FREE Template - Wheel spin
simo103
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I was trying to compete in the TOTB4 with a board game idea but just didn't have time to complete. That was secondary to having fun and trying new things ... one thing I worked on was a large spinning wheel that would slowly stop rotating and pointers would 'pick' between Fire, Earth, Water and Air in a kind of rock, paper, scissors type contest. The challenge in logic was I wanted it to stop dead center of each 'pie' in the wheel, not just a random spot. I was able to achieve it with some brain scratching math (for me anyways) ... and since I thought it pretty cool I thought I would put it out as a template for anyone who thinks picking through it would help. Below is a video of it (much smoother in real life as the screen recorder makes it look a little jumpy).
Template Download: http://www.funkymunkygames.com/Promo/spinning_wheel.gameproj.zip
NOTES: The code in the wheel contains 22.5% (which is 360% full circle divided by the number of pie's or 16 in my wheel) and 11.25% which is the 22.5% divided by 2 to determine what half of the pie piece the pointer was on and then move to the next correct spot. If you had less or more pies in your wheel these numbers would need to be changed and it should still work for you. Hope it helps someone.
Template Download: http://www.funkymunkygames.com/Promo/spinning_wheel.gameproj.zip
NOTES: The code in the wheel contains 22.5% (which is 360% full circle divided by the number of pie's or 16 in my wheel) and 11.25% which is the 22.5% divided by 2 to determine what half of the pie piece the pointer was on and then move to the next correct spot. If you had less or more pies in your wheel these numbers would need to be changed and it should still work for you. Hope it helps someone.
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