Level 8
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 3:51 pm
When velocityraptor accelerates in the positive x-direction (i.e. when you hold down the right arrow key) the bullets moving in the negative y-direction (downwards) do some things that I don't understand in the frame of special relativity:
btw awesome game!
- The bullets' speed tends to increase and then decrease as velocityraptor's speed increases. In more detail: velocityraptor starts off with a speed of 0mph; as I push down the right arrow key her speed increases (the acceleration seems to be uniform) and the bullets' speed also increases; as she reaches 2.2mph (which seems to be about the same speed of the bullets when she is not moving) the bullets slow down.
- The bullets' shape increasingly shears along the vertical axis as velocityraptor's speed increases. In more detail: velocityraptor starts off with a speed of 0mph; as I push down the right arrow key her speed increases and the bullets' shapes get squashed; they get squashed more and more as her speed increases. At first I thought this was Terrell Rotation but this is still in the "measured" mode, not the "seen" mode.
btw awesome game!