Tag: Algorithms

Just thought I’d share the final functions I settled on for isometric coordinate calculations. Unlike most of the others I’ve seen around the web, these account for: * Origin offset * Tile-based position offset * Varied scale * Any aspect ratio (not just 2:1) def GetScreenPositionForTile(self, map_pos, view, origin, offset, delta=None): if self.projection == Layer.Projections.BirdsEye:…

While ZedZed required only simple directional pathfinding (zombies are stupid, so advanced pathfinding is not needed), Demon Keeper required some more advanced techniques to facilitate targeting. I found a great A* tutorial, and some great additional information, which helped me get started, but it wasn’t quite what I needed. The first thing I did was…