Today has been a really productive day and I've managed to add three great advancements to the space invaders game.
I managed to create a new UI for the game which is all hooked up to the game code as well so as soon as I have some events that will either lose lives or add to the score then the User Interface will look a little more impressive. All this is done using the JBEngine's Awesomium Integration and just shows I have done quite a good job as I've managed to get it up and running fairly quickly.
I have also added some models for the player and enemies which I have on my computer from years ago whilst at uni. These models aren't likely to be the final ones but for now they are much better placeholders than the cube I was previously using.
Finally, I have added a firing sound for the bullet. This again was fairly easy to implement as I had already done a good job with the JBEngine's Sound Library. Okay so I've explained what I've done, here is a video of the game in it's current state:
I managed to create a new UI for the game which is all hooked up to the game code as well so as soon as I have some events that will either lose lives or add to the score then the User Interface will look a little more impressive. All this is done using the JBEngine's Awesomium Integration and just shows I have done quite a good job as I've managed to get it up and running fairly quickly.
I have also added some models for the player and enemies which I have on my computer from years ago whilst at uni. These models aren't likely to be the final ones but for now they are much better placeholders than the cube I was previously using.
Finally, I have added a firing sound for the bullet. This again was fairly easy to implement as I had already done a good job with the JBEngine's Sound Library. Okay so I've explained what I've done, here is a video of the game in it's current state:
So it is really starting to take shape and is looking more like a game now. Whilst on skype to my girlfriend who is currently sunning herself in South Africa (Lucky Sod) we came up with an idea for the theme of the game to change it from space invaders into something more unique that I could call my own. I'm not going to announce anything yet as it's still just an idea at the moment and for the first game I think I might just stick to an exact replica of Space Invaders for Simplicity.
Everything is moving along really well. The next thing that needs doing is sorting out either the physics which hasn't been touched for a long time ( which is very worrying ), or to get the basic enemy player movement done.
Thanks :)
Everything is moving along really well. The next thing that needs doing is sorting out either the physics which hasn't been touched for a long time ( which is very worrying ), or to get the basic enemy player movement done.
Thanks :)
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