Theta in action
Here is a video of the first few levels of theta.
weekend theta updates
This weekend I’ve made some updates to theta:
- Tweaked enemy explosions
- Fixed the aliasing in the player graphic
- Played around with enemy shot patterns, making boss enemies harder but normal enemies a bit easier
Screenshots, click to enlarge:
As always, you can launch the game via webstart.
theta updates
A couple of small updates to theta today. This game originated from a vertical shmup challenge so had a few restrictions and was fairly light on content. I like the game, so I plan to expand on it more over the coming months.
- Allowed the player to shoot in all directions.
- Tweaked the enemies straight shot.
As always, you can launch the game via webstart here.
In the future I plan to add much content to the game:
- More levels
- More enemies and more variety between them
- Some player powerups
- More music
- Some visually interesting backgrounds
theta – My entry into the 8th shmup-dev rapid prototype sessions
For the last two weeks the 8th Rapid Prototype Session has been running.
My entry for this session is called “theta”. I tried a few new things for this session:
- Use a restricted color palette from the start
- Design a mockup of how the game looks before coding
This differs from how I usually work. I usually jump straight into the code and start moving things around. I’ll create a new graphic and use it as I need to. As a result, most of my small shmup projects tend to be disjointed and don’t really have a consistent theme.
Screenshot:
Launch the game via java webstart.
Controls:
- WASD to move your ship around
- Mouse 1 to fire
- Mouse to aim
The number in the bottom right of the screen is your health. 5 hits and it’s game over.
I’m very pleased with how this one turned out. The graphics are still plain, but they are consistent so that adds something. The music was created in Reason 4.
There are 10 levels. Action really heats up around level 7 and I’m not sure level 10 is possible to beat!
a work in progress shmup
I’ve been building a small 2d game engine for a while now. It grew organically out of my first fumbling attempts to learn OpenGL. Over time I’ve added new features like sound and animation as I learnt new things. I’ll probably never finish the “engine” as such, just keep using it as a way to learn new things along the way. This engine will probably be the base for most of the games you see posted on this blog.
The current test application for the engine is an endless shmup. Waves of ships come at you, you shoot them down while dodging bullets. It’s mindless simple fun!
Click here to play via webstart.
The 194x like ship graphics are from a GPL graphics pack long forgotten. Most of the other graphics are from the awesome and amazing classic Tyrian.