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[.TakaM]

Leaked footage of canceled Wayforward DS game, looks like a slower paced contra with maybe a little horror to it.
From that footage, I think I would have bought it, sucks that it apparently got canned

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Video has been taklen down, so hopefully that means something good...

[Dr D]

http://www.kongregate.com/games/urbansquall/battalion-skirmish

Believe this is a demo for a game in which Doppelganger was the artist. It looks very nice and smooth, can't wait until it's finished.
Although, not fond of the portraits.

Just ran across it.

[Helm]

Leaked footage of canceled Wayforward DS game, looks like a slower paced contra with maybe a little horror to it.
From that footage, I think I would have bought it, sucks that it apparently got canned

Hope it's not canceled 

[Panda]

I really hope it didn't get cancelled too.
Looks pretty cool.

[Ben2theEdge]

I spy Paul Robertson animations! I'm digging those giant modular aliens too... this BETTER come out or I will cry a thousand emo tears.

[Mathias]

I recently discover this link to one of the craziest Japanese snes games I have ever seen and thought people here would enjoy.
I would defiantly play if it was still around. Where do the Japanese get such ideas from and has anyone ever seen anything quite as bizarre as this before?

http://www.bogleech.com/snes-gourmet.html

love it! . . .

Oh man, I got that beat, easy. Possibly the most disturbing Japanese game ever. Go up one level, you'll see they also featured your Gourmet Sentai Bara Yarou.

[Indigo]

Anybody here good at math?



the top portion of the image shows how to find the tilex and tiley of a point given the tilesize.  tile = int( pt / tilesize ) + 1
I want to perform this same type of operation on an isometric grid given a constant 2:1 tile ratio, and origin is the top corner of the isometric grid.

I'm assuming I should stretch the isometric grid vertically x2 then rotate it counterclockwise by 45 degrees, then finally perform my original equation - but I am unsure how to do this.  Can anyone help?

[Arachne]

Maybe this book will be of use?

[willfaulds]

Indigo i'm sure that kind of thing is covered in http://www.tonypa.pri.ee/tbw/start.html 

[Indigo]

thanks for the help guys.  Both of those links look insanely awesome.  Bookmarked both of them for future reference   I ended up solving the problem before viewing them though.  If anybody is interested, here is how the function ended up...

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function gettilex(x,y,tilesize#)

   `stretch the iso grid vertically x2 to create
   `perfectly square tiles
   y=y*2

   `find the angle to rotate to
   `(current angle -45 degrees)
   theta#=atan(x/y)-45
   if theta#<0
      theta#=theta#+360
   endif

   `perform rotation. grid should now be straight
   newx = cos(theta#)*x - sin(theta#)*y
   newy = sin(theta#)*x + cos(theta#)*y

   `get tile ordered pair from pixel position
   tilex = int(newx/tilesize#)+1
   tiley = int(newy/tilesize#)+1

   `return tile
endfunction tilex