Guts

Just a quick test of the graphical effect I'm planning for a little game:

http://willhostforfood.com/users/deadey ... 20test.cap

I need a new Canvas feature though, and I'm hoping someone can help me out? "Paste layer" is what I'm looking for. Unless someone can think of an easy way to paste everything on a layer at once...

Just a quick test of the graphical effect I'm planning for a little game:

http://willhostforfood.com/users/deadey ... 20test.cap

heh, funny organic thinge.

I need a new Canvas feature though, and I'm hoping someone can help me out? "Paste layer" is what I'm looking for. Unless someone can think of an easy way to paste everything on a layer at once...

Or duplicate/clone layer function would be good.

Actually, for what I need it for... nope. I need "Paste layer."

When you put the Warp effect on a layer like I did, then when you scroll it looks like it's warping faster because the "warp field" or whatever doesn't move. So I need a canvas on a layer that doesn't scroll, then I paste the guts into the canvas, and put the warp effect on just the canvas.

Well I dont have shaders past 0.0 so Im not sure what the warping does.

I'm assuming it gives like an underwater effect?

Any way I was thinking would it be possible to turn off the effect when its scrolling, then turn it back on when there's no movement?

Try a canvas on a top, nonscrolling layer with "grab layout before rendering" set.

Doesn't seem to work. If I do that and put Warp on the layer, it doesn't render the warp for some reason. If I put Warp on the Canvas, then when the screen scrolls it looks all fast-warpy anyway. If I stick the canvas on the same layer, and tell it to always set to ScrollX/ScrollY then it doesn't render the warp while the screen scrolls.

Argh, I'm thinking there's no way do the Warp while scrolling without getting that speed-up effect

It's fixable from the shader, I'll try sort something out for the next build...

Awesome . Maybe an Offset setting? So you could do "Warp -> Set offset to ScrollX, ScrollY" That would do it I think. But then there would need to be a way to access effects that have been applied to layers (I don't currently see any way to do so). If the warp thing is updated then I won't need to worry about using a canvas at all.

Anyway, this is just plain trippy :

http://willhostforfood.com/files4/25246 ... yvilli.cap

You've discovered Canvas' second use as an effects processor

Wow, this is really neat! And you even called them villi.

Heh cool. Can I guess this was inspired by Earthworm Jim 2, blind cave salamander level?

Well, I wouldn't say "inspiration" really, but it did cross my mind

mmmmmmmm wobbly xD

~Sol

YAY STOMACH!

it reminds me of yoshis island, when you need to throw eggs in that frog