Very nice! I did find it confuzing to control, I do see the light, but two buttons "Fast" and "Slow" would have been a bit easier to control. That being said, great game, good idea!
Poor space invader aliens :( Now I truly know how they gotta feel. However, I was having some trouble shooting and moving at the same time (either I use my attention on incoming shots, I aim, or I just spam bullets and get killed). Nice game! :D
I always use 2 boolean[], and when a key gets pressed, I use switch(keycode) in a function, which "converts" keycode to actual key index in the boolean[]'s. now i look if boolean[] no. 2 is true at that pos, if not, set both arrays to true on that index. in the key up, i again get the key index by the keycode and set both boolean[] at that index to false.
Why that? Well, if you want to use "hold", just look of boolean[] no. 1 is true at that index, if you want to use "click (and ignore if key stays pressed)" return the index of boolean[] no. 1 and set it to false.
I played the Android version on my Galaxy S3. The blue gradient in the background does not fill the whole screen. The aliens only shoot if I touch within the blue gradient block.
The first few times I played I did not realize that I could make the invaders move faster by tilting the phone.
A great concept, inverting the roles of the space ship and aliens. Also quite difficult! :-)
@AyCe: Yeah I already know about that. I did this to prevent more shoot spamming (intended). Thanks btw! :)
@voidstar69: Thanks for trying. Yeah sorry about that. Within limited time I couldn't set up scaling, so max supported resolution is 800x480 which is my own phone Desire V :)
Wow, I didn't expect that this particular take on an old classic would be so much fun, but it is! I sort of wish you had an occasional UFO helper fly by like in the original, but other than that it's solid!
I like how the aliens open their mouth when dropping bombs. More people had the same idea, but I didn't so I think its a good idea. The background was not right though and after destroying the hero, nothing happened. A bug maybe ?
I thought it would be hard to make a game around that mechanic, but you did a great job. As someone mentioned before I had some trouble with the speed up/down controls, and had to wait until I reached the bottom before proceeding, but the general game is well executed and great potential with further polish! =D
- If I hold the left arrow key to quicken the movement and then I reach the left border, I think it would be better, if it slows me down while keeping the left arrow key down, instead of resetting it. - The enemie shots are too strong or too fast. Perhaps adding health to every alien? It is hard to have more than 1 or 2 aliens left. - The game should change to the upgrade screen after I destroyed the last ship instead of waiting until I reached the bottom screen border.
Hahaa! This is good! I love the angry faces it's a nice touch. Only 2 things: they should speed up when all the ships are gone and it's bad that the game quits when all aliens dead. Well I don't know if the latter is because of the Android structure - I just recently started learning it. :P
Anyway, love the idea, simple and clean implementation. Thanks!
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@Faust: thanks~
It was quite hard to get past the levels with 3+ spaceships though.
@AyCe: You can't shoot while pressing any button because I use switch() on key listener (you use java too so you know) :D
@BarrensZeppelin: Yeah, but I managed to pass it by fully upgraded acceleration and base speed :)
Why that? Well, if you want to use "hold", just look of boolean[] no. 1 is true at that index, if you want to use "click (and ignore if key stays pressed)" return the index of boolean[] no. 1 and set it to false.
Well just look at this: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=wf9A4jfe
Of course you are free to code as you want ^^
The first few times I played I did not realize that I could make the invaders move faster by tilting the phone.
A great concept, inverting the roles of the space ship and aliens. Also quite difficult! :-)
@voidstar69: Thanks for trying. Yeah sorry about that. Within limited time I couldn't set up scaling, so max supported resolution is 800x480 which is my own phone Desire V :)
The background was not right though and after destroying the hero, nothing happened. A bug maybe
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- If I hold the left arrow key to quicken the movement and then I reach the left border, I think it would be better, if it slows me down while keeping the left arrow key down, instead of resetting it.
- The enemie shots are too strong or too fast. Perhaps adding health to every alien? It is hard to have more than 1 or 2 aliens left.
- The game should change to the upgrade screen after I destroyed the last ship instead of waiting until I reached the bottom screen border.
Anyway, love the idea, simple and clean implementation. Thanks!