shama / voxel-drone

:game_die::helicopter: An AR Drone simulator in voxeljs.com

voxel-drone

An AR Drone simulator in voxeljs.

work in progress. please view the issue tracker if you would like to help!

example

Open up the demo: shama.github.com/voxel-drone. Then in the command box at the bottom type: takeoff(). Or open up the javascript console and type: drone.takeoff().

It works with a browserified version of ar-drone and reads raw AT* commands (well almost). So all the commands you do in ar-drone you can do here as well:

drone.takeoff();
drone
  .after(5000, function() {
    this.animate('flipLeft', 15);
  })
  .after(5000, function() {
    this.stop();
    this.clockwise(0.3);
  })
  .after(3000, function() {
    this.stop();
    this.land();
  });

usage

In your voxeljs world add a drone with the following:

// create a world
var createEngine = require('voxel-engine');
var game = createEngine({
  generate: function(x, y, z) {
    return (Math.sqrt(x*x + y*y + z*z) > 20 || y*y > 10) ? 0 : (Math.random() * 2) + 1;
  },
  texturePath: './textures/',
  materials: ['dirt', 'grass']
});
var container = document.body;
game.appendTo(container);
container.addEventListener('click', function() {
  game.requestPointerLock(container);
});

// voxel-drone returns a function to create a drone
var createDrone = require('voxel-drone');

// create a drone / add to the game
var drone = createDrone(game);
game.addItem(drone.item());

// tell the drone to take off
drone.takeoff();

Use Your Own Custom Object

Would you rather a flying block? The drone.item(item) takes an item argument to override the object of the drone:

var createDrone = require('voxel-drone');
var drone = createDrone(game);

var block = {
  mesh: new game.THREE.Mesh(
    new game.THREE.CubeGeometry(25, 25, 25),
    game.loadTextures(['obsidian'])
  ),
  width: 25, height: 25, depth: 25,
  collisionRadius: 25
};

game.addItem(drone.item(block));

Voila! A flying api controlled obsidian block.

run the demo

1. Clone: git clone git://github.com/shama/voxel-drone && cd voxel-drone.
2. Install: npm install
3. Run: npm start and goto http://localhost:8080.

release history

• 0.2.1 - cap the amount of tilt. add front texture. update voxel engine.
• 0.2.0 - video camera!
• 0.1.2 - fix animations and leds
• 0.1.1 - fix rotation relative direction
• 0.1.0 - initial release

license

Copyright (c) 2013 Kyle Robinson Young
Licensed under the MIT license.