I was watching a YouTube video explaining how the original DOOM fire effect works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No fancy animation. No video files. Just 37 colours, a grid of numbers and some very clever mathematics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And naturally, I thought\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHang on. Could I do that in Visual FoxPro?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Well, apparently, yes. \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n\n\n\n We’ve now got a working procedural fire simulation running entirely in VFP9. The flames flicker, rise and change continuously, all generated in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And surprisingly, it looks rather good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The plan? See whether we can use it to give the enormous mothership in Galactic Gladiators<\/em> some seriously impressive engine exhaust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Is this a sensible use of a database programming language from the 1990s?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Absolutely not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But I’m doing it because it’s difficult. And it’s stupid.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n More soon\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Galactic Gladiators \u2014 Seeing what’s possible.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n #VisualFoxPro #GameDev #DOOM #RetroGaming #ProceduralGraphics<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n