChangeState(Player::ChangeWaterToIce);
}
}
void Player::UpdateStateIce()
{
// Not every line of code is done by me.
XboxController * controller = Framework::GetApplication()->GetController();
Keyboard* keyboard = Framework::GetApplication()->GetKeyboard();
const bool leftkey = keyboard->GetKey(Keys::PlayerMoveLeft) ||
keyboard->GetKey(Keys::PlayerMoveLeftA)||
controller->GetLeftThumbStateXI() < 0;
const bool rightkey = keyboard->GetKey(Keys::PlayerMoveRight)||
keyboard->GetKey(Keys::PlayerMoveRightD) ||
controller->GetLeftThumbStateXI() > 0;
const bool jumpkey = keyboard->GetKey(Keys::PlayerJump)||
controller->GetButtonState(Keys::PlayerControlerJump);
mIsRainingDown = false;
// Only movement behavior in here
FVector3 disp;
if(Framework::GetApplication()->GetCamera() == mCamera)
{
if(jumpkey)
{
mPlayerMesh->SetAnimation("MainCharIceJump");
}
float speed = mPhysChar->GetVelocity().x;
float maxspeed = 120;
if (leftkey)
{
disp.x = PlayerSpeedIce;
mGoingRight = false;
if(speed > maxspeed || speed < -maxspeed) mPlayerMesh->SetAnimation("MainCharIceRunFaster");
else mPlayerMesh->SetAnimation("MainCharIceRun");
}
else if (rightkey)
{
disp.x = -PlayerSpeedIce;
mGoingRight = true;
if(speed > maxspeed || speed < -maxspeed) mPlayerMesh->SetAnimation("MainCharIceRunFaster");
else mPlayerMesh->SetAnimation("MainCharIceRun");
}
else
{
if (mPlayerMesh->GetCurrentAnimation() == mPlayerMesh->GetAnimation("MainCharIceJump"))
{
if(mPlayerMesh->GetAnimation("MainCharIceJump")->IsDone())
{
mPlayerMesh->SetAnimation("MainCharIceIdle");
mPlayerMesh->GetAnimation("MainCharIceJump")->Reset();
}
}
else
{
mPlayerMesh->SetAnimation("MainCharIceIdle");
}
}
if (leftkey) disp.x = PlayerSpeedIce;
else if (rightkey) disp.x = -PlayerSpeedIce;
}
PhysXGroundType ground = mPhysChar->GetGroundType();
if(ground == NORMAL) mPhysChar->setFriction(FrictionNormal);
if(ground == HOT) mPhysChar->setFriction(FrictionIce);
else mPhysChar->setFriction(FrictionRest);
mPhysChar->Update(disp);
mPosition = mPhysChar->GetPosition();
mPosition.y -= 4.5f;
mPlayerMesh->SetPosition(mPosition);
mCamera->SetCameraSetting(ThirdPersonCamera::CAM_ICE);
// if (ground == SPECIAL)
// mSpecialHit = true;
// else mSpecialHit = false;
if (ground == BREAKWALL)
{
mWallHit = true;
}
else mWallHit = false;
mIce->SetPosition(mPosition);
if(ground == HOT)
{
setPlayerChangeState(Player::ChangeIceToWater);
}
}