https://github.com/veeara282/jride

Roller coaster simulator. Aidan and Ben's final project for APCS 1/2.
https://github.com/veeara282/jride

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Roller coaster simulator. Aidan and Ben's final project for APCS 1/2.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/veeara282/jride
• Owner: veeara282
• Created: 2014-12-22T17:20:54.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-07-13T21:14:16.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-02-09T05:26:25.292Z (11 months ago)
• Language: Processing
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• Size: 285 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md

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JRide

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Roller coaster simulator. Aidan and Ben's final project for APCS 1/2.

### Changelog

- **Dec 23** Aidan made boilerplate code (`setup()`, `draw()`, and `Cart`)

- **Jan 05-07** Aidan designed the `Track` class, which uses `Track.Generator` to generate a smoothly changing stream of random `float` values

- **Jan 06-08** Ben created the `VelocityAlgorithm` class which calculates the cart's speed based on forces and energy

- **Jan 08** Aidan added code that calculates velocity based on potential and kinetic energy to the `Cart` class

- **Jan 09**

    - Ben is working on friction and bombs, both of which affect the cart's kinetic energy.

    - Aidan is working on variable scroll speed.

- **Jan 12** Ben created a function to calculate work done by friction in `VelocityAlgorithm.java`

- **Jan 13**

    - Integrated friction function into `Cart.pde`, but it returns the force, not work; still need to multiply by some value for distance

    - Deleted `VelocityAlgorithm.java` (see [`d336b`](https://github.com/aidan-fitz/JRide/commit/d336b))

- **Jan 14**

    - Added `Cart.workFriction()`, which returns work done by friction on the cart in one frame

    - Fixed bug where track would move in wrong direction

- **Jan 15**

    - Aidan was absent

    - Ben added `Bomb`, `Monster`, and `StartFile` classes

    - `StartFile` contains instructions for user

- **Jan 16**

    - Aidan deleted `StartFile` and moved the instructions to a plain text file

    - Aidan attempted a workaround for the disappearing track blog (track is displaced NaN pixels because `Cart.speed()` takes the square root of a negative number

- **Jan 18**

    - Aidan created branch `cruft`

    - Deleted `Bomb`, `Monster`

    - Set base mechanical energy of cart relative to screen height, not initial height of cart, so that *kinetic energy is always positive*

    - Divide velocity by constant (`8.0`) internally, so that screen will scroll slower

- **Jan 19**

    - Ben worked on the `Coin` class and incorporating that into breaking and speeding up

- **Jan 20**

    - Ben was absent

    - Aidan finished the `Coin` class and coin acquisition