Help trying to create depth effect

[doterobcn]

Hello,

I'm trying to create a simple penalty shootout game, i have a simple version here:  

http://scripts.koncepto.com/penalty/

You have to drag the arrow, and when released the ball will be "kicked".  

Do you think there's any demo/source project whit similar dynamics that i can look at?

 

I don't really know how to create the depth effect and the arc on the ball

 

Also, i'm using the Arcade engine, is the right one in this kind of game?

 

Thanks !!!

 

 

[Heppell08]

The only way I would have created the depth effect would be maybe to look at the size of the ball as it travels to the goal.

Obviously with the goal and ball technically on the same 2D field.

Maybe look at shrinking the ball slowly towards the goal and have the image drape to a central point maybe.

[doterobcn]

Thanks Heppell,

That's actually what i'm doing, but i'm not sure how to achieve the "bouncing" or parable effect

[Heppell08]

Maybe find a way to set the bounce and decrease the amount of bounce after each successive bounce. So maybe have 3 bounce varibles and set use a true and false set up. Have bounce1 high, bounce2 medium and bounce3 low. So then if bounce1 happened set it to false and wait for number 2. Maybe even throw in some random numbers between 2 given numbers and make the bounce more random and life like. Just hunch/idea though.

[doterobcn]

Thanks for the ideas, i'm close to throwing everything and trying a completely different game/layout