Creating a frozen bubble clone
- by Vaughan Hilts
This photo illustrates the environment: http://i.imgur.com/V4wbp.png
I'll shoot the cannon, it'll bounce off the wall and it's SUPPOSED to stick to the bubble. It does at pretty much every other angle. The problem is always reproduced here, when hit off the wall into those bubbles. It also exists in other cases, but I'm not sure what triggers it.
What actually happens: The ball will sometimes set to the wrong cell, and my "dropping" code will detect it as a loner and drop it off the stage.
*There are many implementations of "Frozen Bubble" on the web, but I can't for the life of me find a good explanation as to how the algorithm for the "Bubble Sticking" works. *
I see this:
http://www.wikiflashed.com/wiki/BubbleBobble
https://frozenbubblexna.svn.codeplex.com/svn/FrozenBubble/
But I can't figure out the algorithims... could anyone explain possibly the general idea behind getting the balls to stick?
Code in question:
//Counstruct our bounding rectangle for use
var nX = currentBall.x + ballvX * gameTime;
var nY = currentBall.y - ballvY * gameTime;
var movingRect = new BoundingRectangle(nX, nY, 32, 32);
var able = false;
//Iterate over the cells and draw our bubbles
for (var x = 0; x < 8; x++) {
for (var y = 0; y < 12; y++) {
//Get the bubble at this layout
var bubble = bubbleLayout[x][y];
var rowHeight = 27;
//If this slot isn't empty, draw
if (bubble != null) {
var bx = 0, by = 0;
if (y % 2 == 0) {
bx = x * 32 + 270;
by = y * 32 + 45;
} else {
bx = x * 32 + 270 + 16;
by = y * 32 + 45;
}
//Check
var targetBox = new BoundingRectangle(bx, by, 32, 32);
if (targetBox.intersects(movingRect)) {
able = true;
}
}
}
}
cellY = Math.round((currentBall.y - 45) / 32);
if (cellY % 2 == 0)
cellX = Math.round((currentBall.x - 270) / 32);
else
cellX = Math.round((currentBall.x - 270 - 16) / 32);
Any ideas are very much welcome.
Things I've tried:
Flooring and Ceiling values
Changing the wall bounce to a lower value
Slowing down the ball
None of these seem to affect it. Is there something in my math I'm not getting?
