WIP Here I’ll connect all posts related to my Bush 522 Game Jam project. I was originally planning to do this December 2025, but I’m super busy with Bush 1022. I’ll be adding more stuff when I have the time. Posts Godot Flight Mechanics Links Bush 522 Game Jam
Introduction This is part of a series of posts about my Bush 522 Game jam project. The root post is here. The version of the engine is Godot 4.5. There are 3 main ways to implement flight mechanics for a game that I can think of: Simplify all interacting forces and apply them at a single point. Model the propeller, body and wing surfaces separately and apply forces locally. A hybrid approach, where some forces are simplified, and others are more detailed. In this post, I’ll mainly focus on the first approach, which is what I used for Bush 522. My goal is good gameplay, so I don’t care about realistic modelling, I only care about how it feels to fly. Towards the end of this post, I’ll go over some potential improvements of my simplified model, using a more hybrid approach. ...