3D-ish Space Blaster. One-Handed Play Option. Heart Pounding Action!
I’ve worked on this baby for nine months - now it’s time to deliver. Since posting it as a WIP in May, I’ve added a final stand-off, 20% more bells and whistles, fixed bugs, killed a memory leak, included a tutorial and even pandered to @SMcNeill and gave him the spaceship-pulling-a-banner-with-his-name-on-it that he’s always wanted.
https://qb64phoenix.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=3706 #2 (The banner is on the intro page in the game.)
I realize the instructions page looks like a lot to deal with, but it's not too bad: spin the ship, line up the dots and shoot intermittently at first. When you blow up a ship and it spits out a prize, drop everything and try to grab it by moving the ship sideways fast.
The Sentinel is always on guard, rotating at his station and ready for those blood-sucking, bomb-hurling, orbiting circles. It’s his job to blast them all before they invade his star system. No pressure on you though, space cadet! Just line em up fast and laser the targets before they blow you up. Aggressiveness pays in this game.
The space-radar sweeper-line is yellow until the ship is locked on target then it turns green and lasers are activated. Capture the boxes of spare parts (prizes) from the blown-up targets as they tumble through space. The prizes are used to build a fusion generator to help power the ship’s systems. When the generator is complete, deflector shields will begin charging.
Have fun with this. Any feedback and bug reporting is way appreciated.
Ted
**UPDATED 10/3/25, made changes to the high score board per SMcNeill's suggestions.
10/23/25, added joystick support
I’ve worked on this baby for nine months - now it’s time to deliver. Since posting it as a WIP in May, I’ve added a final stand-off, 20% more bells and whistles, fixed bugs, killed a memory leak, included a tutorial and even pandered to @SMcNeill and gave him the spaceship-pulling-a-banner-with-his-name-on-it that he’s always wanted.
https://qb64phoenix.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=3706 #2 (The banner is on the intro page in the game.)I realize the instructions page looks like a lot to deal with, but it's not too bad: spin the ship, line up the dots and shoot intermittently at first. When you blow up a ship and it spits out a prize, drop everything and try to grab it by moving the ship sideways fast.
The Sentinel is always on guard, rotating at his station and ready for those blood-sucking, bomb-hurling, orbiting circles. It’s his job to blast them all before they invade his star system. No pressure on you though, space cadet! Just line em up fast and laser the targets before they blow you up. Aggressiveness pays in this game.
The space-radar sweeper-line is yellow until the ship is locked on target then it turns green and lasers are activated. Capture the boxes of spare parts (prizes) from the blown-up targets as they tumble through space. The prizes are used to build a fusion generator to help power the ship’s systems. When the generator is complete, deflector shields will begin charging.
Have fun with this. Any feedback and bug reporting is way appreciated.
Ted
**UPDATED 10/3/25, made changes to the high score board per SMcNeill's suggestions.
10/23/25, added joystick support