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Box2D for Flash Games

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Box2D for Flash Games

Overview of this book

Physics games are getting more and more popular, and Box2D is the best choice if you are looking for a free, stable and robust library to handle physics. With Box2D you can create every kind of 2D physics game, only coding is not the fun part, but the game itself. "Box2D for Flash Games" will guide you through the process of making a Flash physics game starting from the bare bones and taking you by hand through complex features such as forces, joints and motors. As you are learning, your game will have more and more features, like the physics games you are used to playing. The book analyzes two of the most played physics games, and breaks them down to allow readers to build them from scratch in a step-by-step approach. By the end of the book, you will learn how to create basic primitive bodies as well as complex, compound bodies. Motors will give life to cars, catapults and siege machines firing bullets, while a complete collision management will make your game look even more realistic. If you want to make full Flash games with physics, then Box2D for Flash Games will guide you through the entire process of making a Flash physics game.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Box2D for Flash Games
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Putting it all together


Time to take all of our Box2D knowledge and put it all together, to create the ultimate mix between Angry Birds and Crush the Castle.

  1. First, we modify a little the ground function to let it create the ground in the same place as we created it during our latest Angry Birds prototype:

    private function ground():void {
      var bodyDef:b2BodyDef=new b2BodyDef();
      bodyDef.position.Set(320/worldScale,465/worldScale);
      var polygonShape:b2PolygonShape=new b2PolygonShape();
      polygonShape.SetAsBox(320/worldScale,10/worldScale);
      var fixtureDef:b2FixtureDef=new b2FixtureDef();
      fixtureDef.shape=polygonShape;
      var groundBody:b2Body=world.CreateBody(bodyDef);
      groundBody.CreateFixture(fixtureDef);
    }
  2. Then, we need to update the Main function to include the custom listener, the bricks, and the pigs.

    public function Main() {
      world=new b2World(new b2Vec2(0,5),true);
      world.SetContactListener(new customContact());
      debugDraw();
      ground();
      brick(402,431,140,36);
      brick(544,431...