Pinball Simulation

Features and Credits

• Star Wars theme:
  • Original movie score (thanks Tim Milliron)
  • Texture map from a SW poster (thanks the Web)

• User Interaction
  • Mouse Control (sample.c)
  • Keyboard Polling (Ian Buck)

• Implementation Details
  • 3-D OpenGL Rendering
  • Window management by pgl library (thanks K. Perry)
  • Sound class by Tim Milliron
  • Vector algebra (Jean-Francois DOUE)

• Key Idea: computing resources scarce
  • Draw only what is necessary
  • Smart collision detection
  • Frame rate monitoring