Thursday 10 December 2015

shapeman game

this is my 1st sketch the yellow circle is where you start. The red shapes you see are enemies and that is whjere they were all supposed to start. The white squares are where the walls were going to be but i got carried away and made a lot more walls and when i tried this i felt it was to easy.















https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezpF8EiS_FQ    my youtube clip for showing all my sprites

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbeKeSfmujE my youtube clip showing my objects

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snr3Ms2pDLE my youtube clip of me evaluating my own game








I asked my brother to play and he said this. "the game is simple and it has lots of issues such as being able to only move up down left and right". I didn't think it was a major issue but i will look into adding a diagonal movement as well. Also i'm hoping to add a way too increase your speed as you move. I asked him on the how well the music fit the background walls sprites etc. He said " the music seemed to be quite comedic like the stuff you'd hear in a cartoon". He felt like it didn't fit very well but he also said he enjoyed it because it felt energetic. I asked him what he thought of the other sounds " the sounds was quite funny but there wasn't very much sounds for the game". I plan on adding more sounds such as when you collide with wall and squelch sound when you eat a shape. I asked if he found any issues with the sprites "the triangle is hard to see" this is due to the lighting engine so i'm going to have to consider creating a new brighter colored sprite for the triangle. I asked if he could change on thing in the game what'd be he said he'd make the game more difficult a such as more enemy's and more orbs.




3 things i am definitely going to improve

i'm going to improve the the difficulty of the levels.(more orbs, better orb positioning)

i'm going to improve the sounds (more sound effects such as destroying a enemy)

i'm going to update and improve the sprites to compensate for the new lighting engine. (making them brighter)


how to play
up arrow=move up
down arrow=move down
left arrow move left
right arrow= move right

to win this game you will need to either eat all the orbs or destroy the enemies.
you can only eat the orbs if you stay as the starting shape.
to eat the other shapes you need to move to the flashing shapes.
to eat the triangle you have to become a triangle
to eat a pentagon you have to be a pentagon
to eat a square you need to become a square
to eat a cross you have to become a cross
to eat a circle you have to become a circle (2nd level only)

tips
there are 2 ways to win collect all the orbs or destroy all other shapes.
The unkillablemob sprite cannot be killed...you need to avoid it otherwise it takes you back to the 1st level even if you are on the 2nd level.
the cross tools can pass through walls for added difficults
the circles also can pass through walls and they move at a higher speed so expect it to be difficult.