New Levels

[19683]

It would be cool if you added more levels to velocity raptor.

Maybe you can add photons (light particles), mirrors, and detectors.

[A Random Player]

Photons would be cool. Though we wouldn't want to interfere with the people who already beat the game, maybe we could put it in as an "New Mechanics pack" or something.

Edit: How would we see the photons though, they're what we use to see?

[19683]

Photons would be cool. Though we wouldn't want to interfere with the people who already beat the game, maybe we could put it in as an "New Mechanics pack" or something.

Edit: How would we see the photons though, they're what we use to see?

They could be "special" photons (not in the visible spectrum) to activate detectors.

You would still "see" the level normally.

[testtubegames]

Maybe something like a 'photonic roar'... where the raptor releases a spherical (ahem, circular) wavefront of light. You can see the waves propagate away from you on the screen. Other objects could release such waves, too. It would certainly be a nice extension to the Doppler Shift discussion.

[A Random Player]

Maybe something like a 'photonic roar'... where the raptor releases a spherical (ahem, circular) wavefront of light. You can see the waves propagate away from you on the screen. Other objects could release such waves, too. It would certainly be a nice extension to the Doppler Shift discussion.

You could make them echo, but I don't see any relativistic point of that right now.

[testtubegames]

Well, maybe instead of echoing, the waves could activate other beacons they encounter, making them send off a wave, too. You could make some kind of light-clock, then... and that might lead to some interested game mechanics if you make beacons switches. You want your roar to reach Beacon A (which opens a gate) before it reaches Beacon B (which opens a buncha trap doors)

[A Random Player]

Well, maybe instead of echoing, the waves could activate other beacons they encounter, making them send off a wave, too. You could make some kind of light-clock, then... and that might lead to some interested game mechanics if you make beacons switches. You want your roar to reach Beacon A (which opens a gate) before it reaches Beacon B (which opens a buncha trap doors)

Interesting..

[19683]

Maybe something like a 'photonic roar'... where the raptor releases a spherical (ahem, circular) wavefront of light. You can see the waves propagate away from you on the screen. Other objects could release such waves, too. It would certainly be a nice extension to the Doppler Shift discussion.

You could make them echo, but I don't see any relativistic point of that right now.

If you could switch reference frames, you would see that the wavefront would always move at 3 mph (c) in your frame of reference, regardless of the source.

If there was a level creator with photons, mirrors, clocks, rulers, and moving parts, you could recreate Einstein's thought experiments and verify his two postulates (principle of relativity, and constancy of c).

[testtubegames]

It's almost like we're talking about a different game (which isn't a bad thing!). Kind of like a (very,very basic) incredible machine (or incredibots, which you guys just introduced me to). You put in components and see what happens in the relativistic world. That could lead to some interesting puzzles.