2D Scroller Driving Game

[Mojo_Bone]

I was interested in creating a 2D scroller that would be a driving game. This is to be included as a level in a game that I am working on.

The view would be overhead (top down) and there would be a GPS that would tell you when to turn, red lights, other cars to avoid, etc.

I have side scrolling down to a science, but doing top and side scrolling has been quite difficult.

Any help, suggestions, links, or sample MFA's would be very appreciated.

Thanks!

Adam Goldman
Mojo-Bone Software

[wizkidweb]

Well for the "GPS" you can use a combination of the minimap object and invisible collision detectors. Top and side scrolling are actually quite easy. If you want a very static screen scroller, you just center the window position in the frame to the position of your car. For a more dynamic feel, you can set it to scroll only when the car is a certain distance from the frame edge.

[Mojo_Bone]

wizkidweb,

Thank you for the suggestions. We will try that and see if that course of action works. I will keep everyone posted as to the status of our games. Our first one will be ready for release soon.

Adam

[Mojo_Bone]

Please be patient with me, as I am still learning MMF2 Developer. I tried doing those things, and did not get very far. Could not find what you were talking about with the mini-map. Any further help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Adam

[nivram]

Have a look in the widget sub-forum. I think there is a mini-map widget. Also, if you are not using the MMF2 demo, look in the released extension forum. There is the mini map object extension.

Marv