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Space EX

Discussion in 'Made With Unity' started by u-007, Mar 3, 2014.

  1. u-007

    u-007

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    Ok, I am still new to game programming, this is the second game I complete, so I feel very proud and accomplished lol I must say tho, the 2D game development tools on Unity make it incredibly easy to make so many things!

    So anyways, is just a normal ship shooter, sort of like invaders, or all those other ship shooting games. I made it sort of like an endless kind of game. It has levels, but all it does is increase difficulty as you go up. I did this game mainly for practicing and learning purposes, and I must say, I learned alot out of this one, even to improvise. I struggled the most on the endless scrolling bg, but somehow I made it lol

    Sprites used are not mine, I got them from http://opengameart.org, but I did made sure to ask if it was ok to use. The license allowed me to use the sprite with no copyright issues, not that I will make any money out of them, but I take copyright seriously. Here is a screencap of in-game:

    $Screen Shot 2014-03-03 at 3.57.45 PM.png

    Without further ado, here is the link to the game:

    http://rich-madedesign.com/game-projects/spaceex/

    Controls
    W -> Move up
    S -> Move Down
    A -> Move Left
    D -> Move Right
    Right Shift -> Shoot
    Enter/Return -> pause/unpause

    Please try both difficulties from the options menu, and any onions and criticism is very much welcome.

    I will try my luck on 3D development on my next game, although maybe on the future I will stick with 2D, is so awesome to use.

    Cheers :)
     
    u-007, Mar 3, 2014
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  2. indiegamemodels

    indiegamemodels

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    The feeling is pretty good for a first game, good job!
     
    indiegamemodels, Mar 5, 2014
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  3. Markroberts89

    Markroberts89

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    i love the WASD controls
     
    Markroberts89, Mar 5, 2014
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  4. u-007

    u-007

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    hey guys, thanks a lot for the feedback. I decided to begin uploading my games on Kongregate, so I started with this one. I got good feedback as well and very good suggestions.

    @Mark: You think so? I like that setup too, but one user on Kongregate complained that he is French and his keyboard does not has the same characters as ours(or maybe he meant layout), so I thought that it would be better to change it to arrows instead of WASD.

    Anyways thank you once again guys for feedback :)
     
    u-007, Mar 5, 2014
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  5. IroncladEarl

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    You might want to change the shoot key to something else. Some people will have sticky keys problems.
     
    IroncladEarl, Mar 19, 2014
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  6. primus88

    primus88

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    HI,

    Good job with the game.
    You should change from WASD to arrows if you can, because indeed French people use AZERTY instead of QWERTY.
    Never use Shift for shooting actions ;)
     
    primus88, Mar 19, 2014
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