2D Mechanics and Physics stuff

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Featured Topics of mine specifically for 2 Dimensional Game Development

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Resources > Community Resources

RayCast2 - Cast rays on a 2D Surface!

[image] RayCast2 is an easy to use, accurate and documented Raycasting module, specifically for Guis and 2D Game development. Its similar to how Raycasting works when using parts in Roblox studio. If you are into 2D game development, this module is for you! Raycasting is a very beneficial concept. Read more about it on the wiki: The module is used to detect hit points of the ray and can be used in ray tracing: [lol] Why use RayCast2? 2D Game development engine features are not presen…

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[Deprecated] 2D Projectile Module - An easy way to create dynamic 2D projectiles

[Untitled_design__26_-removebg-preview] 2D Projectile Module Documentation | Source Code | Module | Playground About Using this module, you can create dynamic projectiles for your 2 dimensional GUI-Based Roblox games! No matter what the rotation of the weapon is, you are able to shoot projectiles in the direction the weapon is facing to! This module is really helpful for people trying to make 2 Dimensional games on Roblox! Module For instance, A Rocket Launcher: How d…

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[v3.0] GuiCollisionService - Gui collisions done right

If you are looking for a physics based gui collision system, check this out: Nature2D - 2D Physics Engine for UI Elements [GuiCollision-removebg-preview (1)] Get GuiCollisionService here: https://www.roblox.com/library/7145661386/GuiCollisionService Version: v3.0 Documentation: View Table of Contents About Getting Started Initializing Examples Navigation About GuiCollisionService is an easy to use module that focuses on helping you create collidable Guis and help you detect them us…

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Release: 2D Terrain Generation using Perlin Noise!

[Perlin noise is cool.] Its me, the2dguy! If you saw my recent post in #help-and-feedback:cool-creations, I showcased my 2D colored terrain generator, so I thought, why not make it open sourced! perlin noise (docs) is a cool math algorithm used to produce natural appearing textures which is a Procedural generation algorithm. For generating terrain, i first started by creating a canvas. The canvas acts as a grid which will have different cells (tiles). Each cell will have its own c…

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Open Sourced Collision Response Simulation using Guis!

Check the reply marked as the solution for the latest update added to this topic! Hello folks! I am sure you might be having fun with these daily topics I create for 2D game development! Today, I created a simple collision response between a circle and a canvas’s boundaries, simulation and thought about making it open sourced! [image] (I’ll update this tomorrow and make circle ← → circle collision response using Newtons 2nd and 3rd law of motion!) done Don’t know what collision r…

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Resources > Community Tutorials

Introduction to Steering Behaviors

A little addition to this tutorial. Wander Steering Behavior This steering behavior is extremely helpful for simulating cars and npcs that walk in random directions. In this steering behavior. A random target is chosen in a given radius, some pixels ahead of the direction an object is facing. The object then seeks this target which results in a smooth simulation of this steering behavior. I created a wandering steering behavior simulation: How this works: There’s an ini…

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[Flappy Bird] Create your first 2 Dimensional Gui Based Game!

Create your first 2D Roblox Game The Ultimate Guide Greetings developers! Today we will be learning about 2D game development! Specifically on Roblox, 3D games are very prevalent on Roblox, but have you ever wanted to go out of that universe, a step to the left, and develop actual 2 dimensional games? You are at the place! Note: Roblox focuses specifically on 3D game development, hence there are not many features in Roblox studio itself that could help you make 2 dimensional physics, hence…

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Gui Pendulum: Oscillatory Motion in a 2D Space

[pendulum-removebg-preview] Recently, I started with Trigonometry and came across a fairly easy concept, I would like to share the same with you today. Lets talk about Oscillatory Motion. Oscillatory motion is a type of periodic motion, the to and fro movement of an object. Take an example of the pendulum or a swing you see at a kid’s playground. [image] The above gif gives you a brief visualization of what we are going to be making today. We’ll be scripting a Pendulum but on a 2D surface u…

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#help-and-feedback:cool-creations

Simulation of Forces using Guis

Last post for today! I promise! This time I played around with Forces! But on a 2D plain! Using the fundamentals and laws of motion, I created this simulation of certain forces acting on the ball. Gravitational pull and some external force, lets say the wind! (The gravitational force was set to a small value, hence the slow downfall of the ball) Heres how it works: Initial velocity and acceleration of the object is 0. Vector2.new(0,0). The forces are incrementation vectors. Since f…

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Spring Physics Simulation on a 2D Surface

Last post for today! I saw this cool video later today, and found this nice explanation of spring forces on a 2D plane. So I tried learning something new and add onto what I already had learnt, just with a few tweaks and created this! Try for yourself! https://www.roblox.com/games/7305657428/Spring-Simulation Source - local spring = {} function spring.new(bob) local center = workspace.CurrentCamera.ViewportSize/2 local disp = 200 local y = 250 local k = .01 local v = Vect…

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RayCasting but for Guis

Hello once again! I was scripting a 2D RayCasting module and would like to show what I have made so far! It is quite accurate in detecting which point the ray hit, just a few edge cases that I’ll be fixing soon. Heres what I have made! The red line is the ray. Which hits the obstacles that come in its path and create a grey square to indicate where it hit. It is quite easy to do so. I found this wikipedia page that details the math behind two intersecting lines and finding the point it inters…

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Pathfinding using A* Search Algorithm

Heres my daily dose of 2 dimensional game development! Currently developing a Pathfinding module for 2d games, for all your npc pathfinding needs! This took me about 4 hours to make! Heres what I have achieved as yet. The yellow line is the shortest path between The top left corner of the grid and the bottom right corner of the grid. The Black boxes are obstacles through which the path can’t go through! I achieved this by using a well known path finding algorithm known as A* Search Algorithm,…

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2D Colored Terrain Generation using Perlin Noise

2D Colored Terrain GeneratorUsing my beloved perlin noise Yet again, I am back with another creation. Today I created a random 2D Colored Terrain Generator using perlin noise and GuiBase2D frames. You won’t ever get the same terrain you got before, since the seed uses math.randomseed(os.time()) and math.random(). It does lag when rendering the frames since its not the most optimal code of mine. I’ll try optimizing the lag and get back to you soon. Press Space bar to generate a new te…

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2D Projectiles // Gui Raycasting // Upcoming module

Also, if you want more 2D physics modules from my side, be sure to dm me on devforum or reply below with your ideas

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Coffee Rain // Another 2D Game of mine

Coffee Rain Today I created another 2 Dimensional game! Coffee Rain. Yes, it is, what the name says it is. You, a coffee mug have to collect as much coffee raining from the sky, as possible and get the highest score! https://imgur.com/8Ljo6DW.gif Play the game here: https://www.roblox.com/games/7202212175/Coffee-Rain This adds up to my collection of 2 dimensional games, if you would like to play other 2D games of mine, check your my profile: https://www.roblox.com/users/1659…

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[Open Source] Simple 2D Tank Game [Gui Based]

Greetings, I took up a challenge to create a completely 2-Dimensional game which is of course GUI Based in Roblox. Here is the outcome. Took me 3 days to figure out how to make stuff work with help of a few posts on the developer forum! The place is also un-copylocked [Open Source] if any of you folks would like to look into the code and working of the game. [Not the best code you will see but it will surely work out well] Game Link: https://www.roblox.com/games/7013228050/Tankster-2D The g…

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Feedback on my 2D Flappy Bird Recreation on Roblox

Hey there developers! Today I stumbled upon the legendary game of our childhood - flappybird after years of not playing, and was really fascinated by it. So I challenged myself to recreate flappy bird on Roblox! Yes, it is completely 2 dimensional and gui based! The collisions as of now are not as neat as expected but the math does just fine! Play the recreation here: https://www.roblox.com/games/7111031857/Flappy-Wings I’ll be implementing mobile support and scores tomorrow because …

2 Dimensional Games

Terrain Generator (2D)

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Agent 2D

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Coffee Rain!

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Flappy Wings

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Tankster [2D]

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2D Projectiles