Abstract
Hypershot is a first-person shooter with hyperbolic trajectories. Its interface resembles a classic first-person shooter, allowing the player to move in an environment and fire projectiles. The goal of the project is to provide a sandbox for players to try and understand the characteristics of hyperbolic space.
Past Work
MiniprojectCurrent Tasks
- Add path tracing for projecitles
- Add functionality for a person in Euclidean space to watch the hyperbolic trajectories.
- Add more controls on the wand (switching between hyperbolic and parabolic trajectories, for example)
- Build collision system in an object-oriented way (so that it can be expanded later)
- Add more weapons! Such as a double-barreled shotgun
Current Build Notes
- 3 firing projectiles
- Basic environment and no working collisions
- Hyperbolic translation of all projectiles (in hyperbolic space)
- Pressing 0 on the wand will replay the firing animation
- Pressing 1 on the wand will fire a projectile in the direction of the wand. This is a bit buggy, though.
Current Research
The following are links to website describing the mathematics behind Hypershot. These are external links, use at your own risk!
- A quick overview of what lines and shapes look like in hyperbolic, spherical, and Euclidean geometry
- Ebook: Introduction to Hyperbolic Geometry by Arlan Ramsay
- Ebook: Hyperbolic Geometry by James W. Anderson, provided by Springer Publishing
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