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Alrighty. My last attempt at this got locked, mainly because I posted too much code.
That problem has been fixed:)
The current version of this homemade video game can be found here: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?hq91x7jg8fi3o6k
The "Main" is found in StarGame.Java
The code itself is sloppy and follw some bad habits, but I'm not overly concerned about that. I'm looking for some general feedback on the game design itself.
The game is broken (at the moment) into a few different screens. Instructions for those are below:
You can press f2 at any time to reset the game.
Start Screen:
up/down arrows: change selection
enter: Enter selection.
The Small game is on a 3x3 map, while the large game is on a 5x5 map.
Space Screen (flying bad guys and asteroids)
Up/Down arrows: speed up/slow down
left/right arrows: turn left or right
space bar: Shoot
You can shoot the bad guys for points, asteroids and the edge of the screen stop your shots. You can fly off the side of the screen, and will move towards into a new screen (unless you are on an edge screen).
Capital Ship Approach
This screen is randomly placed within the space screen map. When you reach it the screen will automatically change to a new screen with a large light grey square in the middle, 4 red circles, and a smaller dark grey square.
Direction arrows: Move you in the specified direction.
Space Bar: Shoot
"E": Enter the Capital Ship.
This can only be done when you are within the dark grey square (the doors). A message will display on screen telling you to hit E to enter.
You can shoot the guns (red circles) in order to deactivate them.
Inside the capital Ship
Direction arrows: move you up/down/left/right
Space bar: Shoot
Fly through the randomly generated walls, shoot the enemies. At the end of this very short screen, shoot the red block 10 times to destroy the ship.
At this point you can consider the game "won" you can still continue to fly through the space screen and shoot bad guys. But the capital ship will not reappear.
[Edited by - robert4818 on November 10, 2010 10:20:48 PM]
That problem has been fixed:)
The current version of this homemade video game can be found here: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?hq91x7jg8fi3o6k
The "Main" is found in StarGame.Java
The code itself is sloppy and follw some bad habits, but I'm not overly concerned about that. I'm looking for some general feedback on the game design itself.
The game is broken (at the moment) into a few different screens. Instructions for those are below:
You can press f2 at any time to reset the game.
Start Screen:
up/down arrows: change selection
enter: Enter selection.
The Small game is on a 3x3 map, while the large game is on a 5x5 map.
Space Screen (flying bad guys and asteroids)
Up/Down arrows: speed up/slow down
left/right arrows: turn left or right
space bar: Shoot
You can shoot the bad guys for points, asteroids and the edge of the screen stop your shots. You can fly off the side of the screen, and will move towards into a new screen (unless you are on an edge screen).
Capital Ship Approach
This screen is randomly placed within the space screen map. When you reach it the screen will automatically change to a new screen with a large light grey square in the middle, 4 red circles, and a smaller dark grey square.
Direction arrows: Move you in the specified direction.
Space Bar: Shoot
"E": Enter the Capital Ship.
This can only be done when you are within the dark grey square (the doors). A message will display on screen telling you to hit E to enter.
You can shoot the guns (red circles) in order to deactivate them.
Inside the capital Ship
Direction arrows: move you up/down/left/right
Space bar: Shoot
Fly through the randomly generated walls, shoot the enemies. At the end of this very short screen, shoot the red block 10 times to destroy the ship.
At this point you can consider the game "won" you can still continue to fly through the space screen and shoot bad guys. But the capital ship will not reappear.
[Edited by - robert4818 on November 10, 2010 10:20:48 PM]