Bullet Patterns

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answerthesun
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Bullet Patterns

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As a side hobby of mine I like to print shirts at a friends place of business.

I've always been fascinated with the patterns that are displayed in these games an was wondering if there is a way to do something similar in Photoshop/Illustrator without having to individually draw up the circles upon circles etc...

Any suggestions are welcome.
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i guess you could run a bullet dodging simulator game and take screenshots during play
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you will have lots of fun with never ending xml files
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indstr wrote:i guess you could run a bullet dodging simulator game and take screenshots during play
I would nominate Shoot the Bullet. Best looking patterns, ever (proof).
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moozooh wrote:
indstr wrote:i guess you could run a bullet dodging simulator game and take screenshots during play
I would nominate Shoot the Bullet. Best looking patterns, ever (proof).
Take a screenshot while taking a screenshot!
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Sorry if we can't really help out. I have some friends who are designers, but it will take a while before they understand what I mean and then they will not be able to. Good luck. I owuld suggest another method that will not look like a bullet patern to a hardcore shmup player, but will get the job done, you're trying to pull.
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moozooh wrote:
indstr wrote:i guess you could run a bullet dodging simulator game and take screenshots during play
I would nominate Shoot the Bullet. Best looking patterns, ever (proof).
Anyplace you know where I could grab that?
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Re: Bullet Patterns

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answerthesun wrote:As a side hobby of mine I like to print shirts at a friends place of business.

I've always been fascinated with the patterns that are displayed in these games an was wondering if there is a way to do something similar in Photoshop/Illustrator without having to individually draw up the circles upon circles etc...

Any suggestions are welcome.
1. Try an emulator that allows switching individual layers on and off, then recording it as a video, or taking lots of screenshots.

2. Google "BulletML"... with the right libraries, you could probably knock up a simple BulletML tester that just produces the patterns. There may even be a tester available already.
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sdmkun uses bulletml + its own lua extension. The source is available so it should be trivial to make whatever changes you need.
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