Switched Tag

Switched Tag

This is the first mixed signal circuit video game that I am making.

 

This game is basically reverse tag. In order to win, a player must become “It” and collide with the opposing player.

A player becomes “It” by hitting the pendelum at its lowest point with a button press,
the player who has been the closest to hitting the pendulum at its lowest point stays as the “It” player.

 

I thought of the idea to make this game from trying to think of a simple game that consisted of mostly collision detection.

 
Collision detection works by using an equation that yields zero in the event of both player’s coordinates being the same.

The absolute values of the difference in coordinates are taken in order to eliminate the possibility of a zero detected due to polarity change.

 

abs_xdiff = | x_p2 – x_p1 |

abs_ydiff = | y_p2 – y_p1 |

diff_sum = abs_xdiff + abs_ydiff

diff_sum is zero only if the coordinates of the 2 players are the exact same i.e. xdiff = 0 and ydiff = 0.

 

Collision Detection in action.

 

 

Link: https://github.com/adct-the-experimenter/ms-circuit-video-game/tree/main/games/switched-tag