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Getting a 2D “pixel” cloud to follow a mouse

I'm working on a 2D game trying to get a "cloud" of a few hundred tiny cubes or discs to follow my mouse cursor without overlapping each other. However, using the physics engine introduces ...
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How to simulate pressure with particles?

I'm trying to simulate pressure with a collection of spherical particles in a Unity game I'm building. A couple notes about the problem: The goal is to fill a constantly changing 2d space/void with ...
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Creating custom collision map for 2D

I have a 2D level that I have built in my map editor, and I was wondering the best way to create a collision map for it. I have a collision map layer in my map editor, which saves each node (for ...
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Make my NPC “see” gameobjects around him in Unity

I have a walking NPC that will "see" the wall in front or behind him (2d gameplay) and that will react accordingly. I was thinking to attach him to an invisible collider that would react to objects ...
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Help comparing Cocos2d and Unity3d for this project [closed]

I will not go into details, but I would like to hear your opinions about this: Essentially, my project will be a 2d game, with lots of complex levels, where some might be simple and others might be a ...
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Do I have too many colliders on my screen?

I'm running into a situation where my frame rate drops from 70 FPS (on my desktop computer) down to 5 FPS (on my iphone) and I'm trying to understand why. At the moment, I'm only drawing simple ...
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2d game with png sequences slowing on Unity3d

We are building a tower defence game,In which enemy movement is done through sprite sheets as well the tower rotation is also done through sprites...every tower and every enemy has its own script ...
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Architecture of “doodle jump” type gameplay infinite looping background

I am planning make a doodle jump type game, character jumping on platforms. A scrolling or doodle jump like background which ll appear to move when character moves upward and appear moving (just like ...
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Problem animating in Unity/Orthello 2D. Can't move gameObject

I have a enemy npc that moves left and right in a corridor. It's animated with 2 sprites using Orthello 2D Framework. If I untick the animation's play on start and looping, the npc moves correctly. ...
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Issues with Sine Wave Generation and Rotation

I'm working on generating objects in sine wave that lets you specify parameters that are start x, end x, start y, and end y position. Below is the method that I used to generate the debris void ...
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Calculate the angle between two 3d vectors: Function always returns 89.1-89.9

I have my own 2d game and I am attempting to calculate the angle between 2 GameObjects. My Problem: My function that is meant to calculate the angle(direction) between 2 Vector3's doesn't appear to ...
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Developing a 2D Android game on Unity - Pros and Cons [closed]

Depending on your experiences, if you have created a 2D game on Android using Unity, was it painful? Have you ever said "I wish I have used X instead of Unity!"? Tell me the Pros, Cons and the name ...
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Unity: 2D problem (I'm using Orthello package but any advice appreciated)

So instead of dishing out 150$ for SpriteManager 2 (Unity Package), I've been playing around with Orthello which a free SpriteManager package. I got most of everything I'd like working and it was ...
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2D top down game - XNA or Unity? [closed]

Hey I want to develop a top down 2D game, probably with Sprites (although 3D models with a fixed camera is an option too). I know it's not a very specific question - but generally speaking which is ...