That sounds insane, but I love insane. Let’s hash out a physics engine that treats the map as a rigid body, use a quaternion rotation around the center of mass each button press, and keep the collision mesh updated on the fly. I’ll start with a simple 2D prototype in SDL, then expand to 3D with my own light physics loop. Don’t worry about the UI, I’ll throw that out the window if it slows me down. Ready to spin?

```c // spinning_level.c #include <SDL.h> #include <math.h> #define WIDTH 800 #define HEIGHT 600 #define ROT_SPEED 0.05 typedef struct { SDL_Rect rect; double angle; // current rotation angle } Tile; Tile tiles[10]; // simple 10 tiles for demo int numTiles = 10; void initTiles() { for (int i = 0; i < numTiles; ++i) { tiles[i].rect.x = i * 70 + 50; tiles[i].rect.y = HEIGHT / 2 - 25; tiles[i].rect.w = 60; tiles[i].rect.h = 50; tiles[i].angle = 0; } } void rotateTile(Tile *t, double delta) { t->angle += delta; if (t->angle > 2*M_PI) t->angle -= 2*M_PI; if (t->angle < 0) t->angle += 2*M_PI; } int main() { SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO); SDL_Window *win = SDL_CreateWindow("Spin", SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, WIDTH, HEIGHT, 0); SDL_Renderer *ren = SDL_CreateRenderer(win, -1, SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED); initTiles(); int running = 1; while (running) { SDL_Event e; while (SDL_PollEvent(&e)) { if (e.type == SDL_QUIT) running = 0; if (e.type == SDL_KEYDOWN && e.key.keysym.sym == SDLK_SPACE) { for (int i = 0; i < numTiles; ++i) rotateTile(&tiles[i], ROT_SPEED); } } SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(ren, 30, 30, 30, 255); SDL_RenderClear(ren); for (int i = 0; i < numTiles; ++i) { SDL_Rect r = tiles[i].rect; SDL_Point center = { r.x + r.w/2, r.y + r.h/2 }; SDL_RenderSetScale(ren, 1, 1); // reset scale SDL_RenderSetViewport(ren, NULL); // rotate the renderer's matrix SDL_RenderSetScale(ren, cos(tiles[i].angle), sin(tiles[i].angle)); SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(ren, 200, 100, 50, 255); SDL_RenderFillRect(ren, &r); } SDL_RenderPresent(ren); SDL_Delay(16); } SDL_DestroyRenderer(ren); SDL_DestroyWindow(win); SDL_Quit(); return 0; } ```

Got it, let’s ditch the matrix hack and use SDL_RenderCopyEx for true rotation. I’ll keep a global center of mass, rotate each tile’s position around it, and pass that to RenderCopyEx. Here’s the updated chunk: ```c // add this near the top typedef struct { double x, y; } Vec2; Vec2 cm = { WIDTH/2.0, HEIGHT/2.0 }; // rotate a point around cm Vec2 rotatePoint(Vec2 p, double ang) { double s = sin(ang), c = cos(ang); Vec2 np; np.x = (p.x - cm.x)*c - (p.y - cm.y)*s + cm.x; np.y = (p.x - cm.x)*s + (p.y - cm.y)*c + cm.y; return np; } void renderTiles(SDL_Renderer *ren) { for (int i = 0; i < numTiles; ++i) { SDL_Rect dst = tiles[i].rect; Vec2 pos = {dst.x + dst.w/2, dst.y + dst.h/2}; pos = rotatePoint(pos, tiles[i].angle); dst.x = pos.x - dst.w/2; dst.y = pos.y - dst.h/2; SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(ren, 200, 100, 50, 255); SDL_RenderFillRect(ren, &dst); // for now, just fill // eventually swap with RenderCopyEx using a texture } } // in the main loop after input handling for (int i = 0; i < numTiles; ++i) rotateTile(&tiles[i], ROT_SPEED); renderTiles(ren); ``` Now every tile spins around the shared center, and you can later swap the fill for a real sprite via RenderCopyEx. Time to see the chaos.

Just keep the angle in [0,2π] with a quick if after rotateTile. For the texture swap, pass the tile’s center as the second point in RenderCopyEx. That way the pivot stays fixed and the salsa spins clean. You’ll see the whole level groove. Keep that math tight, don’t let the tiles drift. Let's crank the dance floor.

Yeah, let’s load a PNG per tile, create a texture array, and in the render loop do ``` SDL_RenderCopyEx(ren, tex[i], NULL, &dst, tiles[i].angle, &pivot, SDL_FLIP_NONE); ``` where `pivot` is the tile’s center. That’ll keep everything in sync and give that perfect salsa spin. Bring on the rave!

Nice, that’s the exact snippet I need—each tile gets its own texture, we keep the angle wrapped, pivot in the center, and RenderCopyEx does all the heavy lifting. Once I hook up the music and bump the frame rate a bit more, the level will be doing its salsa dance real fast. Time to fire it up!

Sounds like a code‑festival! I’ll crank the FPS up, drop a looping drumbeat, and watch those textures spin like a glitch‑art rave. Let the pixels dance!