Challenge #3 - Homing Missiles (Game AI)

[kevin]

Challenge #3 - Homing Missiles (Game AI)

   This months challenge fails loosely under the heading of game AI.   In this challenge we want you to demonstrate a method that will move an object (the missile)  towards another object (the target).    The Missile can either directly move towards the target (simpler), or can turn rotate/towards the target.    The missile should keep homing until it either hits the target, leaves the screen, or decides to give up (has not hit the target after a period of time)   For simplicities sake,  a missile should only concern it self with one target.     You could expand this challenge to handle multiple targets if you like though.

   Visuals are not important, you could use lovely sprite gfx if you like (if you have some) or you could represent your characters as coloured vector graphics (lines/boxes/shapes etc)  if you like. It's the method were after, Good luck !


Homing Missile Links ?

    Spac Attack Tech Demo has various homers in it





Submission

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Dead Line

No dead line, no time limits.. Lets just see how creative you are :)

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[Ian Price]

Number 3 already? I meant to do something for Number 2, but due to Xmas and working on Sorcery, I never got around to it. Will have a bash at both soon though :)

[kevin]

Homing Missile Example

 Here's one I meant to post the other day, but forget about it..  Not pretty, but works :)

  Download from PlayBASIC Source Codes

[Ian Price]

That's pretty neat, although it reminds me of a biology lecture from a more than a few years ago ;)