Exploring Racing Game Development: A Journey into Mathematics

Project Overview

With this project, I aimed to get a better understanding of applying mathematical concepts to make a simple racing game. It helped me find a new appreciation for the dry maths that I learned at school. As it was the first time doing a game, I tried to make it as simple as possible and started in the terminal, as the programming gods intended. It felt better than starting, let's say, in Unity, because I did not have to learn a whole new editor but could use something familiar.

Track Construction

The track is constructed by a vector of pairs that describe the sharpness of the bend and the length of the section.

Car Representation

The car is made out of three prefabricated strings representing the state of turning left, right, and going straight.