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Lecture 5: Legend of Zelda: Colton Ogden [email protected] - Edu David J. Malan Malan@harvard - Edu

This document summarizes topics from Lecture 5 of the GD50 course including: - Top-down perspective and infinite dungeon generation in Legend of Zelda games - Hitboxes, hurtboxes, and event-driven programming - Screen scrolling and stenciling techniques - Data-driven game design using tables to define enemy properties and behaviors - Resources for NES homebrew programming and a Super Mario Bros disassembly - Details an assignment to add enemy drops, breakable pots, and pot throwing to the game

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Lecture 5: Legend of Zelda: Colton Ogden [email protected] - Edu David J. Malan Malan@harvard - Edu

This document summarizes topics from Lecture 5 of the GD50 course including: - Top-down perspective and infinite dungeon generation in Legend of Zelda games - Hitboxes, hurtboxes, and event-driven programming - Screen scrolling and stenciling techniques - Data-driven game design using tables to define enemy properties and behaviors - Resources for NES homebrew programming and a Super Mario Bros disassembly - Details an assignment to add enemy drops, breakable pots, and pot throwing to the game

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GD50

Lecture 5: Legend of Zelda


Colton Ogden
[email protected]

David J. Malan
[email protected]
Topics

● Top-Down Perspective
● Infinite Dungeon Generation
● Hitboxes/Hurtboxes
● Events
● Screen Scrolling
● Data-Driven Design
But first, a demo!
Our Goal
Top-Down Perspective
Dungeon Generation

http://tartarus.rpgclassics.com/zelda1/1stquest/dungeonmaps.shtml
Hitboxes/Hurtboxes
Events

● An event is registered to trigger via some name, implemented


via an anonymous function.
● Something in the game warrants the event being triggered, or
“dispatched”.
● The anonymous callback function tied to the Event, the
handler, is passed arguments via the event’s dispatch.
Event library: functions

● Event.on(name, callback)
○ Calls `callback`, which is a function, whenever the message by its `name` is
dispatched via `Event.dispatch`.
● Event.dispatch(name, [params])
○ Calls the callback function registered to `name`, set by `Event.on`, with
some optional `params` that will be sent to that callback function as
arguments.

https://github.com/airstruck/knife/blob/master/readme/event.md
Screen Scrolling
Stenciling
Stenciling functions

● love.graphics.stencil(func, [action], [value], [keepvals])


○ Performs all stencil drawing within `func`; anything drawn during that time
will act as the stencil pixels during `love.graphics.setStencilTest`.
`action` defines how those pixels will behave with pixels drawn onto them
during `love.graphics.setStencilTest`, while `value` is the value `action`
is reliant upon.
● love.graphics.setStencilTest(compare_mode, compare_value)
○ Compares pixels drawn via `compare_mode` with that of `compare_value`, only
drawing pixels whose result of this mode is true.
Game Design via Data

['goblin'] = {
health = 10,
strength = 2,
texture = 'goblin',
animations = {
['idle'] = {
frames = {1},
interval = 1
},
['walking-left'] = {
frames = {2, 3, 4, 2},
interval = 0.2
}
},
weapon = 'club',
aggressive = true,
sleepsAtNight = true,
flammable = true
}
NES Homebrew

● http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/Nesdev_Wiki
● http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/Programming_guide
● http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/Installing_CC65
Super Mario Bros. Disassembly

https://gist.github.com/1wErt3r/4048722
Assignment 5

● Make some enemies drop hearts randomly, which heal the


player for 2 damage (one whole heart).
● Allow the player to lift pots (using the animation included in
the sprite sheet).
● Pots should stick to the player while they are carrying them,
and their walking animations should change while carrying.
● Allow the player to throw pots and damage enemies. If it hits a
wall, an enemy, or travels farther than four tiles, destroy it.
Next Time...

https://opengameart.org/content/physics-assets
See you next time!

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