The Icarus Engine

[SuperKoolKid]

Hiya! won't bother with an intro, so let me sum things up for you on my engine. Icarus is a variable wall height raycaster, which is barely at a beta stage right now. Supported features are:
*Variable wall heights. Like Doom95, only with 90 degree walls and no windows
*Texture mapping
*Vertical and Horizontal movement, as well as looking up and down
*High frame rate. Very important

And some other stuff I can't remember right now.
Right now, I've just finished writing the Psuedo code for the new algorithm in TI-Basic on my TI89 Titanium and will port it to ASM shortly. Oh, and this is for 68k calcs.

Uses for the engine are (a) games, or ( what else matters besides games? jk. I'm gonna program Metroid Prime 68k for it. For more information that I am too lazy to sumerize here, I have a forum at tifreakware.net Under SuperKoolKid's projects. Plus SUPER early information, like 3 + 1/2 months ago early, when I barely knew anything about programming, on this can be found at the TICT message boards, Off topics section, under Updates on my 3d engine.

[EDIT] This will be a static library or dll, depending on memory requirements, and will be dynamic enough to where other people can program clients for it. I already have implemented much of the FAT engine's interface, such a texture format, so that those firmiliar with it will be able to pick it up easily. The rest of you will just have to take a steep learning curve!

[simonzack]

"and no windows"
speaking of windows, I really think that you could implement some windows for the engine, like casting rays on the next set of walls when you see an empty space, and then change the color a bit to make it transparant. It'll be really "revolutionary" for 3D on calc

[SuperKoolKid]

Sure, Windows would be easy to support. But the reason I'm not going to is the same reason why doors will be set ONLY at the top of walls; having them set anywhere in the middle of the wall is too durn complicated and SLOW! You have to draw the bottom wall, the door, then the top wall. I suppose windows could be simulated by setting two walls higher up than the one in the middle. The engine already casts rays beyond the first walls up to a point, so you would be able to see through it. It'd be kinda like having a topless window .

[Harrierfalcon]

You're seriously going to try to remake Metroid Prime?

Frick, another reason to get a 89T. Doom89, Super Mario 68k, and now this...

[tr1p1ea]

Sounds cool, do you have any early screenies of it in action?

[SuperKoolKid]

Yes, as a matter of fact, I do. I have been working on a new algorithm, and decided to write the psuedo code in TI-Basic on the TI-89 Titanium. So it's in black and white, and it is screen shots from the "psuedo code" in action. When I get some help optimising the algorithm, I'll convert it to ASM. Here's the screenies link, and also my project thread.
http://tifreakware.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=1081

Here's where my pseudo code is posted, if you want to help. No stealing !
http://tifreakware.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=1157

[SuperKoolKid]

I fixxed a BUNCH of bugs, and now every graphical bug is fixed except for accessing TEXCONFIGs. So now You can have objects like towers and castles and stairs and cities and whatever!