Blasteroids
The goal of the 20 games challenge for me is to actually finish some games.
With each game the scope will increase, and I hope by the end of the challenge I will have a better grasp on how to release games, and hopefully pick up some transferable skills to apply to my own countless unfinished projects along the way.
Game / Step #4: Make a more advanced character controller! (Asteroid Clone):
Dev Notes:
Destroy as many asteroids as possible while avoiding getting hit. Use a Portal with Left Control or North Button to warp to a random position in a bind but be careful, you may end up in a worse predicament!
Classic Controls -> Forward for thrust and left and right will rotate you ship.
Directional Controls -> Ship will rotate to input direction and thrust is manually controlled with SHIFT / TRIGGER
Versions:
| 1.0 | Initial Release |
Goals:
| Create a player ship. The ship should be able to rotate and thrust. Thrust will accelerate the ship “forward” in the direction that it is facing. | ✔ |
| Add bullets. The player ship will fire in the direction that it is facing. Bullets will disappear after a short while. | ✔ |
| Create three sizes of asteroids. | ✔ |
| » Asteroids will break into smaller asteroids when shot (The smallest will disappear when shot). | ✔ |
| » Asteroids will drift around until they are shot or they collide with the player. If the player collides with an asteroid, they will lose a life. | ✔ |
| Enable screen wrapping. (Objects leaving the top of the screen should enter the bottom, for example). | ✔ |
| Add menus and UI. | ✔ |
| Add sound effects and particle effects. | ✔ |
Stretch Goals:
| Add a flying saucer that enters the screen and shoots at the player from time to time. The saucer should generally aim towards the player, but shouldn’t have too good of aim! | ✔ |
| Add a “hyperspace warp” that moves the player to a random part of the screen. The warp is a last-ditch attempt to dodge an asteroid, but it could place you in a worse predicament! | ✔ |
| Make it your own - This is a great game to add some custom power-ups to | ✔ |
Future Improvement Ideas:
| A progression system. | ? |
| Additional Level Sections | ? |
| More Enemies | ? |
| More Powerups (like different weapons) | ? |
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