Coding Challenge #46.1: Asteroids with p5.js - Part 1

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Published on December 15, 2016 8:29:59 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hacZU523FyM

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In this two part coding challenge, I use the p5.js library to create my own version of the classic Atari video game Asteroids! Code: https://thecodingtrain.com/challenges/46-asteroids

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References:
🔗 Asteroids on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids_(video_game)

Videos:
🎥 Asteroids Part 2: https://youtu.be/xTTuih7P0c0
🎥 Polar Coordinates: https://youtu.be/O5wjXoFrau4
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Related Coding Challenges:
🚂 #81 Circle Morphing: https://youtu.be/u2D4sxh3MTs

Timestamps:
0:00 Introducing today's topic: coding the classic Atari game Asteroids
1:54 Create a Ship object
5:56 Write a function to turn the ship
9:54 Move the ship by adding velocity and acceleration vectors
16:51 Deal with the edges of the screen
19:32 Create an array of asteroids
22:12 Add push and pop to save the ship's heading
24:41 Use polar to cartesian coordinates to get the vertices on the asteroids
27:52 Offset the vertices by a random value to create jagged asteroids
30:05 Move the asteroids

Editing by Mathieu Blanchette
Animations by Jason Heglund
Music from Epidemic Sound

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