If we store these as vectors then the directionality is saved for us, so we can:
- Normalise the acceleration vector
- Take the cross-product of the world up vector and that normalized acceleration vector to find a nice axis to tilt around
- Scale how far we tilt by the acceleration vector's length

The way this works is:
- Compare the current position to previous position to find the current velocity
- Keep a smoothed average of the recent velocity
- Compare the current velocity to the average velocity to find an approximation of the acceleration
- Tilt the carriage based on that acceleration

My implementation isn't perfect, but it was one of those satisfying things where you have an idea and it turns out exactly how you imagined

For me, I remember playing some version of Unreal Tournament while my older brother's Eurodance tunes blasted out

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cQl...

Woah woah woah, save it for the podcast

Suitably evil banjo

I was noodling on a friend’s banjo at the weekend and it made me want to get one again. If you make this tutorial maybe I will 👀

(The best thing about it is it comes with custom icons for the different nodes)

I'll likely post more about it once it becomes a bit more user-friendly, but if anyone is super keen on trying it out then I'm more than happy to talk through what's there

Some of the systems really aren't there yet, some of them have been totally reworked during development of the game, and there's no documentation, but it did allow me to hit the ground running by handling piece state querying and undo/reset history automatically

12+ people and a fork

Congrats on the release!

I’m satisfied with the results at least!

Or, if you prefer, here's every animation at once

I checked and there are apparently 3350 frames of player animation in A Good Snowman, including repeated frames and flipped versions.

The game was all drawn and animated using Adobe Flash, which was this great tool that you used to be able build small games in with simple vector art and upload to the internet for other people to play.