Old Skool Effects & Other Stuff

[Mr.L]

Very nice, I like this kind of stuff (please more of it )

[JHPJHP]

Hi Mr.L,

Thank you for commenting. That's the kind of enthusiasm I was hoping for.

But with the dwindling response, I don't believe I'll make it to 5 much less 50 plus.
• If this thread prematurely ends, send me a PM and I'll provide you a link to a bunch of fun code.

[normeus]

Great stuff JHPJHP, I spent half an hour killing spiders!


Norm.

[JHPJHP]

Hi normeus,

Thank you for your dedication squishing these nasty critters; let them go too long and they breed out of control.

If you get a chance download the Jump Sprite examples, I heard there might be a bird problem that needs splatting.

[JHPJHP]

Hi All,

There were only a couple appreciative posts last time, but as they say it's not the quantity but the quality.
• Included in the download are a couple smaller examples, but I find it amazing what can be done with so little code.

Download: Matrix and Fountain
• References have been included to give credit where credit is due.

While the following image demonstrates a fairly simple effect, the way it's processed is interesting.
• Characters are drawn across the screen, with each new row a transparency layer is added.
• To give it more of a Matrix look the characters are overlapped.

[mrbungle]

Very nice! Thank you!

[idle]

that looks good.

[BarryG]

The Matrix effect is great! I never understood the movie, though.

[idle]

The Matrix effect is great! I never understood the movie, though.

I'm pretty sure we're living in it!

[PBJim]

The Matrix effect is great! I never understood the movie, though.

I'm pretty sure we're living in it!

Well observed, you're certainly right there.

[JHPJHP]

Hi mrbungle, idle and BarryG,

Thank you for your comments, they are very much appreciated and the only reason we have three more examples.
• 7 people posted a thank you, well 6, but 1 was helpful; (and you know how much I hate using emojis).
• Over 1400 views with at least a couple hundred forum members downloading each update.

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Hi All,

The crazy thing is this effect was created without using transparency.
• Using a black and white rectangular world map, lines are drawn onto a sphere.
• The lines drawn to the back of the sphere are darker than the lines drawn to the front creating a depth effect.
• The background image behind the sphere is merged with the back drawn areas of the sphere to enhance the depth effect.

Download: Outline Sphere Rotate
• References have been updated to give credit where credit is due.

[BarryG]

Outline Sphere Rotate

Kinda reminds me of the Universal Studios logo before a movie.

As someone who has only coded utility applications, I will NEVER understand how you code things like this.

I always look forward to your posts because I know I'm going to see something good. Please don't stop due to a lack of comments.

[RASHAD]

Hi JHPJHP
I am not a gamer so I think i will never use it
But I like beauty and good work and yours are indeed
Welcome back to PB jungle
Thanks for sharing

[JHPJHP]

Hi BarryG, RASHAD,

Thank you for posting, a couple quality forum members with or without your comments.

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Hi All,

The included examples really are Old Skool, using Gosub and Goto.

Download: Ray Tracing
• References have been updated to give credit where credit is due.

[Mindphazer]

Hi JHPJHP,
thank you for you high quality stuff
It's always a pleasure to see your posts and test your codes !

By the way, i'd like to let you know the most of your codes work perfectly on MacOS !