Ship
Devlog 3
So a ton has happened since the last devlog. Firstly i changed the wallpaper to redbull because Redbull > Mercedes.
I added a simple stopwatch app. I also fixed a bunch of bugs and cleaned up the code a ton. I also moved the bar thingy to the bottom.
added a big clock in the middle. I also fixed the issue where the apps wont open. I also gave the windows a nice transparent background. And i added icons for the about app and the stopwatch.
Overall i think it turned out great and im super happy with it.
Devlog 2
so turns out i was not supposed to do all of what i did in devlog 1 so i deleted most of the things and started again.
I thought that this guide doesnt use a seperate css file because the styles are all super simples but boy was i wrong. i had to painstakingly delete and move all the styles onto a separate css file later on in the guide so basically undoing most of the work.
it looks very ugly right now but thats fine for now. i will just try to follow the guide as much as i can then once the guide is over i will fix everything up.
Devlog 1
made a nice little welcome page following the guide and some googling
Ship
Devlog 4
So i decided to really polish it up.
i fixed a ton of bugs with the lower pendulum while its being grabbed.
I also thought that the simulation was a bit confusing so i made a short intro sequence teaching the player the controls and what to do.
I also added a button that applies a random force to the pendulum, a button that slows the pendulum down by increasing friction, and a button that shows the controls on screen.
Furthermore i added some nice quality of life features like the hitbox of the green handle becomes bigger the faster it is making it easier to grab while its spinning fast.
Oh and i added a little color change when grabbing which isnt very noticeable but a nice touch.
And last but not least i used claude to add some of the async stuff required by pygbag to convert it into html to be run on itch.io as a demo without downloading anything.
I also quickly made a nice logo for this in inkscape which i think looks nice.
So hopefully i can release this now!
Devlog 3
added dragging the top pendulum which caused tons of headaches (image 3). it kept spinning insanely fast. but i managed to fix it.
i also added a nice fade out effect for the trails, added a pause button, added a reset button and added increasaing and decreasing the simulation speed.
overall im pretty happy with how it turned out!
Devlog 2
fixed a bug where it would randomly crash because the momentum overflows and cant be stored anymore.
There was also a strange issue where it kept slowing down and losing energy even with friction set to 0.
I fixed this by switching from eulers method to RK4.
I also added a nice trail that follows it around, centered it on the screen and adjusted the screen size.
Next up i need to add grabbing the pendulums so you can move them around and play around with them. And i need to add some text on screen showing all the velocities and stuff.
Devlog 1
setup all the basic formulas and physics. Got it to render the pendulum.
now i need to add grabbing the pendulum and making it prettier.
Devlog 1
I added a function to track how much time the robot spends on each tile. this is needed to “reserve” tiles in the future so other robots dont collide. this gave me a headache as it just would not work!
but so far everything is going good. next step is to add another robot and setup the A* pathfinding.
