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Title: Invader Test
Post by: bkumanchik on October 16, 2021, 12:56:05 PM
Not a game but a test to learn my way around the IDE and library:

I'm a new programmer, Loving this, can't wait for the real device!

B button to start, D-Pad Left/Right to move Left/Right, A to fire, B while in game to pause and show score and remaining lives, B to restart at Game Over screen.

Need to add:
- Info screen when you lose a life (like the pause screen)
- More columns and rows of different types of aliens
- Increasing difficulty
- Sound



Title: Re: Invader Test
Post by: Ben Rose on October 18, 2021, 12:53:58 PM
Very cool to see that you're able to work on this with the emulator!  I tested it on hardware quickly and it seems to work as intended, keep us updated if you do any more before you have hardware!
Title: Re: Invader Test
Post by: bkumanchik on October 18, 2021, 01:18:56 PM
Will do, I will try to flesh this out into a real game if I have time, Can I see a screenshot of it running on the real hardware, I'd like to see the relative scale of things if possible.

Thanks,

Brian
Title: Re: Invader Test
Post by: Ben Rose on October 21, 2021, 01:27:42 PM
Best picture my phone could manage, which is probably the only way to get a good sense of how it looks!
Title: Re: Invader Test
Post by: bkumanchik on October 21, 2021, 01:35:59 PM
Thanks, that helps!
Title: Re: Invader Test
Post by: TARMA on October 22, 2021, 04:07:47 AM
Hello! I've just tried Your demo on an emulator and I must say that It's very nice and very playable! Also, I was amazed at how good Your code is commented! I'm not a programmer myself but even for me It was very interesting and informative to read. My only suggestion would be to make player's character move just a bit faster. I really hope to see a full version on this game!
Title: Re: Invader Test
Post by: bkumanchik on October 22, 2021, 11:19:00 AM
Thanks for the comments, I will try to continue working on the game when I have time, I have just started to learn to program myself, I have a full working version in Pico-8 but that is in Lua (language). I need to figure out how to use arrays in Python an iterate through them in order to add more invaders, etc.

Brian