your-own-drum/recorder.lua

--Record demos.
local love = love
local recorder = {}
recorder.isLoaded = false
local i = 0

function recorder.Reset()
  i = 0
  for k, _ in ipairs( recorder ) do recorder[k] = nil end
end

function recorder.Update( ddx, ddy )
  local byte = 0
  if ddx > 0.5 then byte = byte + 1 end
  if ddy > 0.5 then byte = byte + 2 end
  if ddx < -0.5 then byte = byte + 4 end
  if ddy < -0.5 then byte = byte + 8 end
  
  i = i + 1
  recorder[i] = string.char( byte + 48 )
end

function recorder.Load( filename )
  local s = love.filesystem.read( filename )
  print( filename )
  if not s then return end
  local j = 1
  for c in s:gmatch( "." ) do
    recorder[j] = string.byte( c ) - 48
    j = j + 1
  end
  recorder.isLoaded = true
  i = 0
  
  return true
end

function recorder.NextTick( )
  
  local byte = recorder[ i + 1 ]
  if not byte then return end
  i = i + 1
  
  local a, b, c, d =
    math.floor( byte     ) % 2,
    math.floor( byte / 2 ) % 2,
    math.floor( byte / 4 ) % 2,
    math.floor( byte / 8 ) % 2
  
  local ddx, ddy = a - c, b - d
  local n = math.sqrt( ddx * ddx + ddy * ddy )
  if n < 0.001 then return 0, 0 end
  ddx, ddy = ddx / n, ddy / n
  return ddx, ddy
end

function recorder.Save( )
  return assert( love.filesystem.write( "demos/"..os.time()..".yod" , table.concat( recorder ) ) )
end

return recorder