My greetings to the community.
I want to make a top down game with platformer levels i don’t know anything about programming in general
The Lua from what i have seen so far is considered as an easy language to learn so i decided to go for it.
I want to know how to aproach car mechanics from where to start.
Do I should make a use of kinematic body for my car how to implement delta time? etc
Hello! The easiest option is to use a dynamic body and move it with impulses. This makes the car move and collide naturally. In a game I made I used a sprite with a slightly delayed rotation to simulate drift. This worked surprisingly well. Good luck!
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If the car is dynamic it will not falling to the -Y axis?
How we can manage that?
Set the gravity to 0! Magic.
But then the car how will be considered dynamic?
It still reacts to forces and impulses, just not gravity.
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You can move dynamic bodies around by applying forces to them with the “apply_force” message. Even if there’s no gravity, the body will still be simulated. It will still collide with other bodies. You should definitely read the Physics manual and API reference.
I think there are a lot of different ways to do top-down cars, depending on how realistic you want it. I think you can google “2d car physics” and fine some decent explanations. I’ve never done this myself so I’m not much help, but if I was going to start experimenting, I would start with something like an Asteroids ship, and then add a force to simulate sideways friction.
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Ok i have to test it and play with the settings thanks totebo for your time
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Ross this is a good idea i have to test it out thanks brother
Interesting approach! I would love to see a demo of this, do you still have it?
I have been meaning to create a top-down car game in Defold, but just can’t manage to get some good/fun “arcady” physics.
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