Just a couple game fragments, really – prototypes, if you will; but some fun nonetheless, and it’s always good to tinker with new ideas…

After working on some various filters for Starling (cf. the last two posts here), I was itching to make something that actually used one. So, that in mind, here’s a little top-down-shoot-a zombie-with-a-flame-thrower game that makes use of the SpotlightFilter from when last I wrote: Zombie Roast.

Also, since Away3D 4 made its official debut and added the ability to combine itself with Starling, I’ve been wanting to do something with that awesome combination. And that led to this little Tron like Light Cycle game idea (the scrolling background is Starling, while the bikes, of course are in Away3D).

Anyway, that’s what I’ve been up to whilst waiting for the axe to fall…

Bonus:

Here’s one more Starling Framework filter for y’all: MotionBlur. You can see an example in action here. There’s actually two drawbacks to this filter: it will only work in the ‘Baseline’ profile (not ‘BaselineConstrained’); and, to avoid image clipping, it requires a lot of empty space around what you want to blur (e.g. in the example, the image is a 300×300 png with a 150×150 image centered in the transparency). Those issues aside, though, it’s a nice effect and you’re free to use it if you’d like…

UPDATE:

Following the advice in the comments from PrimaryFeather, I have made use of the marginX and marginY properties so that it is no longer necessary to surround your objects-to-be-blurred with copious amounts of transparent space. It’s a bit hacky, but from testing, it seems to work fine. If you run across problems though, post ’em and I’ll see what I can do. I also, put up a new example compiled with the new class file. You can use the sliders to adjust the amount and angle properties and get a good look on what exactly’s going on..

/** * Copyright (c) 2012 Devon O. Wolfgang * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN * THE SOFTWARE. */ package starling.filters { import flash.display3D.Context3D; import flash.display3D.Context3DProgramType; import flash.display3D.Program3D; import starling.textures.Texture; /** * Motion Blur filter for Starling Framework. * NOTE: This filter is only supported in 'baseline' profiles - NOT 'baselineConstrained' * @author Devon O. */ public class MotionBlurFilter extends FragmentFilter { private var mQuantifiers:Vector. = new [1, 1, 1, 1]; private var mShaderProgram:Program3D; private var mSteps:int; private var mAmount:Number; private var mAngle:Number; /** * * @param angle angle of blur in radians * @param amount the amount of blur * @param steps the level of the blur. A higher number produces a better result, but with worse performance. Can only be set once. */ public function MotionBlurFilter(angle:Number = 0.0, amount:Number = 0.0, steps:int = 5) { mAngle = angle; mAmount = clamp(amount, 0.0, 20.0); mSteps = int(clamp(steps, 2.0, 30.0)); marginX = marginY = mAmount * mSteps * 1.50; } public override function dispose():void { if (mShaderProgram) mShaderProgram.dispose(); super.dispose(); } protected override function createPrograms():void { var step:String = "add ft1.x, ft1.x, fc0.w \n" + "mul ft2.xy, ft0.xy, ft1.x \n" + "add ft3.xy, v0.xy, ft2.xy \n" + "tex ft5, ft3.xy, fs0<2d, clamp, linear, nomip> \n" + "add ft4, ft4, ft5 \n"; var fragmentProgramCode:String = "mov ft0.y, fc0.x \n" + "sin ft0.y, ft0.y \n" + "mov ft0.x, fc0.x \n" + "cos ft0.x, ft0.x \n" + "mul ft0.xy, ft0.xy, fc0.y \n" + "mov ft1.x, fc0.w \n" + "sub ft1.x, ft1.x, ft1.x \n" + "mul ft2.xy, ft0.xy, ft1.x \n" + "add ft3.xy, v0.xy, ft2.xy \n" + "tex ft4, ft3.xy, fs0<2d, clamp, linear, nomip> \n"; var numSteps:int = mSteps - 1; for (var i:int = 0; i < numSteps; i++) { fragmentProgramCode += step; } fragmentProgramCode += "div ft4, ft4, fc0.z \n" + "mov oc, ft4"; mShaderProgram = assembleAgal(fragmentProgramCode); } protected override function activate(pass:int, context:Context3D, texture:Texture):void { // already set by super class: // // vertex constants 0-3: mvpMatrix (3D) // vertex attribute 0: vertex position (FLOAT_2) // vertex attribute 1: texture coordinates (FLOAT_2) // texture 0: input texture var tSize:Number = (texture.width + texture.height) * .50; mQuantifiers[0] = mAngle; mQuantifiers[1] = mAmount; mQuantifiers[2] = mSteps; mQuantifiers[3] = 1 / tSize; context.setProgramConstantsFromVector(Context3DProgramType.FRAGMENT, 0, mQuantifiers, 1); context.setProgram(mShaderProgram); } private function clamp(target:Number, min:Number, max:Number):Number { if (target < min) target = min; if (target > max) target = max; return target; } public function get angle():Number { return mAngle; } public function set angle(value:Number):void { mAngle = value; } public function get amount():Number { return mAmount; } public function set amount(value:Number):void { mAmount = clamp(value, 0, 20); marginX = marginY = mAmount * mSteps * 1.50; } } }