So, I got this idea from my trip to GDC last week, from Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda talk. The idea was to make a chemistry system for games, since physics engines already exist.
You can see the commit here: JFramework
Basically, I created a component (called material) with properties such as melting point, freezing point, boiling point, conductivity, temperature, etc. that keeps track of properties of a material. This component can essentially set objects to freeze, or melt, or whatever I need it to do given the right conditions.
On top of materials, I created an element component, which radiates a temperature and/or wattage.
The rules of the system are as follows:
- A manager will have a global temperature to apply to materials.
- Materials can exchange temperature and wattage from other materials, and elements.
- Elements can exchange temperature and wattage from other elements. (i.e. a flame can be put out by water.)
I thought I would discuss what I was working on while NOT playing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Speaking of Zelda... Play it. It's now my favorite game of all time, maybe a full review later?
New A Sound Plan footage here: YouTube
Thanks,
Jimmy
